Deepening Democracy: Comparative Perspectives on Decentralization, Cooperativism and Self-Managed Development

ISBN-13: 9781032132846 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 216 str.

Tharamangalam, Joseph

Opis

The last decades of the 20th century saw a new interest and commitment in democracies across the world in “downsizing” the state. Two decades into the 21st century, the results seem to be mixed, with some “success stories” as well as some not so successful experiments.

Spis treści

1. Introduction: Experiments of Deepening Democracy Through Decentralized Governance: An Overview Part I - Concepts and Visions: Some Reflections 2. Embedded Democracy 3. Socialist Construction and Commoning 4. Thinking Beyond Capitalism 5. Covid 19 Context in India and Working Towards Alternative Paradigms 6. Citizenship and Social Suffering in the Context of Covid 19 Part II - Decentralized Governance and Development in Comparative Perspective 7. Roles of NGOs, State and For-Profit Organizations in Improving Maternal and Child Sector in Bangladesh: Towards a Division of Labour 8. Comparative Notes on the Pros and Cons of Decentralization in the Context of the Corona Crisis 9. The Cure Remains a Symptom: Sub-National Government, Democracy and Development in South Africa 10. Democratic Decentralization in Kerala: A Critique of Recent Experience 11. The Capacity Conundrum, Decentralization and Local Governance: How Kerala Tackles It 12. Employment Creation at Decentralized Level Through Construction of Niche Structure and Promotion of Self-Organization Part III - Experiments in Cooperativism, Decentralized Governance and Self-Management 13. Workers’ Self-Management in Argentina: Contesting Neo-Liberalism by Occupying Companies, Creating Cooperatives, and Recuperating Autogestión 14. Factory Takeovers for Production Under Self-Management: Three Examples From Europe 15. Cooperativism to Manage Covid 19 16. From Agricultural Cooperatives to Farmer Producing Companies – Analyzing the Transition of Cooperativism in India Part IV - Conclusion