Realizing Hope

"What is the alternative to capitalist globalization?" is a question challenging activists around the world. Michael Albert has wrestled with this question for many years, and his answer has captured the imagination of many. Participatory Economics--"Parecon" for short--is Albert's proposal for an economic system which offers a real alternative to capitalism, built on familiar values including solidarity, equity, diversity. In this ambitious new book, Albert goes further. Realizing Hope offers a vision of how whole areas of life might be transformed in a post-capitalist society, one where communities rather than profits are placed firmly at the center.

Table of Contents: Introduction * Summarizing Participatory Economics * Polity * Kinship * Cultural Communities * International Relations * The Environment * Science and Technology * Education * Art * Journalism * Athletics * Crime * Intellectual Agendas * Strategic Agendas * Marxism * Anarchism * Left Aspirations * Dissent Introduction * Summarizing Participatory Economics * Polity * Kinship * Cultural communities * International Relations * The Environment * Science and Technology * Education * Art * Journalism * Athletics * Crime * Intellectual Agendas * Strategic Agendas * Marxism * Anarchism * Left Aspirations * Dissent