Preface. Acknowledgments. Introduction. Part I: The Pluralist Commonwealth: Equality, Liberty, Democracy. 1. Equality: Beyond Tax--and--Spend. 2. Liberty: Money, Time, and Real Freedom of Choice. 3. Democracy: From the Ground Up. 4. Democracy: Inequality and Giant Corporations. 5. Democracy: Is a Continent Too Large? 6. The Pluralist Commonwealth. Part II: The Democratization of Wealth. 7. A Direct Stake In Economic Life: Worker--Owned Firms. 8. Enterprising Cities: Right, Left, and Center. 9. Building Community: Neighborhoods and Nonprofits with a Mission. 10. State and National Innovators. 11. Coda: The Democratization of Wealth and the Era of Deepening Fiscal Crisis. Part III: Local Democracy and Regional Decentralization. 12. Is Local Democracy Possible in the Global Era? 13. Community, the Environment, and the "Nonsexist City". 14. The Regional Restructuring of the American Continent. Part IV: Twenty--First--Century Populism. 15. The Logic of Long--Term Political Refocusing. 16. Social Security, Retirement, and Health Care. 17. A Twenty--Five--Hour Week? 18. Beyond Super--Elites and Conspicuous Consumption: Real Ecological Sustainability in the Twenty--First Century. 19. Coda: Twenty--First--Century Populism. Part V: Toward a Morally Coherent Politics. Conclusion: The Challenge of the Era of Technological Abundance. Notes. Index.
GAR ALPEROVITZ is the Lionel R. Bauman Professor of Political Economy at the University of Maryland and a former Fellow of the Institute of Politics at Harvard and of King's College, Cambridge University. His previous books include The Decision to Use the Atomic Bomb. His articles have appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, the New Republic, the Nation, and the Atlantic Monthly. He has appeared on numerous television news programs, including Meet the Press, Larry King Live, The Charlie Rose Show, The O'Reilly Factor, and The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer. Alperovitz is a founding principal of the Democracy Collaborative.
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