The Case for Community Wealth Building. Joe Guinan

      1  Cover

      2  Front Matter

      3  Preface and Acknowledgements

      4  Introduction: Economic Change, Starting at the Local Level

      5  1 What is Community Wealth Building? Two Models of Community Wealth Building: Cleveland and Preston Origins of Community Wealth Building: A Response to Crisis and Pain The Emerging Mosaic: Elements of the Democratic Economy A New Institutional Settlement? Notes

      6  2 Taking Control: Arguing for Community Wealth Building Justifying Community Wealth Building Political Values and Public Control Extending Democracy A Society of Equals Equality and Democracy in Local Economies Responding to Critiques of Community Wealth Building On Prisoner’s Dilemmas, Zero-Sum Games, and ‘Municipal Protectionism’ Rent Extraction, Capture by Special Interests, and the Alleged Impossibility of Democracy Too Many Meetings? ‘The Problem With Socialism is That it Takes Too Many Evenings’ Conclusion: Building Democratic and Egalitarian Local Economies Notes

      7  3 Community Wealth Building and the Institutional Turn: Routes to a Democratic Economy Principles of a Democratic Economy: The Need for Systemic Change Returns to Capital Moving to Large-Order Change Labour’s Institutional Turn Notes

      8  Further Reading and Resources for Action Notes

      9  Index

      10  End User License Agreement

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      1 Chapter 1Two Approaches to Economic Development

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