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Small is Powerful: The Future as if People Really Mattered: Praeger Studies on the 21st Century

Autor John Papworth
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 23 oct 1995 – vârsta până la 17 ani
The author has found the true villain of the 20th century, and it is a concept-bigness. The answer to such disparate questions as why do we experience global wars, mass dictatorships, economic tornadoes, a population explosion and a mounting resource environment crisis lie, according to Papworth, far back in history. They are the direct result, he attempts to show, of the forces unleashed by the collapse in the 16th century of the laws against usury. Having diagnosed this problem as stemming from this destruction of the power of people to control their work, Papworth goes on to propound a new politics which is the politics of Small is Powerful-a new and hopeful approach to the problems of modern politics which merits the careful consideration of every person with any claim to political literacy.The author asserts that the way forward is not bigger units of government or, indeed, in any other units, but rather that all units which represent power in whatever form should be reduced to a size which makes them susceptible to genuine democratic citizen control. Mass society must be dismantled, local communities must be rebuilt in their stead, but above all people must take the power back that they have lost to the Giant State. Giant States have failed their inhabitants, Papworth contends, with records on human rights, economic well-being, and on general stability inferior to the records of the smaller nations of Europe. The way forward, according to Small is Powerful, is to restore localized community life, the extended family, the nuclear family, and thereby civilization itself through deliberately empowering people through neighborhood communities.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780275954253
ISBN-10: 0275954250
Pagini: 248
Dimensiuni: 156 x 235 x 19 mm
Greutate: 0.38 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Praeger
Seria Praeger Studies on the 21st Century

Locul publicării:New York, United States

Notă biografică

JOHN PAPWORTH grew up in an orphanage in the East End of London and studied at the London School of Economics. He was active in the Colonial Freedom Movement and stood for Parliament in the 1950s as a labour candidate before becoming disillusioned with mass politics. For many years, he acted as the advisor to Kenneth Kaunda. He was a founding associate editor of The Ecologist and founding editor of Resurgence which published Schumacher's Small is Beautiful before it was accepted by Blond and Briggs. A resident of London, he apportions his time between his duties as an Anglican priest and editing the journal Fourth World Review.

Cuprins

ForewordThe MonsterZubachismThe Luddite DefeatCommunity DestructionMass Society EconomicsThe Morals of ProgressMass Unions and Workers GuildsRadical PrioritiesDemocratic GovernmentThe Social Framework AnswersThe Giant StatesQuo Vadis?Appendix AAppendix BBibliographyIndex