| Planning from Below: A Decentralized Participatory Planning Proposal Contributor(s): Harnecker, Marta (Author), Bartolome, Jose (Author) |
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ISBN: 1583677550 ISBN-13: 9781583677551 Publisher: Monthly Review Press OUR PRICE: $28.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Political Ideologies - Democracy - Political Science | Political Ideologies - Communism, Post-communism & Socialism |
| Dewey: 320.609 |
| LCCN: 2019017086 |
| Physical Information: 0.65" H x 8.5" W x 11" (1.58 lbs) 264 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A simple and revolutionary toolbox to help any group create an actual and functioning democracy In this book, Marta Harnecker, with Spanish economist Jos Bartolom , shares some of her wisdom on how communities everywhere can gain empowerment. For, when impoverished people became involved in the planning process, they no longer feel like beggars demanding solutions from the state; they become the creators of their own destiny. Set out in two parts; this book first demonstrates the importance of community participants working outside a hierarchy, to allow as much decentralization as possible. The second part of the book centers on the methodology of this process: the various tasks taken on by participants and how, in planning processes over years, they are carried out. |
Contributor Bio(s): Bartolome, Jose: - José Bartolomé, born in Spain, is an economist, sociologist, and documentary filmmaker.Harnecker, Marta: - Marta Harnecker is director of the Center for Research on Popular Memory in Latin America (MEPLA) in Havana and author of Venezuela: Militares Junta al Pueblo and numerous books on the Latin American left. |