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The Protest Movement Hounding Capitalist Elites From Seattle To Cancun And The Global Outrage At The Military Aggression Of George Bush And Tony Blair Are Saying More Than Just 'no'. They Are Insisting That Another World Is Possible. But If The Momentum Of These International Movements Is To Grow, They Must Be Rooted In Local Action To Create Greater Democratic And Economic Justice In Everyday Life. Hilary Wainwright Sets Out On A Quest To Discover How People Are Creating New, Stronger Forms Of Democracy. Her Journey Starts In The Deep South Of Brazil, In Porto Alegre, Where She Explores The Wider Potential Of The 'participatory Budget', The Workers Party's Radical Model For Public Investment Decisions. With The Confidence This Gives That Participatory Democracy Can Work, She Goes Home And Joins Residents In East Manchester - The Origins Of Britain's Industrial Revolution - As They Test Out The British Government's Promise Of Community-led Regeneration And Use Public Money To Try To Rebuild Shattered Neighbourhoods. She Hangs Out On A Young, 'dream' Estate On The Outskirts Of The Commuter Town Of Luton Where Ex-squatters And Ravers Join With Established Residents Groups And Local V

Author

Hilary Wainwright, HILARY WAINWRIGHT

Publisher

LONDON VERSO

Published

2003

Language

EN

ISBN

9781859846896

Subjects

Political Science, Social_sciences

Updated

2026-03-24