ABSTRACT
Grassroots activists are re-inventing the idea of citizenship. They are determined to exercise their right to decide how and what cities should produce, how land should be used, how technology should be deployed. Their politics are informed by cultural and spiritual commitments. They are asking on behalf of the next generation: what kind of men and women do we want to produce? Do we want children to grow up to become passive consumers and spectators, living only for their own pleasures and self-gratification, at the mercy of momentary excitements? Or do we want them to become productive, self-reliant and self-determining citizens?
