ABSTRACT
The recognition is growing: truly addressing the problems of the 21st century requires going beyond small tweaks and modest reforms to business as usual—it requires "changing the system." But what does this mean? And what would it entail? The New Systems Reader highlights some of the most thoughtful, substantive, and promising answers to these questions, drawing on the work and ideas of some of the world’s key thinkers and activists on systemic change. Amid the failure of traditional politics and policies to address our fundamental challenges, an increasing number of thoughtful proposals and real-world models suggest new possibilities, this book convenes an essential conversation about the future we want.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|36 pages
Social Democracy and Radical Localism
part 2|88 pages
New System Values
chapter Chapter 4|19 pages
The Economy for the Common Good
chapter Chapter 6|18 pages
Whole Systems Change
part 3|68 pages
A Planetary Economy
chapter Chapter 10|12 pages
Well-Being Economy
chapter Chapter 11|16 pages
Toward Democratic Eco-socialism as the Next World System
part 4|30 pages
Ownership and Economic Democracy
chapter Chapter 15|18 pages
Diversifying Public Ownership
part 5|122 pages
Community-Based Pluralist Systems
part 6|61 pages
Commoning, Cooperation, and Participatory Planning
part 7|53 pages
The Emerging New Economy