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The resistible rise of corporate power
October 2010
Hilary Wainwright

The massive concentration and growth of corporate power poses a major threat to what remains of public services, highlighting the ever-deepening crisis of democracy, and the urgent need for people to reclaim the state.

Cross of Charter impasse, unfolding economy
June 2009
Walden Bello

With its representative institutions severely weakened by unscrupulous political machinations, the fate of our constitutional democracy will once again depend on the direct democracy of the streets

Key to economic recovery lies in unlocking workers' creativity
May 2009
Hilary Wainwright

The future of our public services will be as central to the next election as the future of the economy. The experience of Newcastle City Council shows that most political party leaders are wrong when they believe the solution lies in further competition and outsourcing.

Utopia reborn?
October 2008
TNI
 César Rodríguez-Garavito, Patrick Barret and Daniel Chavez
The resurgence of the left in Latin America has taken social and political analysts by surprise, and this book is the first attempt at a comprehensive analysis of the origins, characteristics, dilemmas and possible future trajectories of the various manifestations of the new Latin American...
Participatory democracy at the crossroads
September 2008
TNI
 Eurotopia No. 5

‘Citizens’ participation’ is a fashionable political concept, but one that increasingly means all things to all people. It is time to reclaim ‘participation’ from those who would use it simply to legitimise existing political institutions. This issue of Eurotopia explores different models of...

Participation in Italy
September 2008
Anna Pizzo

Anna Pizzo is a director of Carta (a partner in Eurotopia), and has been a councillor for three years in the Lazio region. Inspired by the experience of Porto Alegre, she has been working on ‘the borderline’ between the movements and the political institutions...

Managing water through participative processes: the case of Catalonia
September 2008
Jordi Pacheco i Canals

Carlos, who is 13 years od, has left his house to go fishing. Not far away, there is a reservoir where he spends long hours watching the birds nest while he waits to catch a fish or two.

Participatory Democracy in 6 Steps
September 2008
Tomás Rodríguez Villasante

Participatory Democracy in 6 Steps.

Interview with Jeronimo Fernandez Cortes
September 2008
Eurotopia Team

Jeronimo Fernandez Cortes, 43, is a member of the Federación de Asociaciones Gitanas Calí (Federation of Gypsy Calí Associations), an organisation that is a participant in the Albacete Participation Forum. 

If participative democracy is the answer, what is the question?
September 2008
Joan Subirats
‘Citizens’ participation’ is a fashionable political concept, but one that increasingly means all things to all people. It is time to reclaim ‘participation’ from those who would use it simply to legitimise existing political institutions, argues Joan Subirats.
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