Moving Beyond Capitalism: (Routledge Critical Development Studies)

The book speaks to the widespread quest for concrete alternative ways forward 'beyond capitalism' in the face of the prevailing corporatocracy and a capitalist system in crisis. It examines a number of institutions and practices now being built in the nooks and crannies of present societies and that point beyond capitalism toward a more equal, participatory, and democratic society – institutions such as cooperatives, public banks, the commons, economic democracy. This seminal collection of critical studies draws on academic and activist voices from the U.S. and Canada, Mexico, Cuba, and Argentina, and from a variety of theoretical-political perspectives – Marxism, anarchism, feminism, and Zapatismo.

Table of Contents:
Forward by Richard D. Wolff Part I: Economic Democracy / The Social Economy 1. Beyond Capitalism to Sustainability: The Public Bank Solution 2. Building a Grassroots Democratic Economy: The Rising Tide of Local Self-Reliance, Workplace Democracy, and Social Justice 3. Worker’s Economy in Argentina: Self Management, Cooperatives and Recovered Enterprises in a Time of Global Crisis 4. Cooperative Cuba Part II: The Commons 5. Commoning Together 6. Building the Commons as an Antidote to the Predatory Market Economy 7. Autogestión: Prefiguring a New Cooperativism and the ‘Labor Commons’ 8. Divisions in the Commons: Ecuador’s FLOK Society and the Zapatistas’ Escuelita Part III: Alternatives to a System in Crisis 9. Economic Crises, Environmental Crises: Moving beyond Capitalism 10. The Left and a Green New Deal 11. Alternatives to Development in Latin America Part IV: Bringing Politics Back In 12. The Limits of Localism 13. Getting Past Capitalism: History, Vision, Hope 14. Toward A Stronger, More Influential Political Left: An Appeal for Critical Self-Reflection Part V: Socialism in the 21st Century 15. Building a 21st Century Socialism 16. Out of the Abyss, the New World 17. The Communal State (Venezuela): Communal Councils and Workplace Democracy 18. The Necessary Renovation of Socialist Hegemony in Cuba: Contradictions and Challenges 19. Cuba’s Cooperatives: Their Contribution to Cuba’s New Socialism 20. The Dialectic of Constituent Power and Constituted Power

About the Author :
Cliff DuRand is a lifelong political activist and retired Philosophy professor. He is a founder of the Radical Philosophy Association in the U.S. and of the Center for Global Justice in Mexico.

Review :
Excerpt from journal review "...Moving Beyond Capitalism is an indispensable guide for scholars, activists, and grass roots organizations who want to build an alternative world in the twenty-first century." – Kaan Agartan, Framingham State University, in Labour and Industry Journal