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Index
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Preface
Notes
Acknowledgements
1 A New Politics of Knowledge
Shock encounters with the free market in Central Europe
Tacit knowledge as the justification of the free market
Answering the free-market right through the practical, social knowledge of social movements
Tools to challenge Cold War dichotomies: ‘the Berlin Wall did not fall on us’
Socializing practical knowledge as a source of power
Rethinking power
The perspective of a long revolution towards self-government
The collective confidence and militant hope behind Labour’s victory
It’s when all’s quiet that the seed’s a-growing
Notes
2 The New Politics in Practice
Economic initiatives based on the sharing of tacit knowledge
Sharing tacit knowledge in manufacturing: Lucas Aerospace
Democratic egalitarianism
The democratization of knowledge as a basis of public service reform: Newcastle Unison’s successful struggle for a democratic alternative to privatization
Commons peer-to-peer production
Open plus co-operative: a force to be reckoned with
Notes
3 From Cells to Transitions
The emergence of economic alternatives beyond, in and against the state
From creative initiatives to systemic transitions
Alternatives to core technologies
The favourable conditions created by new means of communication and of information exchange
Overcoming the labour movement’s traditional divide of politics from economics
Beyond the competitive drive for profit
Notes
4 Conclusions: On Questions of Political Strategy and Organization
Winning from the left
Thatcher’s destruction of trade union corporatism
Towards a transformative party?
A facilitative use of political office in practice
The combination of power at the base with the tools of political office
Notes
Further Reading and Resources
Publications
Websites and Organizations
End User License Agreement
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