A simple and revolutionary toolbox to help any group create an actual and functioning democracy In this book, Marta Harnecker, with Spanish economist Jose Bartolome, shares some of her wisdom on how communities everywhere can gain empowerment. For, when impoverished people became involved in the planning process, they no longer feel like beggars demanding solutions from the state; they become the creators of their own destiny. Set out in two parts; this book first demonstrates the importance of community participants working outside a hierarchy, to allow as much decentralization as possible. The second part of the book centers on the methodology of this process: the various tasks taken on by participants and how, in planning processes over years, they are carried out.
About the AuthorMarta Harnecker is director of the Center for Research on Popular Memory in Latin America (MEPLA) in Havana and author of Venezuela: Militares Junta al Pueblo and numerous books on the Latin American left. Jose Bartolome, born in Spain, is an economist, sociologist, and documentary filmmaker.
Book InformationISBN 9781583677551
Author Marta HarneckerFormat Paperback
Page Count 264
Imprint Monthly Review Press,U.S.Publisher Monthly Review Press,U.S.
Weight(grams) 717g
Dimensions(mm) 279mm * 216mm * 17mm