Social Structures of Direct Democracy: On the Political Economy of Equality

A stirring, grounded, and scholarly case for Direct Democracy as the route to a more just society.

Author: John Asimakopoulos
Publisher: Haymarket Books
Published: 03/01/2016
Pages: 213
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.60d
ISBN13: 9781608464920
ISBN10: 160846492X
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Sociology | General
- Political Science | Political Economy
- Political Science | Political Ideologies | Communism, Post-Communism & Socialism

About the Author
John Asimakopoulos, Ph.D., is Full Professor of Sociology at the City University of New York and executive director of the Transformative Studies Institute (TSI), an educational think tank. He has advanced degrees in and has taught sociology, political science, and economics resulting in a unique interdisciplinary perspective. Asimakopoulos is author of Revolt! and The Accumulation of Freedom. He has published many journal articles, book chapters, and is editor in chief of Theory in Action, an interdisciplinary peer-reviewed journal focusing on scholar-activism.