The greatest
contribution of the New Left to the 60s was its
determination to build a culture of popular
participation at every level of society. The
intention of the young radicals who framed the
political movement for social change, in terms of
community-centered democracy, laid the basis for the
current political discourse: a discourse on
citizenship that will guide direct democratic
experimentation into the 21st century.
Thirty years
later, in November of 1999, their legacy and the
relevance of their determination was demonstrated by
events in Seattle when thousands confronted the
international meeting of the World Trade
Organization.
The discourse
of democracy has won over all others and it now
remains for us to deepen its meaning and fulfill its
promises just as the New Left began doing more than
three decades ago.
This book
traces the political legacy of the New Left of the
60s into the 90s through the experiences of the
participating contributors from the USA, from Canada
and from Europe.
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of Contents
Dimitrios
Roussopoulos is an editor, writer and economist. He
has written widely on international politics,
democracy and social change. His most recent
publication is The Public Place:
Citizen Participation in the Neighbourhood and the
City (Black Rose Books).
210 pages,
bibliography, index
Paperback ISBN: 1-55164-020-1 $19.99
Hardcover ISBN: 1-55164-021-X $48.99
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