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Community & Place Democracy & Governance Democratic Ownership Environment & Energy Gender & Sexuality Health & Wellbeing Money & Banking Movement Strategy & History Public Planning Race & Ethnicity

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Regionalism

Regionalism

by Gar Alperovitz

Why consider long term regional devolution of power? How might long term devolution to regionalist patterns operate in the Pluralist Commonwealth? What are some on-the-ground developments that suggest possibilities for the future of regionalism? read more
Community & Place Democracy & Governance

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Culture

by Gar Alperovitz

Why is culture a key part of the pluralist commonwealth? What are the most important strategies for building such a culture? What are some examples of the development of the cultural transformations toward democratic society at work today? read more
Community & Place Democratic Ownership

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Ownership

Ownership

by Gar Alperovitz

Why is ownership a key determinant of system structure? How does the Pluralist Commonwealth democratize ownership? Where is ownership being transformed in the direction of a Pluralist Commonwealth today? read more
Democratic Ownership

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America

by Gar Alperovitz

Why is the Pluralist Commonwealth an American system? What resources for a Pluralist Commonwealth can be found in the American tradition? read more
Community & Place Democratic Ownership

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Evolutionary Reconstruction And Displacement

by Gar Alperovitz

How do evolutionary reconstruction and displacement of corporate power differ from “countervailing” strategies of containment and regulation? Why are evolutionary reconstruction and displacement key strategic approaches in the building of a Pluralist Commonwealth? read more
Democratic Ownership Money & Banking

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Tech

Technology

by Gar Alperovitz

How do modern researchers understand the deeper sources of economic abundance and technological change? How should the fruits of our common technological inheritance be distributed now and in future? How would the Pluralist Commonwealth deploy management of new technologies in new ways? read more
Public Planning

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Decentralization

Decentralization

by Gar Alperovitz

Why is decentralization a key principle of system design? What are the limits of decentralization? What are some contemporary developments in the direction of decentralization? read more
Democracy & Governance

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Planning

Planning

by Gar Alperovitz

What is the role of planning in our present economic system? How would planning function in the Pluralist Commonwealth? Where are new models of decentralized and more participatory planning being explored today? read more
Public Planning

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bureaucracy

Bureaucracy

by Gar Alperovitz

Why is bureaucracy problematic? What can be done in a pluralist commonwealth to minimize necessary bureaucracy? What contemporary interventions or potential interventions illustrate democratic control of large-scale entities? read more
Community & Place Democracy & Governance