Slow Democracy: Rediscovering Community, Bringing Decision Making Back Home

by Woden Teachout, Susan Clark, Susan Clark

Book Overview

Reconnecting with the sources of decisions that affect us, and with the processes of democracy itself, is at the heart of 21st-century sustainable communities.

Slow Democracy chronicles the ways in which ordinary people have mobilized to find local solutions to local problems. It invites us to bring the advantages of "slow" to our community decision making. Just as slow food encourages chefs and eaters to become more intimately involved...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1603584137
• ISBN13: 9781603584135
• Release Date: June 2005
• Publisher: Chelsea Green Publishing Company
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"