Transforming Power

Veteran activist Judy Rebick explains in Transforming Power how globalization and mass-communication technology are revolutionizing our understanding of power and producing profound new ideas about social and political life. Whether it's the election of President Obama, the rise of participatory democracy in Bolivia, or the success of Wikipedia, it's the process that's key: bringing communities of people together to produce something new; building a movement from the bottom up; sharing experience, knowledge, and wisdom; emphasizing co-operation and consensus over confrontation and political partisanship; or spreading ideas and actions through local and global networks.