Peer2Politics
135.8K views | +0 today
Follow
Peer2Politics
on peer-to-peer dynamics in politics, the economy and organizations
Curated by jean lievens
Your new post is loading...
Scooped by jean lievens
Scoop.it!

Essay: Can capitalism reform itself and move towards a p2p society? | P2P Foundation

Essay: Can capitalism reform itself and move towards a p2p society? | P2P Foundation | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
P2P & INOVAÇÃO is a new journal linked Grupo de Pesquisa Economias colaborativas e produção P2P no Brasil (Collaborative  Economy and P2P Production in Brazil Research Group) from Instituto Brasileiro de Informação em Ciência e Tecnologia (IBICT). The second volume has just been published and includes, amongst others, articles authored by P2P Foundation collaborators. This …
No comment yet.
Scooped by jean lievens
Scoop.it!

Towards a Commons-Based Political Economy: Rethinking State, Market and Civil Society

Michel Bauwens, John Restakis and Kevin Flanagan The history of political and economic organization within capitalism has been the recurring fight over the balance of power between the state and the market, which has ended in a radical subordination of the state and the social good to private markets interests. But the alternative may no longer be a return to statism and a ‘strong state’ but rather a set of commons-centric alternatives based on the principles of co-operation and economic democracy

No comment yet.
Scooped by jean lievens
Scoop.it!

Commoners in Transition Archives - Commons Transition

Commoners in Transition Archives - Commons Transition | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
"The race to the bottom that globalization has triggered is no longer an available strategy for a knowledge economy system like Mantova." Michel Bauwens interviews professor Christian Iaione, a facilitator of Bologna's Regulation for the Care and Regeneration...

- See more at: http://commonstransition.org/category/articles-and-resources/commoners-in-transition/#sthash.MUlWB9je.dpuf

No comment yet.
Scooped by jean lievens
Scoop.it!

Visions from Two Theories: Bauwens’ “partner state” (part 1 of 3) . . . vis à vis TIMN

This is the third in this series of similarly-titled posts about the future of the state vis à vis TIMN. The first focused on Phillip Bobbitt’s concept of the “market state,” the second on Phillip Blond’s “civic state.” This one is about Michel Bauwens’ “partner state.” 

No comment yet.