The Desktop Regulatory State: The Countervailing Power Of Individ... (RePrint)

Description: Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title:The Desktop Regulatory State: The Countervailing Power Of Individuals And Networks (RePrint)ISBN13:9781523275595ISBN10:1523275596Author:Carson, Kevin A. (Author)Description:Defenders Of The Modern State Often Claim That It's Needed To Protect Us-From Terrorists, Invaders, Bullies, And Rapacious Corporations Economist John Kenneth Galbraith, For Instance, Famously Argued That The State Was A Source Of Countervailing Power That Kept Other Social Institutions In Check But What If Those Countervailing Institution-Corporations, Government Agencies And Domesticated Labor Unions-In Practice Collude More Than They Countervail Each Other? And What If Network Communications Technology And Digital Platforms Now Enable Us To Take On All Those Dinosaur Hierarchies As Equals-And More Than Equals In The Desktop Regulatory State, Kevin Carson Shows How The Power Of Self-Regulation, Which People Engaged In Social Cooperation Have Always Possessed, Has Been Amplified And Intensifed By Changes In Consciousness-As People Have Become Aware Of Their Own Power And Of Their Ability To Care For Themselves Without The State-And In Technology-Especially Information Technology Drawing As Usual On A Wide Array Of Insights From Diverse Disciplines, Carson Paints An Inspiring, Challenging, And Optimistic Portrait Of A Humane Future Without The State, And Points Provocatively Toward The Steps We Need To Take In Order To Achieve It Binding:Paperback, PaperbackPublisher:Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date:2016-03-04Weight:1.75 lbsDimensions:0.93'' H x 10'' L x 7.01'' WNumber of Pages:462Language:English

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