Focus on democratic organizations that are helping to restore community life in the United States. This book emphasizes the self-regulating power of the local economy. It proposes a social design for going beyond market competition and government regulation as the basis for developing a vital and stable economic base to the community.

1. Beyond the Market and the State Severyn T. Bruyn 2. The Market-System Problem: The National Context Jeff Faux 3. Community Land Trusts Kirby White and Charles Matthei 4. Worker Cooperatives and Community Development Charles Turner 5. Community Finance Institutions Michael Swack 6. Consumer Cooperatives Jean Hammond 7. Community Development Corporations Robert Zdenek 8. Working Toward Local Self-Reliance James Meehan 9. Local, Regional, and National Strategies Richard Schramm 10. Education for Organizational and Community Self-Management William R. Torbert 11. A New Role for Government: Supporting a Democratic Economy Karl Seidman 12. The Future of Community: From Local to Global Mel King and Samantha George 13. What Is a Worker Cooperative? David P. Ellerman 14. The Mondragon Model of Cooperative Development James Meehan Resource Directory