The liberal state is dead, long live the partner state Across the
world, the liberal nation state is on its knees. Rising inequality,
deep political polarization, and the pervasive power of
corporations are tearing apart the social contract and threatening
to crush democracy. Civilizing the State traces the history and
development of the liberal state and its changing role from the
enabler of capitalism to protector of citizen welfare, to its
hollowing out and capture by corporate and elite interests
rendering it unfit to address the compounding crises of inequality,
injustice, ecological collapse, and loss of legitimacy. Author John
Restakis explores citizen-powered alternatives and experiments in
co-operation, deep democracy, solidarity economics, and commoning
from Spain, India, the global peasant movement, and the emerging
stateless democracy of Rojava rising from the wreckage of the
Syrian civil war. The final section views the current crisis as an
opportunity to reimagine the state not as handmaid to predatory
elites but as a partner state that promotes equity, economic
democracy, co-operation, and human thriving, driven by deep
democracy and a fully sovereign civil society. Incisive,
penetrating, and inspirational, this is essential reading for all
engaged citizens with a stake in co-creating a better future for
all.
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