Western societies are suffering from a multi-faceted political and
economic crisis to which traditional ideologies of the Left and
Right no longer offer viable solutions.
This book advocates as an alternative 'associative democracy'.
Far from being a utopian idea, it offers new forms of economic and
social governance as supplements to representative democracy and
market economies. Associative democracy addresses the problems of
the overload of big government by democratizing and empowering
civil society. It transfers social provision to self-governing
voluntary associations, whilst retaining public funding and
political accountability. It 'publicises' civil society, placing
political responsibility and governmental tasks in the hands of
citizens. Accountable government becomes possible because service
performance and public control are separated. In the economic
sphere it advocates regional economic regulation through
public-private partnerships, the promotion of self-governing
industrial districts, and the democratization of the firm.
In this way, Hirst argues, public regulation can be made less
remote, promoting the growth of relationships based on co-operation
and trust and, therefore, ensuring those flows of information and
commitment on the part of actors necessary to the pursuit of
"quality" in market economies.
This book is highly distinctive in the way it combines political
theory with social analysis and political advocacy. It forms an
outstanding contribution to contemporary political discussion.
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