A Taste of Power: The Politics of Local Economics

by Maureen McIntosh, Hilary Wainwright (Editor)

Composed by members of the GLC's Economic Policy Group, drawing from their own experiences, this book illustrates how initiatives from local communities, trade unionists, women, and the unemployed, when combined with decentralized political power, showcased the potential of a novel kind of socialist economics. The resulting popular planning was unprecedented, with resources utilized in ways that local politicians, traditionally in charge of local authority funding, had never envisioned.

Hardcover

First published January 1, 1987