Sign-In
Cart
Worker Cooperatives and Deep Democracy: Transformative Politics and Planetary Care from Below
Paperback
EconomicsGeneral Political ScienceSocial Movements
Publisher Price: $26.95
ISBN13: 9780745351575
Publisher: Pluto Press (UK)
Published: Dec 20 2025
Pages: 288
Weight: 0.65
Height: 1.10 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.40
Language: English
'This book is the brilliant light and the compass we need, not just to save the planet but to make the world anew' Robin D. G. Kelley, author of Freedom Dreams
'From Kerala to Mondragón, these stories of solidarity, commons, and planetary care show that another post-capitalist future is not just possible, it's happening' Kohei Saito, author of Marx in the Anthropocene
Capitalism's crisis is planetary. It is a system upending nature and society, causing many to live and work in despair. So far, the orthodox left has been incapable of inspiring an effective challenge to it. In Worker Cooperatives and Deep Democracy, Vishwas Satgar and Michelle Williams map a new transformative politics arising from inspiring examples of collectively owned and managed solidarity economy cooperative systems that advance planetary care from below and which have the potential to erode, tame and exit capitalism. Based on over a decade of research across 15 countries, the authors examine case studies that explore transformative approaches to social reproduction, public power, nature and territorial expansion in opposition to power structures.
They also uncover the power of the commons and solidarities engendering emancipatory, utopian imaginaries in the global north and south. They show how, against all the odds, people are experimenting with deep democracy and building systems of care to engender a future beyond our era of crisis.
Vishwas Satgar is Professor of International Relations at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. He is the author of A Love Letter to the Many - Arguments for Transformative Left Politics in South Africa.
Michelle Williams is Professor of Sociology at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. She is the co-author (with Thomas Isaac) of Building Alternatives, and the co-editor (with Vishwas Satgar) of Destroying Democracy.
Also from
Satgar, Vishwas
Destroying Democracy: Neoliberal Capitalism and the Rise of Authoritarian Politics
Duncan, Jane
Hardcover
Emancipatory Feminism in the Time of Covid-19: Transformative Resistance and Social Reproduction
Satgar, Vishwas
Paperback
Brics and the New American Imperialism: Global Rivalry and Resistance
Adam, Ferrial
Satgar, Vishwas
Hardcover
Emancipatory Feminism in the Time of Covid-19: Transformative Resistance and Social Reproduction
Satgar, Vishwas
Hardcover
Brics and the New American Imperialism: Global Rivalry and Resistance
Adam, Ferrial
Satgar, Vishwas
Paperback
A Love Letter to the Many: Arguments for Transformative Left Politics in South Africa
Satgar, Vishwas
Hardcover
Destroying Democracy: Neoliberal Capitalism and the Rise of Authoritarian Politics
Duncan, Jane
Paperback
Also in
Economics
Requiem for the American Dream: The 10 Principles of Concentration of Wealth & Power
Chomsky, Noam
Paperback
Family, Fields, and Ancestors: Constancy and Change in China's Social and Economic History, 1550-1949
Eastman, Lloyd E.
Paperback
1929: Inside the Greatest Crash in Wall Street History--And How It Shattered a Nation
Sorkin, Andrew Ross
Hardcover
Planet Money: A Guide to the Economic Forces That Shape Your Life
Mayyasi, Alex
Hosts of Npr's Planet Money
Hardcover
1873: The Rothschilds, the First Great Depression, and the Making of the Modern World
Ahamed, Liaquat
Hardcover
How to Get Rich in American History: 300 Years of Financial Advice That Worked (& Didn't)
Moore Phd, Joseph S.
Hardcover
Moral Economics: From Prostitution to Organ Sales, What Controversial Transactions Reveal about How Markets Work
Roth, Alvin E.
Hardcover
Capitalism for All: Inclusive Economics and the Future-Proofing of America
Bryant, John Hope
Hardcover
What Happened to Liberal Democracy?: Remaking a Politics of Shared Prosperity
Acemoglu, Daron
Hardcover
Soccernomics (2026 World Cup Edition): Why European Men and American Women Usually Win--And American Men Don't (Yet)
Szymanski, Stefan
Kuper, Simon
Paperback
Market Wizards: The Next Generation: The World's Top Young Traders Reveal How They Beat the Market
Schwager, Jack D.
Coyle, George F.
Hardcover
The Price of Democracy: The Revolutionary Power of Taxation in American History
Williamson, Vanessa S.
Hardcover
Too Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System--and Themselves
Sorkin, Andrew Ross
Paperback
Yuppies: The Bankers, Lawyers, Joggers, and Gourmands Who Conquered New York
Gottlieb, Dylan
Hardcover
The Age of Extraction: How Tech Platforms Conquered the Economy and Threaten Our Future Prosperity
Wu, Tim
Hardcover
1929: Inside the Greatest Crash in Wall Street History--And How It Shatteredâ a Nation (Large Print Edition)
Sorkin, Andrew Ross
Paperback
House of Fidelity: The Rise of the Johnson Dynasty and the Company That Changed American Investing
Baer, Justin
Hardcover
The Middle-Class New Deal: Restoring Upward Mobility and the American Dream
Dickerson, A. Mechele
Paperback
How to Win a Trade War: An Optimistic Guide to an Anxious Global Economy
Keynes, Soumaya
Bown, Chad P.
Hardcover
Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
Robinson, James A.
Acemoglu, Daron
Paperback
5 Steps to a 5: AP Microeconomics 2027: Practice AP Tests + AP Content Review + Digital Exams
Dodge, Eric R.
Paperback
Who Gets What -- And Why: The New Economics of Matchmaking and Market Design
Roth, Alvin E.
Paperback
It's on You: How Corporations and Behavioral Scientists Have Convinced Us That We're to Blame for Society's Deepest Problems
Loewenstein, George
Chater, Nick
Hardcover
Freakonomics Twentieth Anniversary Edition: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
Levitt, Steven D.
Dubner, Stephen J.
Paperback
A History of the United States in Five Crashes: Stock Market Meltdowns That Defined a Nation
Nations, Scott
Paperback
Broken Money: Why Our Financial System is Failing Us and How We Can Make it Better
Alden, Lyn
Paperback
Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order: Why Nations Succeed and Fail
Dalio, Ray
Hardcover
How Africa Works: Success and Failure on the World's Last Developmental Frontier
Studwell, Joe
Hardcover
The Winner's Curse: Behavioral Economics Anomalies, Then and Now
Imas, Alex
Thaler, Richard H.
Hardcover
Blood and Treasure: The Economics of Conflict from the Vikings to the Modern Era
Weldon, Duncan
Hardcover
Baby Steps Millionaires: How Ordinary People Built Extraordinary Wealth--And How You Can Too
Ramsey, Dave
Hardcover
Strong Towns: A Bottom-Up Revolution to Rebuild American Prosperity
Marohn, Charles L., Jr.
Hardcover
Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty
Banerjee, Abhijit V.
Duflo, Esther
Paperback
Predictably Irrational, Revised and Expanded Edition: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions
Ariely, Dan
Paperback
Financial Literacy for All: Disrupting Struggle, Advancing Financial Freedom, and Building a New American Middle Class
Bryant, John Hope
Paperback
How Adam Smith Can Change Your Life: An Unexpected Guide to Human Nature and Happiness
Roberts, Russ
Paperback
The Invention of Infinite Growth: How Economists Came to Believe a Dangerous Delusion
Jones, Christopher F.
Hardcover
Vulture Capitalism: Corporate Crimes, Backdoor Bailouts, and the Death of Freedom /]Cby Grace Blakeley
Blakeley, Grace
Paperback
Abundancia: Cómo Construimos Un Mundo Mejor Abundance (Spanish Edition)
Thompson, Derek
Klein, Ezra
Paperback
The Banker Who Made America: Thomas Willing and the Rise of the American Financial Aristocracy, 1731-1821
Vague, Richard
Hardcover
Burned by Billionaires: How Concentrated Wealth and Power Are Ruining Our Lives and Planet
Collins, Chuck
Hardcover
Louder Than Words: Take Your Career from Average to Exceptional with the Hidden Power of Nonverbal Intelligence
Navarro, Joe
Poynter, Toni Sciarra
Paperback
Think Like a Freak: The Authors of Freakonomics Offer to Retrain Your Brain
Levitt, Steven D.
Dubner, Stephen J.
Paperback
The Capital Order: How Economists Invented Austerity and Paved the Way to Fascism
Mattei, Clara E.
Paperback
A Capitalist Manifesto: Understanding The Market Economy And Defending Liberty
Wolfram, Gary
Paperback
Our Dollar, Your Problem: An Insider's View of Seven Turbulent Decades of Global Finance, and the Road Ahead
Rogoff, Kenneth
Paperback
Against Tech Oligarchy: Worker Resistance in the World's Most Powerful Industry
Redwine, Clarissa
Tan, Js
Hardcover
Power and Progress: Our Thousand-Year Struggle Over Technology and Prosperity
Acemoglu, Daron
Johnson, Simon
Paperback
The Power of Creative Destruction: Economic Upheaval and the Wealth of Nations
Bunel, Simon
Aghion, Philippe
Antonin, Céline
Paperback
The Mismeasurement of America: How Outdated Government Statistics Mask the Economic Struggle of Everyday Americans
Ludwig, Gene
Hardcover
The Great Global Transformation: The United States, China, and the Remaking of the World Economic Order
Milanovic, Branko
Hardcover
Economics in One Lesson: The Shortest and Surest Way to Understand Basic Economics
Hazlitt, Henry
Paperback
9 Hábitos Japoneses Que Cambiarán Tu Vida / 9 Japanese Habits That Will Change Your Life
Rodríguez, Andrea
Paperback
The Triumph of Economic Freedom: Debunking the Seven Great Myths of American Capitalism
Boudreaux, Donald J.
Gramm, Phil
Hardcover
Our Dollar, Your Problem: An Insider's View of Seven Turbulent Decades of Global Finance, and the Road Ahead
Rogoff, Kenneth
Hardcover
The World's Worst Bet: How the Globalization Gamble Went Wrong (and What Would Make It Right)
Lynch, David J.
Hardcover
The World Order - Our Secret Rulers: A Study in the Hegemony of Parasitism
Mullins, Eustace
Paperback
Talking to My Daughter about the Economy: Or, How Capitalism Works--And How It Fails
Varoufakis, Yanis
Paperback
Small Startup Cities: How to Build a Thriving Startup Ecosystem in a Small City
Halaby, Dominique
Paperback
The Lords of Easy Money: How the Federal Reserve Broke the American Economy
Leonard, Christopher
Paperback
Two Paths to Prosperity: Culture and Institutions in Europe and China, 1000-2000
Tabellini, Guido
Greif, Avner
Mokyr, Joel
Hardcover
Credit to the Nation: Eastern European Jewish Immigrant Bankers and the Shaping of American Finance, 1873-1930
Kobrin, Rebecca
Hardcover
Crack-Up Capitalism: Market Radicals and the Dream of a World Without Democracy
Slobodian, Quinn
Paperback
Princes and Thieves: Jared Kushner and Mohammed Bin Zayed's Secret Plot to Remake the Middle East
Cole, Matthew
Hardcover
AP Microeconomics/Macroeconomics Premium, Eighth Edition: Prep Book with 4 Practice Tests + Comprehensive Review + Online Practice (2026)
Kacapyr, Elia, PH. D.
Redelsheimer, James, M. a.
Musgrave, Frank, PH. D.
Paperback
The Wealth of Nations: The Economics Classic - A Selected Edition for the Contemporary Reader
Smith, Adam
Hardcover
A Century of Plenty: A Story of Progress for Generations to Come
Canal, Marc
Bradley, Chris
Leung, Nick
Paperback
The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World: 10th Anniversary Edition
Ferguson, Niall
Paperback
Great American Investments: A History of the Bold Initiatives That Shaped a Nation
Ellis, Charles D.
Hardcover
The Invisible Hand of Maria Edgeworth: How a Nineteenth-Century Novelist Taught the World Economics
Smialek, Jeanna
Hardcover
Architects of Ruin: How Big Government Liberals Wrecked the Global Economy--And How They Will Do It Again If No One Stops Them
Schweizer, Peter
Paperback
This Time Is Different: Eight Centuries of Financial Folly
Reinhart, Carmen M.
Rogoff, Kenneth S.
Paperback
Bitcoin Is for Everyone: Why Our Financial System Is Broken and Bitcoin Is the Solution
Brunell, Natalie
Paperback