{"product_id":"dispersing-power-social-movements-as-anti-state-forces-paperback","title":"Dispersing Power: Social Movements as Anti-State Forces - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRaúl Zibechi\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRamor Ryan\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Zibechi goes to Bolivia to learn. Like us, he goes with questions, questions that stretch far beyond the borders of Bolivia. How do we change the world and create a different one? How do we get rid of capitalism? How do we create a society based on dignity? What is the role of the state and what are the possibilities of changing society through anti-state movements?... the most important practical and theoretical questions that have risen from the struggles in Latin America and the world in the last fifteen years or so.... The book is beautiful, exciting, stimulating.... Do read it and also give it your friends.\"--John Holloway, from the Foreword \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Ra l Zibechi recounts in wonderful detail how dynamic and innovative Bolivian social movements succeeded in transforming the country. Even more inspiring than the practical exploits, though, are the theoretical innovations of the movements, which Zibechi highlights, giving us new understandings of community, political organization, institution, and a series of other concepts vital to contemporary political thought.\"--Michael Hardt, co-author of \u003ci\u003eEmpire\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMultitude\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eCommonwealth\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis, Ra l Zibechi's first book translated into English, is an historical analysis of social struggles in Bolivia and the forms of community power instituted by that country's indigenous Aymara. \u003ci\u003eDispersing Power\u003c\/i\u003e, like the movements it describes, explores new ways of doing politics beyond the state, gracefully mapping the how of revolution, offering valuable lessons to activists and new theoretical frameworks for understanding how social movements can and do operate independently of state-centered models for social change.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRaúl Zibechi is an international analyst for \u003ci\u003eBrecha\u003c\/i\u003e, a weekly journal in Montevideo, Uruguay, professor and researcher on social movements at the Multiversidad Franciscana de América Latina, and adviser to social groups. He is a monthly contributor to the Americas Policy Program and author of \u003ci\u003eGenealogía de la Revuelta\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLa Mirada Horizontal\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRamor Ryan is an Irish writer and translator based in Chiapas, Mexico. His book \u003ci\u003eClandestines: the Pirate Journals of an Irish Exile\u003c\/i\u003e was published by AK Press in 2006. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBenjamin Dangl is author of \u003ci\u003eThe Price of Fire\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDancing with Dynamite\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJohn Holloway is author of \u003ci\u003eChange the World Without Taking Power\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCrack Capitalism\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 174\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.3 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 01, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51760174661920,"sku":"9781849350112","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/c693f602db3babb3d06eae627569e1d3.webp?v=1780173560","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/dispersing-power-social-movements-as-anti-state-forces-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}