Anarchist Accounting

Author : Anders Sandström
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2020-11-29
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781000244649

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Anarchist Accounting by Anders Sandström Pdf

This book is about accounting in an alternative libertarian socialist economic system. It explores what information and transactions we need to enable democratic and effective financial decisions by those affected by the decisions. Based on the economic model, participatory economics, the author proposes a set of accounting principles for an economy comprised of common ownership of productive resources, worker and consumer councils, and democratic planning, promoting the model’s core values. The author tackles questions such as how accounting could be organised in an economy with no private equity owners or private lenders and creditors that is not based on greed and competition but instead on cooperation and solidarity. A large part of the book is focused on issues regarding investments; thus, he asks how and on what basis decisions are made about the allocation of an economy’s production between consumption today and investments that enable more consumption in the future, and how investments are accounted for. He also considers how investments in capital assets and production facilities would be decided, financed, and valued if they are not owned by private capital owners and if allocation does not take place through markets but through a form of democratic planning. In answering these questions and more, the author demonstrates that alternative economic systems are indeed possible, and not merely lofty utopias that cannot be put into practice, and inspires further discussion about economic vision. By applying accounting to a new economic setting and offering both technical information and the author’s bold vision, this book is a comprehensive and valuable supplementary text for courses touching on critical accounting theory. It will also appeal to readers interested in alternative kinds of economies.

Author : Anders Sandstrom
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2016-06-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1326634836

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Anarchist Accounting: Accounting Principles for a Participatory Economy by Anders Sandstrom Pdf

How would an economic system based on libertarian socialist principles actually work in practice? What kind of information would need to be recorded in order to enable democratic participation, efficient decision-making and equitable outcomes? Using the economic model Participatory Economics as aframework, this book proposes asetof accounting principles for aneconomy comprised of common ownership of productive resources, federations of worker and consumer councils, and democratic planning. Anders Sandstrom is a trained accountant with a degree from UppsalaUniversity. He is a co-founderof Parecon Sverige, aParticipatory Economics advocacygroup in Sweden."

Author : Anders Sandström
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 137 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2020-11-29
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781000244724

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Anarchist Accounting by Anders Sandström Pdf

This book is about accounting in an alternative libertarian socialist economic system. It explores what information and transactions we need to enable democratic and effective financial decisions by those affected by the decisions. Based on the economic model, participatory economics, the author proposes a set of accounting principles for an economy comprised of common ownership of productive resources, worker and consumer councils, and democratic planning, promoting the model’s core values. The author tackles questions such as how accounting could be organised in an economy with no private equity owners or private lenders and creditors that is not based on greed and competition but instead on cooperation and solidarity. A large part of the book is focused on issues regarding investments; thus, he asks how and on what basis decisions are made about the allocation of an economy’s production between consumption today and investments that enable more consumption in the future, and how investments are accounted for. He also considers how investments in capital assets and production facilities would be decided, financed, and valued if they are not owned by private capital owners and if allocation does not take place through markets but through a form of democratic planning. In answering these questions and more, the author demonstrates that alternative economic systems are indeed possible, and not merely lofty utopias that cannot be put into practice, and inspires further discussion about economic vision. By applying accounting to a new economic setting and offering both technical information and the author’s bold vision, this book is a comprehensive and valuable supplementary text for courses touching on critical accounting theory. It will also appeal to readers interested in alternative kinds of economies.

Author : Crimethinc
Publisher : 5-Minute Therapy
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2015-03-22
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 162106574X

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Accounting for Ourselves by Crimethinc Pdf

Sexual assault and abuse continue to plague anarchist circles and spaces. In response, we've developed processes to hold each other accountable outside of the state. But why can't we seem to get them right? Our newest feature examines the context in which these community accountability models emerged, analyzes the pitfalls we've encountered in trying to apply them, and proposes new directions for our resistance.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Anarchism
ISBN : OCLC:1088963331

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Accounting for Ourselves by Anonim Pdf

Author : Martin Parker,Konstantin Stoborod,Thomas Swann
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2020-02-12
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781351698351

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Anarchism, Organization and Management by Martin Parker,Konstantin Stoborod,Thomas Swann Pdf

You might think that anarchism and management are opposed, but this book shows how engaging with the long history of anarchist ideas allows us to understand the problems of contemporary organizing much more clearly. Anarchism is a theory of organizing, and in times when global capitalism is in question, we need new ideas more than ever. The reader of this book will learn how anarchist ideas are relevant to today’s management problems. In a series of student-friendly short chapters on contemporary topics, the authors challenge the common sense that has allowed particular forms of organization and market to become globally dominant. Do we always need leaders? Is technological change always a good thing? Are markets the best way to arrange forms of exchange? This challenging book is essential for anyone who wants to understand what is wrong with business school theory and what we might do about it. For students and teachers of management, the standard textbook reproduces the dominant ideas about the way that business should be done. This book turns those ideas on their head, asking awkward questions about authority, technology and markets and demanding that its readers think hard about whether they want to reproduce those ideas too. Students of management, like everyone else, know that the current global system is broken but they don’t know what they can do about it. This unique book uses 200 years of anarchist ideas to give readers a clear guide for building the organizations and businesses of the future and places choice and responsibility at the centre of making a new world for people and the planet.

Author : Jeff Shantz
Publisher : Academica Press,LLC
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781933146539

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Living Anarchy by Jeff Shantz Pdf

Anarchism stands as one of the most vital social movements of the twentieth century. This book presents an analysis of contemporary anarchist movements in North America. It examines the possibilities and problems facing attempts to build DIY community-based social and political movements, which seek to transform social relations.

Author : Elisée Reclus
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 16 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1897
Category : Anarchism
ISBN : UOM:39015080473732

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An Anarchist on Anarchy by Elisée Reclus Pdf

Author : Jeff Shantz
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1409404021

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Constructive Anarchy by Jeff Shantz Pdf

Constructive Anarchy draws on over a decade of direct study within a variety of anarchist projects to provide the most wide-ranging and detailed analysis of current anarchist endeavours to date. The book offers compelling discussions of anarchism and union organizing, anti-poverty work and immigrant and refugee defence, and is a ground-breaking achievement from one of the rising scholars of contemporary anarchism.

Author : Rob Knowles
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 473 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2013-11-05
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781135408992

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Political Economy from Below by Rob Knowles Pdf

Communitarian anarchism is a generic form of socialism that denies the need for a state or any other authority over the individual from above, and which requires absolute belief that the individual cannot exist outside of a community of others. This book suggests that the communitarian anarchists of the nineteenth century developed and articulated a distinct tradition of economic thought. The period of this study begins with the first major writing of the French communitarian anarchist, Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, in 1840 and ends with the temporary burial of anarchist theorizing at the beginning of the First World War in 1914. However, he tradition of communitarian anarchist economic thought did not end in 1914. The economic thought explored in this book provides a fresh perception of the fragmentation evident in many societies today, especially where there is a substantial "informal economy."

Author : Randall Amster,Abraham DeLeon,Luis Fernandez,Anthony J. Nocella, II,Deric Shannon
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 615 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2009-02-10
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781134026425

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Contemporary Anarchist Studies by Randall Amster,Abraham DeLeon,Luis Fernandez,Anthony J. Nocella, II,Deric Shannon Pdf

This volume of collected essays by some of the most prominent academics studying anarchism bridges the gap between anarchist activism on the streets and anarchist theory in the academy. Focusing on anarchist theory, pedagogy, methodologies, praxis, and the future, this edition will strike a chord for anyone interested in radical social change. This interdisciplinary work highlights connections between anarchism and other perspectives such as feminism, queer theory, critical race theory, disability studies, post-modernism and post-structuralism, animal liberation, and environmental justice. Featuring original articles, this volume brings together a wide variety of anarchist voices whilst stressing anarchism's tradition of dissent. This book is a must buy for the critical teacher, student, and activist interested in the state of the art of anarchism studies.

Author : David Goodway
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2013-06-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781135037550

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For Anarchism (RLE Anarchy) by David Goodway Pdf

This collection discusses both the history and theory of anarchism and in particular examines italian anarchism, the relationship between Marxism and anarchism, the influence of Kropotkin, new social movements and the anarchist theory of history.

Author : Project Society After Money
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2019-04-18
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781501347382

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Society After Money by Project Society After Money Pdf

Project Society After Money is an interdisciplinary project between commons theory, evolutionary political economy, media studies and sociology, that enter into a dialogue with one another in order to look at their specific theories and criticisms of money. Conceived as the beginning of a necessary interdisciplinary dialogue, the possibilities of post-monetary forms of organization and production are taken into account and examined. On one hand there is a lot of talk about 'digital revolution', 'mediatized society', 'networks', 'Industry 4.0'. On the other hand the present is described in terms of crisis: 'financial crisis', 'economic crisis', 'planetary boundaries'. At once there is the description of a media-technological change along with massive social and ecological disruptions. Society After Money is based on the premise that there might be a conflict between digital media/digital technology and the medium of money – and perhaps new digital possibilities that allow alternative forms of economy. It criticizes what is normally seen as self-evident and natural, namely that social coordination has to be done by the medium of money. We're left with a highly innovative collection of contributions that initiates a broader social discourse on the role of money in the global society of the 21st century.

Author : April Carter
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 125 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2013-04-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781135025700

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The Political Theory of Anarchism by April Carter Pdf

Anarchism is a significant but relatively neglected of political thought. April Carter examines the anarchist critique of the state, of bureaucracy, of democratic government and contrasts this attitude with more orthodox political theory. She also considers anarchist theories and social and economic organization, the relevance of anarchism to contemporary conditions and the problems of idealism in politics.

Author : Edward P. Stringham
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 715 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2017-07-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781351531825

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Anarchy and the Law by Edward P. Stringham Pdf

Private-property anarchism, also known as anarchist libertarianism, individualist anarchism, and anarcho-capitalism, is a political philosophy and set of economic and legal arguments that maintains that, just as the markets and private institutions of civil society provide food, shelter, and other human needs, markets and contracts should provide law and that the rule of law itself can only be understood as a private institution.To the libertarian, the state and its police powers are not benign societal forces, but a system of conquest, authoritarianism, and occupation. But whereas limited government libertarians argue in favor of political constraints, anarchist libertarians argue that, to check government against abuse, the state itself must be replaced by a social order of self-government based on contracts. Indeed, contemporary history has shown that limited government is untenable, as it is inherently unstable and prone to corruption, being dependent on the interest-group politics of the state's current leadership. Anarchy and the Law presents the most important essays explaining, debating, and examining historical examples of stateless orders.Section I, "Theory of Private Property Anarchism," presents articles that criticize arguments for government law enforcement and discuss how the private sector can provide law. In Section II, "Debate," limited government libertarians argue with anarchist libertarians about the morality and viability of private-sector law enforcement. Section III, "History of Anarchist Thought," contains a sampling of both classic anarchist works and modern studies of the history of anarchist thought and societies. Section IV, "Historical Case Studies of Non-Government Law Enforcement," shows that the idea that markets can function without state coercion is an entirely viable concept. Anarchy and the Law is a comprehensive reader on anarchist libertarian thought that will be welcomed by students of govern