Anarchism in Local Governance

A Case Study from Finland

By (author) Stephen Condit

Publication date:

28 June 2019

Publisher

Anthem Press

Dimensions:

229x153mm
6x9"

ISBN-13: 9781785270758

Through accounts of his experience as a local politician and elected once holder, Stephen Condit examines, in 'Anarchism in Local Governance', how his anarchist convictions may have contributed to the administration of his community in a way that empowers citizens towards self-governance and prefiguration of communal anarchist ideals. The hypothesis is that municipal governance and anarchist thought and praxis can both benefit by this kind of encounter. Condit also investigates the emergence of anarchism through citizen participation in civil society as a reality to which the municipality is accountable.

1. Introduction: The Prospects of My Situation; 2. Evoking Anarchism; 3. Municipal Possibilities for Anarchist Praxis; 4. The Impossible Ideals of Libertarian Municipalism; 5. A Municipal Expedient for Anarchists; 6. Latent Anarchism in Citizen Associations; 7. An Equivocal Vindication; References; Index.

‘Stephen Condit provides a personal and informed perspective on anarchist engagement in local state government. This is a book that would be useful to those interested in municipalism, left republicanism and all those concerned with the potential for – and limitations on – anti-hierarchical transformation of political logics.’
—Benjamin Franks, Senior Lecturer in Social and Political Philosophy, University of Glasgow, Dumfries Campus, UK