Co-ops. Credit unions. Communal work space. These are all familiar concepts to most Americans, and alive and well throughout the country, yet their potential to challenge the status quo of corporate and government bloat is rarely discussed. Such ventures have long appealed to the "practical dreamers" -- people who want to promote a vision of big social change, while also accomplishing something concrete. At last, their moment has arrived in the ascendance of the so-called "sharing economy." While the term refers largely to profit-making entities like car- and rent-sharing sites, it springs from the same impulse that has always prompted us to team up and work around the system.
In Democratic by Design, Metcalf looks at alternative institutions not only as a booming new reality but as an engine of social change, a key ingredient in solving large, intractable problems like housing, health and transportation. Looking beyond - or beneath - the media analysis, Metcalf offers a brief history of a movement born not from increased efficiencies and better technology, as many assume, but of the fundamental desire to create a more equitable world.
Gabriel Metcalf serves as executive director of the San Francisco Planning and Urban Research Association (SPUR), one of the leading urban planning organizations in America. He is a frequent writer and speaker on these topics. He has been profiled in national media, including the Wall Street Journal, and in the San Francisco Examiner and other local media. He has a degree from University of California, Berkeley in City and Regional Planning. He lives in San Francisco.
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