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A new politics of knowledge -- The new politics in practice -- From cells to transitions

Hilary Wainwright discusses municipalism and its relationship to feminism, past and present. She discusses how the women's liberation movement and in particular its creation of collective childcare produced a form of prefigurative politics which also opened up the possibilities of women
being more active. She also discusses her involvement in the Greater London Council in the 1980s and its particular form of municipal politics, which included empowering communities, supporting co-operatives, an alternative industrial strategy and a progressive procurement policy. All these
examples of 'power as transformative capacity' rather than 'power-over', are related to contemporary forms of municipalism, from Preston to Barcelona, and point to the necessity of local government as a necessary space of engagement in the wake of the 2020 general election.

Examines the role of the state & its relations with society & the private sector. Flaws in the social democratic state should be remedied by democratic innovations in the organization of the state, including public administration, & correction of corporate irresponsibility. The parallel growths of the state & corporate power, with an underlying erosion of public services, following the 1970s are discussed. Policies of the New Labour government have in some cases opened arenas for democratic control over the public sector. A more participatory democracy & active citizenry are emphasized for improved state function & corporate responsibility. L. Collins Leigh