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Non-Violent Political Economy

Nonviolent Political Economy

A few days ago, Routledge Editorial published for pre-order a book entitled Non-Violent Political Economy where PhD Candidate of CIM, Nathalie Mezza-Garcia has a book chapter called Self-Organized Collective Action in the Floating Island Project This chapter shows how the nested form of governance proposed of the SeaZone of the Floating Island project in French Polynesia is a form of collective action involving governance of commons, despite being led by a private company. The chapter contributes to the field of complex governance, extending the scholarship on the governance of complex socio-political systems. It is the first in a series of writings bridging anarcho-capitalism with anarchic theories of commons, part of the author's doctoral work on governance of floating Special Economic Zones -SeaZones- through the lenses of complexity science. The summary of the book is the following: Nonviolent Political Economy offers a set of theoretical solutions and practical guidelines to build an economy of nonviolence which implies a social state of peacefulness, involving minimal violence and minimal destruction of nature. The book provides renewed reflections on heterodox economics, ecological economics, anthropology, Buddhism, Gandhianism, disarmament, and business ethics, as well as innovative initiatives such as Blue Frontiers. It also sets out feasible solutions to rebuild countries that have suffered prolonged conflicts such as Syria, Iraq and Kurdistan. Bringing together authors from around the world, this collection includes new perspectives on the abolition of profit; disarmament; obliteration of the consumer society; expansion of collective property; Buddhist and Gandhian economies; small-scale and artisanal production, the increasing use of clean energies; a gradual reduction in the human population; political processes closer to direct and radical democracy, and anarchy. Discussing cutting-edge developments, this book provides valuable tools to build alternatives to the prevailing models of (violent) political economy. It will be of great interest to a public of critical citizens, students and researchers from a range of disciplines and backgrounds, and all those seeking to understand the fundamental concepts of nonviolent political economy. The book hasn't been published yet, just announced online for pre-sales. .