Open AccessReview: The case for Community Wealth Building by Joe Guinan and Martin O’Neill
Author(s) -
Gareth Wall
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
commonwealth journal of local governance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1836-0394
DOI - 10.5130/cjlg.vi22.7442
Subject(s) - academic community , politics , sociology , government (linguistics) , political science , public administration , social science , law , philosophy , linguistics
Drawing on innovative local government and community initiatives from the United Kingdom and the United States, Guinan and O’Neill’s 'The Case for Community Wealth Building' is a timely and optimistically critical contribution to discussions on inclusive community-owned local economic development. This short thesis aimed at practitioners, policy-makers and theorists alike, looks at alternative models of local economic ownership. At just 116 pages, this accessible book, whilst drawing on a good if limited range of academic and case study literature, reads more in the tradition of a radical political pamphlet than a dense academic text.