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Chapter 8 – Consolidate or Divide Power?
Sections:
- Central Control or Local Control?
- Conventional Wisdom or Haldane’s Principle?
- Big or Small Governments?
- Unity or Diversity?
- Individual or Community?
- Alone or Together?
- Does Technology Work Against Us or For Us?
- Compliance or Freedom?
Chapter 9 – A Fork in the Road
Sections:
- The Consolidation of Power into the Center
- From Consolidation to Corruption
- From Corruption to Abuse of Power
- From Abuse of Power to Tyranny and Injustice
- The Separation of Power out to Communities
- From Community to Local Sovereignty
- From Local Sovereignty to Self-Government
- From Self-Government to Liberty and Equality
- The Two Choices before Us
Chapter 10 – A Proposal from Thomas Jefferson
Sections:
- Citizens and Local Government
- Direct Democracy
- Jane Jacobs’ Vision for Community Government
- The Chaos of Our Current System
- Communities as Units of Culture
- Citizen Control versus Expert Control
- Local Sovereignty and Federalism
- A One-World Government is Beyond Our Reach
- From Bi-Federalism to Tri-Federalism
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