„The return to public assemblies and direct democratic methods in the wave of the global "squares movements" since 2011 has rejuvenated interest in forms of council organisation and action. The European council movements, which developed in the immediate post-First World War era, were the most impressive of a number of attempts to develop workers’ councils throughout the twentieth century. However, in spite of the recent challenges to liberal democracy, the question of council democracy has so far been neglected within democratic theory. This book seeks to interrogate contemporary democratic institutions from the perspective of the resources that can be drawn from a revival and re-evaluation of the forgotten ideal of council democracy.“

Azzellini, Dario (2018): "The Legacy of Workers’ Councils in Contemporary Social Movements." Muldoon, James (ed.): Council Democracy. Towards a Democratic Socialist Politics. Routledge. 228-248.

Hardback: ISBN 9780815383697 / 258 pages / £105.00