Marianne Maeckelbergh is lecturer in Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology at Leiden University, Netherlands. She has 15 years experience as an activist, organising and facilitating exactly the decision-making processes that lie at the heart of her study. She is the author of The Will of the Many (Pluto, 2009).

'Fifty years from now, this book may well be looked back on as having opened an entire new chapter in the history of democratic thought. It certainly deserves to'

• Introduction: The Unglamorous Side of Glory1. Horizontal Armies and Vertical Networks 2. Turning Dreams into Reality3. Creating Conflictive Spaces4. Reinventing Democracy5. Resisting Unity through NetworksConclusion: Taking Their TimeReferencesIndex

Marianne Maeckelbergh is lecturer in Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology at Leiden University, Netherlands. She has 15 years experience as an activist, organising and facilitating exactly the decision-making processes that lie at the heart of her study. She is the author of The Will of the Many (Pluto, 2009).

'Fifty years from now, this book may well be looked back on as having opened an entire new chapter in the history of democratic thought. It certainly deserves to'

• Introduction: The Unglamorous Side of Glory1. Horizontal Armies and Vertical Networks 2. Turning Dreams into Reality3. Creating Conflictive Spaces4. Reinventing Democracy5. Resisting Unity through NetworksConclusion: Taking Their TimeReferencesIndex

Marianne Maeckelbergh is lecturer in Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology at Leiden University, Netherlands. She has 15 years experience as an activist, organising and facilitating exactly the decision-making processes that lie at the heart of her study. She is the author of The Will of the Many (Pluto, 2009).

'Fifty years from now, this book may well be looked back on as having opened an entire new chapter in the history of democratic thought. It certainly deserves to'

• Introduction: The Unglamorous Side of Glory1. Horizontal Armies and Vertical Networks 2. Turning Dreams into Reality3. Creating Conflictive Spaces4. Reinventing Democracy5. Resisting Unity through NetworksConclusion: Taking Their TimeReferencesIndex