Socioeconomic Democracy Book Now Available

Dear Friends:

The purpose of this communication is to announce the publication and present 
availability of the new book entitled Socioeconomic Democracy: An Advanced 
Socioeconomic System.

Socioeconomic Democracy (SeD) is a theoretical model socioeconomic system 
wherein there exist both some form of Universal Guaranteed Personal Income 
(UGI) and some form of Maximum Allowable Personal Wealth (MAW), with both the 
lower bound on personal material poverty and the upper bound on personal 
material wealth set and adjusted democratically by all participants of 
society.

The Table of Contents is as follows:
PREFACE
INTRODUCTION
1   SOCIOECONOMIC DEMOCRACY:  THE THEORETICAL MODEL
2   UNIVERSAL GUARANTEED PERSONAL INCOME
3   MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE PERSONAL WEALTH
4   DEMOCRACY
5   SOCIETAL VARIATIONS
6   JUSTIFICATIONS
7   SOCIOECONOMIC DEMOCRACY AND ISLAM
8   INCENTIVE AND SELF-INTEREST
9   PRACTICAL APPROXIMATIONS
10 FINANCIAL BENEFITS AND COSTS
11 PHYSICAL REALIZABILITY, FEASIBILITY AND IMPLEMENTATION
12 RAMIFICATIONS
APPENDIX
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX

It is (or at least should be) clear that this planet desperately needs a new, 
improved and fundamentally democratized socioeconomic system.  The book will 
be of interest to (among others) all those who are seriously concerned about 
the multidimensional unnecessary harm (to individuals, societies, cultures 
and the planet at large) caused by the extreme systemic maldistribution of 
material wealth intra- and internationally and who are convinced that this 
problem should and can only be resolved democratically and peacefully by an 
informed, thoughtful citizenry.  The book will be found appropriate for 
courses in economics, political science, sociology, political philosophy, 
utopian studies, futures studies, psychology and, perhaps most importantly, 
democratic socioeconomic systems engineering.  The book is extensively 
described on our website.

The book is published by and available from Praeger/Greenwood, as well as 
from e-Amazon and e-Barnes & Noble, and certainly should be available in your 
friendly local bookstore and library.  The Praeger/Greenwood coordinates are:
Praeger Publishers
Greenwood Publishing Group
88 Post Road West
PO Box 5007
Westport, CT 06881-5007
<http://www.greenwood.com>

The Center for the Study of Democratic Societies (CSDS) is a research and 
educational institution (founded in 1969) dedicated to the examination and 
explanation of the properties and possibilities of democratic societies and 
democratic socioeconomic systems.  You are cordially invited to visit our 
website, where you will find much more about the theory and practice of 
Socioeconomic Democracy, an invitation to our Study Programs in Socioeconomic 
Democracy, and a much needed break from all this serious stuff on our Lighter 
Side pages.  We are also available for presentations about Socioeconomic 
Democracy, from brief lectures to extended workshops.  If you find any of the 
material there (or here, for that matter) of interest, we would be happy to 
hear from you and explore future possibilities with you.  If you have friends 
or e-lists that you think might be interested in this message, please feel 
free to forward it to them.

Thank you,

Robley E. George, Director
Center for the Study of Democratic Societies
<http://www.centersds.com>