Solidarity Economy Working Group Strategic Reading Series
1. 
Solidarity Economy: Building Alternatives for People and Planet
by:
Jenna Allard
4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings 2. 
Unjust Deserts: How the Rich Are Taking Our Common Inheritance
by:
Gar Alperovitz
3.59 avg rating — 54 ratings 3. 
Ecosocialism: A Radical Alternative to Capitalist Catastrophe
by:
Michael Löwy
3.71 avg rating — 591 ratings 4. 
6. 
Solidarity Economy I: Building Alternatives for People and Planet
by:
Emily Kawano
0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings 
8. 
Economics for Everyone: A Short Guide to the Economics of Capitalism
by:
Jim Stanford
3.93 avg rating — 414 ratings 9. 
Governing the Commons: The Evolution of Institutions for Collective Action (Political Economy of Institutions and Decisions)
by:
Elinor Ostrom
4.21 avg rating — 1,200 ratings 
11. 
What Then Must We Do?: Straight Talk about the Next American Revolution
by:
Gar Alperovitz
3.91 avg rating — 304 ratings 12. 
America Beyond Capitalism: Reclaiming Our Wealth, Our Liberty, and Our Democracy
by:
Gar Alperovitz
3.77 avg rating — 237 ratings 
16. 
Rethinking Economics: An Introduction to Pluralist Economics
by:
Liliann Fischer
3.84 avg rating — 50 ratings 17. 
For All the People: Uncovering the Hidden History of Cooperation, Cooperative Movements, and Communalism in America
by:
John Curl
3.95 avg rating — 75 ratings 18. 
19. 
Jackson Rising: The Struggle for Economic Democracy and Black Self-Determination in Jackson, Mississippi
by:
Kali Akuno
4.31 avg rating — 109 ratings 20. 
Refinery Town: Big Oil, Big Money, and the Remaking of an American City
by:
Steve Early
3.65 avg rating — 75 ratings 21. 
The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism
by:
Naomi Klein
4.29 avg rating — 51,946 ratings 22. 
This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate
by:
Naomi Klein
4.16 avg rating — 27,266 ratings 23. 
This Changes Everything: Occupy Wall Street and the 99% Movement
by:
Sarah van Gelder
3.34 avg rating — 185 ratings 
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Democracy at Work: A Cure for Capitalism (Democracy at Work, 5)
by:
Richard D. Wolff
3.95 avg rating — 1,677 ratings 
32. 
Sacred Economics: Money, Gift, and Society in the Age of Transition 4.22 avg rating — 1,844 ratings
33. 
The Gift: Creativity and the Artist in the Modern World
by:
Lewis Hyde
3.91 avg rating — 3,109 ratings 34. 
The Gift: The Form and Reason for Exchange in Archaic Societies
by:
Marcel Mauss
3.91 avg rating — 3,747 ratings 35. 
Social Economy: Communities, Economies and Solidarity in Atlantic Canada 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
36. 
Towards Just and Sustainable Economies: The Social and Solidarity Economy North and South
by:
Peter North
0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings 
38. 
Practicing Law in the Sharing Economy: Helping People Build Cooperatives, Social Enterprise, and Local Sustainable Economies
by:
Janelle Orsi
4.58 avg rating — 26 ratings 39. 
Scaling Up: The Convergence of the Social Economy and Sustainability
by:
Mike Gismondi
4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings 40. 
The Solidarity Economy Alternative: Emerging Theory and Practice
by:
Vishwas Satgar
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating 41. 
The social and solidarity economy, A response to international challenges
by:
Thierry Jeantet
0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings 42. 
The Case For FairShares: a new model for social enterprise development and the strengthening of the social and solidarity economy
by:
Rory Ridley-Duff
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings 43. 
The Social Economy: International Perspectives on Economic Solidarity
by:
Ash Amin
3.29 avg rating — 7 ratings 44. 
Reimagining Livelihoods: Life beyond Economy, Society, and Environment (Diverse Economies and Livable Worlds)
by:
Ethan Miller
3.60 avg rating — 5 ratings 45. 
Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future
by:
Bill McKibben
4.06 avg rating — 3,994 ratings 46. 
Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds (Emergent Strategy, #0) 4.26 avg rating — 9,688 ratings
47. 
Another World is Possible: Popular Alternatives to Globalization at the World Social Forum 3.36 avg rating — 14 ratings
48. 
The United States Social Forum: Perspectives of a Movement
by:
Rose M. Brewer
0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings 49. 
The World and US Social Forums: A Better World Is Possible and Necessary
by:
Judith R. Blau
0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings 50. 
Collective Courage: A History of African American Cooperative Economic Thought and Practice 4.29 avg rating — 112 ratings
51. 
Building Co-operative Power: Stories and Strategies from Worker Co-operatives in the Connecticut River Valley
by:
Janelle Cornwell
4.29 avg rating — 7 ratings 52. 
Better work together: How the power of community can transform your business 4.44 avg rating — 25 ratings
53. 
The Community Resilience Reader: Essential Resources for an Era of Upheaval
by:
Daniel Lerch
4.06 avg rating — 31 ratings 54. 
The Transition Handbook: From Oil Dependency to Local Resilience
by:
Rob Hopkins
4.01 avg rating — 967 ratings 55. 
The Transition Companion: Making Your Community More Resilient in Uncertain Times
by:
Rob Hopkins
4.41 avg rating — 80 ratings 56. 
The Great Neighborhood Book: A Do-it-Yourself Guide to Placemaking
by:
Jay Walljasper
3.86 avg rating — 118 ratings 
58. 
The Mission-Driven Venture: Business Solutions and Earned Revenue Strategies for Nonprofits
by:
Marc J. Lane
3.80 avg rating — 20 ratings 59. 
Come Hell or High Water: A Handbook on Collective Process Gone Awry
by:
Delfina Vannucci
3.52 avg rating — 108 ratings 60. 
Radical Markets: Uprooting Capitalism and Democracy for a Just Society
by:
Eric A. Posner
3.96 avg rating — 1,466 ratings 
62. 
The Activists' Handbook: A Step-by-Step Guide to Participatory Democracy
by:
Aidan Ricketts
3.86 avg rating — 22 ratings 63. 
How to Be an Anticapitalist in the Twenty-First Century
by:
Erik Olin Wright
3.90 avg rating — 2,112 ratings 64. 
Connected: The Surprising Power of Our Social Networks and How They Shape Our Lives 3.74 avg rating — 4,067 ratings
65. 
Lost Connections: Uncovering the Real Causes of Depression - and the Unexpected Solutions
by:
Johann Hari
4.26 avg rating — 40,183 ratings 66. 
The Post Carbon Reader: Managing the 21st Century's Sustainability Crises
by:
Richard Heinberg
4.13 avg rating — 242 ratings 
68. 
Oppose and Propose: Lessons from Movement for a New Society
by:
Andrew Cornell
3.91 avg rating — 92 ratings 
71. 
On Conflict and Consensus: a handbook on Formal Consensus decisionmaking 4.35 avg rating — 23 ratings
72. 
A Consensus Handbook, Co-operative decision-making for activists, co-ops and communities 4.34 avg rating — 32 ratings
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Grocery Story: The Promise of Food Co-Ops in the Age of Grocery Giants
by:
Jon Steinman
4.07 avg rating — 84 ratings 76. 
We Decide!: Theories and Cases in Participatory Democracy
by:
Michael Menser
4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings 77. 
The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity
by:
David Graeber
4.19 avg rating — 24,331 ratings 78. 
79. 
Who Decides Who Decides? The first meetings of your new group - explained step by step
by:
Ted J. Rau
4.29 avg rating — 34 ratings 80. 
Today's Globalization: A Toolkit for Popular Education in Your Community
by:
Project South
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating 81. 
The Critical Classroom: Education for Liberation and Movement Building it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
82. 
We Do This 'til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice
by:
Mariame Kaba
4.64 avg rating — 5,803 ratings 83. 
What Happened to the Berkeley Co-op?: A Collection of Opinions it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
84. 
Solidarity Economics: Why Mutuality and Movements Matter
by:
Chris Benner
3.57 avg rating — 14 ratings 85. 
Everyone Counts: Could "Participatory Budgeting" Change Democracy?
by:
Josh Lerner
4.18 avg rating — 11 ratings 86. 
Lending Power: How Self-Help Credit Union Turned Small-Time Loans into Big-Time Change 3.91 avg rating — 11 ratings
87. 
Creative Interventions Toolkit: A Practical Guide to Stop Interpersonal Violence
by:
Mimi Kim
4.63 avg rating — 30 ratings 