{"product_id":"citizens-why-the-key-to-fixing-everything-is-all-of-us-paperback","title":"Citizens: Why the Key to Fixing Everything is All of Us - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJon Alexander\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAriane Conrad\u003c\/b\u003e (With), \u003cb\u003eBrian Eno\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCitizens by Jon Alexander is a bold, uplifting wake-up call for anyone who feels that democracy, community, and everyday life have been reduced to clicking, buying, complaining - and waiting for \"them\" to fix it. If you're tired of politics-as-performance, brands-as-saviours, and institutions that treat people like customers or problems to manage, this book hands you a different lens: the Citizen inside every one of us.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlexander's core idea is brilliantly simple and deeply practical: to change the future, we must change the story. He reveals the hidden narratives shaping modern society - and why so many well-meaning reforms fail because they keep the same assumptions in place.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe three stories: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- The Consumer Story: we're users, consumers, taxpayers, and voters-as-buyers. We demand, choose, and rate while organisations compete to \"serve\" us.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- The Subject Story: in fear and uncertainty, we trade agency for protection - hierarchy, obedience, surveillance, and strongman certainty.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- The Citizen Story: we are interdependent, creative, empathic people who can participate, collaborate, and co-create solutions. Citizenship becomes a verb: engagement, responsibility, belonging, contribution.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith a foreword by Brian Eno and praise from leading voices in democracy, business, and social change, Citizens makes a persuasive case that the Citizen Story is already rising - often beneath the media radar. From citizens self-organising in crisis to neighbourhood renewal, Alexander shows how citizen power and collective intelligence can outperform \"top-down\" command or \"market fixes\" when challenges are complex: climate change, inequality, polarisation, loneliness, and loss of trust.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat you'll get from this book: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- A fresh, memorable framework for democratic renewal, civic participation, and citizen-led change (ideal for readers of politics, social science, and systems thinking)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- A clear diagnosis of why consumerism can't solve the problems it created - and why \"change without consequences\" is a dangerous fantasy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Real-world stories of ordinary people doing extraordinary work -f rom Birmingham and Berlin to Kibera, London, and Grimsby-proving that citizenship is not rare; it's human\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Practical pathways to participatory democracy: citizens' assemblies, deliberative democracy, participatory budgeting, community organising, volunteering, crowdfunding, civic tech, and open innovation\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.4 x 7.5 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 12, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45336703402028,"sku":"9781912454884","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/6260\/8940\/files\/hHVUTYlt_F9781912454884.webp?v=1782908804","url":"https:\/\/littleredgeneralstore.com\/products\/citizens-why-the-key-to-fixing-everything-is-all-of-us-paperback","provider":"Little Red General Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}