The Will of the Many

Maeckelbergh's ethnographic research has enabled her to write an exciting book-length exploration of the prefigurative democratic political practices of alter-globalization activists. This study is essential reading for all who continue to insist that other worlds are possible. -- John Gledhill, Max Gluckman Professor of Social Anthropology, University of Manchester 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. -- Dr David Graeber, Reader in Anthropology, Goldsmiths College, University of London A sophisticated analysis of the alterglobalisation movement from the perspective of a well-connected insider. This volume represents an important contribution to a growing ethnographic literature on the 'new politics' that have arisen in tension with a neoliberal global world order. Particularly useful is the focus on the way power is constituted and organized in networks. Recommended. -- C. J. MacKenzie, University of Lethbridge reviewing for Choice