Veteran activist Judy Rebick explains in Transforming Power how globalization and mass-communication technology are revolutionizing our understanding of power and producing profound new ideas about social and political life. Whether it's the election of President Obama, the rise of participatory democracy in Bolivia, or the success of Wikipedia, it's the process that's key: bringing communities of people together to produce something new; building a movement from the bottom up; sharing experience, knowledge, and wisdom; emphasizing co-operation and consensus over confrontation and political partisanship; or spreading ideas and actions through local and global networks. Meaningful response to the environmental crisis and social injustice requires substantial, sustainable change at every level, which can only come through building power from the grassroots, from the people most impacted. In Transforming Power, we discover the ideas, the people, and the practices that can provide the paths to the change we need. Book jacket.