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Overview
The
National Center for Economic and Security Alternatives conducts
ongoing research into a broad range of community-based institutions,
models and innovations that enhance the quality of life today
while pointing toward larger possibilities for strengthening
democracy, producing equality and sustaining community in
the future.
This research
is available in the form of reports,
articles and books. Excerpts of research findings, including
descriptions of experiments and models, can be accessed below:
Innovations
in Ownership
Community
economic development institutions and enterprises that are
anchoring capital, building assets and democratizing ownership
of wealth.
Emerging
New Society
On-the-ground
models and innovations—ranging from education to health
care, transportation to environmental protection, housing
to policing—that are meeting the challenges of America's
communities.
International
Community-Building Models
A broad
range of significant scale community-benefiting entities active
throughout Asia, Africa, Europe and the Americas. Many of
these models combine community asset building with local responsibility
for sustainable resource management.
Community-Based
Environmental Innovation
Environmental
protection and conservation innovations that combine ecological
sustainability with local economic development.
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