Social Power and Political Freedom

"The unsolved major political problems of our time require us to rethink politics…. [W]e must explore not only how to preserve that from the past which is of merit, but also new possibilities.  These include both new institutional forms in place of those which are inadequate or harmful, and also nonviolent means of applying pressures and waging conflicts in place of institutionalized political violence.

We need to develop new approaches to politics and new programs of social change--in short, to create a new kind of politics.  In this search, we must face real dangers squarely, and take nothing for granted.  We must develop concrete steps which will, stage by stage, make significant progress toward a more humane society and world.  Basic to this effort is that we think."

--Taken from the back cover