Cultural Writing. Political Science. Essays. Instead of simply declaring "another world is possible," the writers in this collection engage with what that world would look like, how it would function, and how our commitment to just outcomes is related to the sort of institutions we maintain. Topics considered include participatory economics, political vision, education, architecture, artists in a free society, environmentalism, work after capitalism, and poly-culturalism. The catchall phrase here is "participatory society" -- one that is directly democratic and seeks institutional solutions to complex sociological and economic questions. REAL UTOPIA identifies and obliterates the barriers to an egalitarian, bottom-up society, while convincingly outlining how to build it. Contributors include: Michael Albert, Barbara Ehrenreich, Steve Shalom, Robin Hahnel, Maria Trigona, Justin Podur, Tom Wetzel, Cynthia Peters, Andrej Grubacic, and Mandisi Majavu, among others.