Big Isn't Beautiful Either

Trevor Latimer’s Small Isn’t Beautiful: The Case Against Localism confronts an ideological localism that treats localist solutions as a panacea, a presumption, and as an “article of faith.” He defines localism primarily as a political philosophy, defining it as “the belief or the claim that we should prioritize the local by making decisions, exercising authority, or implementing policy locally or more locally.” Like other theories of life and politics, however, what seems salutary on the surface can become practically dangerous. If the road to hell is paved with good intentions, then Latimer’s localism is one such road.