Also look into the work of Ralph Borsodi and Rudolf Bahro.
Debates about scale, including the appropriate balance between international, national, and local institutions, are an important considerations for "21st Century Socialism", "Economic Democracy" and other contemporary versions of socialism that are debated at thenextsystemproject.
Carson is a good source as he'll be up to date on the recent literature.
Classics include
https://www.amazon.com/Human-Scale-Kirkpatrick-Sale/dp/1897408064
https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/a067/3bea0b8bc969a1b90d9949fb02660fc844db.pdf
Also look into the work of Ralph Borsodi and Rudolf Bahro.
Debates about scale, including the appropriate balance between international, national, and local institutions, are an important considerations for "21st Century Socialism", "Economic Democracy" and other contemporary versions of socialism that are debated at thenextsystemproject.