The Case Against the Global Economy
And for Local Self-reliance
Earthscan Ltd (Publisher)
2nd Edition
Book
Hardback
334 pages
978-1-85383-741-8 (ISBN)
Description
The greatest political debate of our time is about the blind rush towards a single global economy, its consequences for jobs, democracy, human well-being and cultural diversity, and its impact on the natural world that sustains us. Its effects will be profound and irreversible, but globalization itself is not inevitable. In "The Case Against the Global Economy", 24 leading economic, agricultural, cultural and environmental authorities, drawn from across the world, argue that free trade and economic globalization are producing exactly the opposite results to those promised. From a detailed analysis of the new global economy, its structures and its full social and ecological implications, they show how it is undermining our liberty, our security and our well-being, and is devastating the planet. First published in the USA in 1996, in an edition focused on North America, the book won the American Political Science Association award for the "Best Book in Ecological and Transformational Politics".
This completely revised and updated international edition presents a passionate and persuasive case for the need to reverse course, away from globalization and towards a revitalized democracy, local self-sufficiency and ecological health.
This completely revised and updated international edition presents a passionate and persuasive case for the need to reverse course, away from globalization and towards a revitalized democracy, local self-sufficiency and ecological health.
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Edition
2nd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 154 mm
Weight
525 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-85383-741-8 (9781853837418)
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Content
Part 1 Engines of globalization: Development as Colonialism, Edward Goldsmith; The Failure of Bretton Woods, David Korten; Technologies of Globalization, Jerry Mander; Electronic Money and the Casino Economy, Richard Barnet and John Cavanagh; Mechanisms of Corporate Rule, Tony Clarke; The Rules of Corporate Behaviour, Jerry Mander; Monsanto - A Profile of Corporate Arrogance, Brian Tokar; The Wal-Martians Have Landed, Andrew Rowell; Free Trade - The Great Destroyer, David Morris. Part 2 Impacts of globalization: structural adjustment programmes, Walden Bello; Jurassic Fund, Walden Bello; Seeds of exploitation - free trade zones in the global economy, Alexander Goldsmith; the global economy and the developing world, Martin Khor; the pressure to modernize and globalize, Helena Norberg-Hodge; Homogenization of Global Culture, Richard Barnet and John Cavanagh; The World Trade Organization's five-year record - Seattle in context, Lori Wallach; the environmental cost of economic globalization, Simon Retallack; the World Trade Organization and developing world agriculture, Vandana Shiva; the World Trade Organization and the liberalization of trade in healthcare and services, Agnes Bertrand and Laurence Kalafatides; fuelling climate change, Ladan Sobhani and Simon Retallack. Part 3 Steps towards relocation: shifting direction - from global dependence to local interdependence, Helena Norberg-Hodge; conserving communities, Wendell Berry; local money - a currency for every community, Perry Walker and Edward Goldsmith; saving our small farms and rural communities, Jules Pretty; the new protectionism of "localization", Colin Hines and Tim Lang; the last word, Edward Goldsmith.