Alternatives to Economic Globalization
1st Edition
Published on 10. October 2004
478 pages
978-1-60509-409-0 (ISBN)
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The culmination of a five-year project by the International Forum on Globalization (IFG), this book presents an inspiring plan for moving toward more sustainable, humanistic models of economic prosperity with an emphasis on citizen democracies, local self-sufficiency, and ecological health.
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Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Boxes
- Preface to the Second Edition
- A Living Document
- Acknowledgments
- A Note on Sources
- Introduction Turning Point
- Cancun: The Outbreak of Democracy
- Miami: Regime Change in Latin America
- Iraq: The Failure of Empire
- New Awakenings
- Part One A SYSTEM IN CRISIS
- Chapter One Conflicting Worldviews
- Different Worlds
- Economic Democracy
- Momentum for Change
- Chapter Two Design for Corporate Rule
- Key Ingredients of the Globalization Model
- Beneficiaries of Economic Globalization
- The Role of the Media
- Chapter Three The Unholy Trinity The World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, and the World Trade Organization
- The World Bank
- The International Monetary Fund
- The World Trade Organization
- Proposals
- Part Two ALTERNATIVES IN ACTION
- Chapter Four Ten Principles for Sustainable Societies
- Core Principles
- Applying the Principles to Globalization
- Chapter Five Reclaiming the Commons What Should Be Off-Limits to Globalization?
- Understanding the Commons
- Current Threats to the Commons
- The Tradition of the Commons
- Threats to the Modern Commons
- Three Proposals to Reempower the Commons
- Chapter Six Subsidiarity Recalling Power from the Global
- Understanding Subsidiarity
- The Road to the Local
- Investment and Finance Issues
- Response to Critics of Subsidiarity
- Chapter Seven Alternative Operating Systems (1)
- Energy Systems
- Transportation Systems
- Manufacturing Systems
- Standards of Measurement
- Chapter Eight Alternative Operating Systems (2)
- Agriculture and Food Systems
- Global Media
- People's Alternative Initiatives
- Part Three GLOBAL GOVERNANCE
- Chapter Nine Corporate Structure and Power
- Corporate Structure Today
- Citizen Actions Against Corporate Power
- Ending Corporate-State Collusion
- Toward Alternative Business Structures
- Chapter Ten New International Structures
- A Review of the Current Situation
- Essential Rules of a Just and Sustainable International Trade and Finance System
- Restructuring the Institutional Framework
- Strengthening the Countervailing Powers of the U.N. System
- Creating New Global Institutions
- Chapter Eleven Global to Local What You Can Do
- Steps You Can Take as a Consumer
- Steps You Can Take as a Worker
- Steps You Can Take as a Depositor and Investor
- Steps You Can Take as a Citizen
- Resources Groups Working Toward Alternatives to Economic Globalization
- Resources Useful Tools and Indicators
- Sources
- Index
- About the Authors
- About the International Forum on Globalization (IFG)
- Berrett-Koehler Publishers
