Features
- Cover Type: Paperback with 408 pages
- Published by: Berrett-Koehler Publishers
- Edition: 2nd Edition October 10, 2004
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 1576753034
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-1576753033
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Book Dimensions:
8.8 x 6 x 0.9 inches
- Weighs: 12.6 ounces
Product Description
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. Areas of discussion include the ten core requirements for democratic societies as well as alternative systems of energy, agriculture, and manufacturing. Written by a premier group of 18 thinkers from around the world and edited by best-selling authors John Cavanagh and Jerry Mander, this revised and expanded edition represents the official consensus of the living democracy movement. Delving into the most compelling alternatives to globalization thus far, it features a chart on the effects of globalization and three entirely new chapters on the global balance of power, the media, and what ordinary people can do about globalization.
About The Author
John Cavanagh is the author of the bestselling Global Dreams, which has sold 60,000 copies through Simon & Schuster.
Jerry Mander-President of the IFG Board of Directors-is the author of the bestsellling books In the Absence of the Sacred and Four Arguments for the Elimination of Television.
This book is the culmination of a three-year project by the International Forum on Globalization to define alternatives to the current corporate model of globalization. What makes this book so important are the premier group of thinkers from around the world who have worked together for three years to produce it, the fact that it is the official consensus report of the International Forum on Globalization, and the fact that it lays out alternatives to the corporate globalization more fully, specifically, and thoughtfully than has ever been done before.
The International Forum on Globalization is an alliance of leading activists, scholars, economists, researchers, and writers-representing sixty organizations in 25 countries-that was formed in 1994 to stimulate new thinking, joint activity, and public education in response to economic globalization. IFG is the intellectual brain trust behind much of the anti-globalization/living democracy movement that has become so visible because of the protests in Seattle, Washington, D.C., and various other places. Besides leading the intellectual discussion of globalization, IFG has also been a major organizing force through its public "teach-ins," beginning with its historic first teach-in in November 1995 in
New York City that attracted more than 1,500 people (to an event that was designed for up to 400 people) and that effectively launched the newly published When Corporations Rule the World on to bestsellerdom (when David Korten was one of the speakers).
This consensus document has been a collaborative project of a drafting committee made up of eleven members of the IFG Board of Directors, along with seven other contributors, many of whom are internationally known and bestselling authors in their own right and who represent important organizations:
- Maude Barlow, Council of Canadians, Ottawa, Canada
- Walden Bello, Focus on the Global South, Bangkok, Thailand
- John Cavanagh, Institute for Policy Studies, Washington, D.C.
- Tony Clarke, Polaris Institute, Ottawa, Canada
- Edward Goldsmith, The Ecologist Magazine, United Kingdom
- Martin Khor, Third World Network, Penang, Malaysia
- Sara Larrain, Chile Sustainable, Chile
- Jerry Mander, Public Media Center, San Francisco
- Helena Norberg-Hodge, International Society for Ecology and Culture, United Kingdom
- Vandana Shiva, Foundation for Science, Technology & Ecology, New Deli, India
- Lori Wallach, Public Citizen (Ralph Nader's organization) and Global Trade Watch, Washington, D.C.
In addition these eight prominent thinkers, authors and activists contributed:
- Sarah Anderson
- Debi Barker
- Robin Broad
- Randy Hayes
- Colin Hines
- David Korten
- Simon Retallack
- Victoria Tauli-Corpus
Reader ReviewsGlobalisation is one of the most complex and influential movements of our time. Driven by major corporations in the West, it seeks to operate financial and commercial transactions to the benefit of all humans. In practice, there are few winners except the transnational corporations themselves. Having monopolised markets and financial institutions, corporations have also drawn up legal procedures whereby they can bypass even the nation state itself. The effects on poorer countries of the planet are devastating. The impact of globalisation touches the lives of everybody on planet earth today. We need to be aware of how it works;only then do we stand any real chance of challenging and redirecting its movements. Among the many books on the subject, few are as simply but comprehensively written as the present volume. It provides an excellent overview with some valuable suggestions on how we can work together to create alternative startegies for a more just and equitable world order.
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