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There is an alternative : subsistence and worldwide resistance to corporate globalization / edited by Veronika Bennholdt-Thomsen, Nicholas G. Faraclas and Claudia von Werlhof.
Lippincott Library HD2755.5 .T55 2001
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- International business enterprises--Social aspects.
- International business enterprises.
- Globalization--Social aspects.
- Globalization.
- Globalization--Economic aspects.
- Subsistence economy.
- Sustainable development.
- Subsistence economy--Developing countries.
- Developing countries--Economic conditions.
- Developing countries.
- Economic conditions.
- Sustainable development--Developing countries.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 240 pages ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Victoria, Australia : Spinifex Press ; London ; New York : Zed Books ; New York : Distributed in the USA exclusively by Palgrave, 2001.
- Summary:
- The contributors to this wide-ranging volume explore the defeatist myth that "there is no alternative" to corporate sponsored globalization. Theorists and activists from feminist, environmental, anti-imperialist, and anti-racist struggles from across five continents report on current community-based initiatives, demonstrating how individuals can defy the corporate globalization. The book specifically looks at the theory of subsistence, globalization as colonization, and concrete cases of resistance to globalization in Africa, Asia, Europe, the Americas, Australia, and the Pacific.
- Contents:
- Part I On the Theory of Subsistence 1
- 1 Woman, Nature and the International Divison of Labour / Maria Mies, interviewed by Ariel Salleh 3
- 2 Losing Faith in Progress: Capitalist Patriarchy as an 'Alchemical System' / Claudia von Werlhof 15
- 3 Sustainable Development: Rescue Operation for a Dying Illusion / Saral Sarkar 41
- Part II On Resistance to Globalization I: Fighting the New Colonialism 55
- 4 Globalization and Poverty / Vandana Shiva 57
- 5 Melanesia, the Banks, and the BINGOs: Real Alternatives are Everywhere (Except in the Consultants' Briefcases) / Nicholas G. Faraclas 67
- 6 The Clash of Knowledge Systems: Local Diversity in the Wild versus Global Homogeneity in the Marketplace / Susan Hawthorne 77
- 7 Globalized Bodies in the Twenty-first Century: The Final Patriarchal Takeover? / Renate Klein 91
- 8 'Women Never Surrendered': The Mau Mau and Globalization from Below in Kenya 1980-2000 / Terisa E. Turner, Leigh S. Brownhill 106
- 9 War, Globalization and Reproduction / Silvia Federici 133
- 10 Seattle: A Convergence of Globalization and Militarization / Theresa J. Wolfwood 146
- Part III On Resistance to Globalization II: Subsistence in Practice 153
- 11 Mexico: Creating Your Own Path at the Grassroots / Gustavo Esteva 155
- 12 Resisting 'Technology' and Defending Subsistence in Bangladesh: Nayakrishi Andolon and the Movement for a Happy Life / Farida Akhter 167
- 13 Local Lifeline: Rejecting Globalization
- Embracing Localization / Helena Norberg-Hodge 178
- 14 Women in the International Gardens: How Subsistence Production Leads to New Forms of Intercultural Communication / Christa Muller 189
- 15 The Practice of Subsistence: Collective Environmental Action and Community Organic Farming / Elisabeth Meyer-Renschhausen 203
- 16 What Really Keeps Our Cities Alive, Money or Subsistence? / Veronika Bennholdt-Thomsen 217.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [232]-233) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1842770055
- 1842770063
- OCLC:
- 47255367
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