Alternatives to economic globalization : a better world is possible, a report of the International Forum on Globalization / report drafting committee, John Cavanagh ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cavanagh, John, 1955-

International Forum on Globalization. Alternatives Task Force.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International economic relations.

Globalization.

Economic development.

Physical Description:

x, 268 pages ; 23 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

San Francisco : Berrett-Koehler, [2002]

Summary:

Written by a premier group of thinkers from around the world, this book is the defining document of the anti globalization movement and the culmination of a three-year project by the International Forum on Globalization.

Contents:

Global Resistance 2

Different Worlds 4

Economic Democracy 8

Momentum for Change 11

Box A Commentary

Conflicting Paradigms / Martin Khor 13

IFG Alternatives Process 15

1 A Critique of Corporate Globalization 17

I. Key Ingredients of the Globalization Model 19

Box B Public Interest Laws as "Impediments" to Free Trade / Debi Barker, Jerry Mander 20

Box C Intrinsic Environmental Consequences of Trade-Related / Transport Jerry Mander, Simon Retallack 28

Box D Global Economic Apartheid / Robin Broad, John Cavanagh 33

II. Bureaucratic Expressions of Economic Globalization 37

Box E Argentina and the IMF / Sarah Anderson 43

Box F The Hypocrisy of the North in the WTO / Martin Khor 49

2 Ten Principles for Sustainable Societies 54

Ten Core Principles for Sustainable Societies 56

1. New Democracy 56

Box G Citizens' Agenda in Canada / Tony Clarke 57

2. Subsidiarity 60

3. Ecological Sustainability 61

Box H Sustainable Chile 62

4. Common Heritage 63

5. Diversity 64

Box I Cultural Diversity: The Right of Indigenous Peoples to Remain Different and Diverse / Victoria Tauli-Corpuz 65

Box J Cultural Diversity: The Right of Nations to Resist Cultural Homogenization / Maude Barlow 69

6. Human Rights 72

7. Jobs, Livelihood, Employment 73

8. Food Security and Safety 74

9. Equity 74

10. The Precautionary Principle 76

Applying the Principles to Globalization 77

3 The Commons: What Should Be Off-Limits to Globalization? 79

Understanding the Commons 81

Current Threats to the Commons 83

Box K From Commons to Corporate Patents on Life / Vandana Shiva 87

The Tradition of the Commons 91

Threats to the Modern Commons 97

Proposals 102

4 The Case for Subsidiarity: Bias Away From the Global Toward the Local 105

Understanding Subsidiarity 107

The Road to the Local 109

Investment and Finance Issues 113

Response to Critics of Subsidiarity 117

5 Corporate Structure and Power 121

Corporate Structure Today 124

Citizen Actions Against Corporate Power 130

Ending Corporate-State Collusion 140

Toward Alternative Business Structures 144

6 Alternative Operating Systems 151

I. Energy Systems 152

II. Transportation Systems 163

Box L Curitiba, An Ecological City / Simon Retallack 170

III. Agriculture and Food Systems 172

Box M Cuban Organic Agriculture / Helena Norberg-Hodge, Todd Merrifield, Steven Gorelick 186

IV. Manufacturing Systems 187

V. Measurements of Economic Progress 197

7 From Bretton Woods to Alternatives 208

A Review of the Current Situation 209

Box N Unemployment, The Role of Monetary Policy / Martin Khor 211

Essential Rules of a Just and Sustainable International Trade and Finance System 216

Restructuring the Institutional Framework 221

Strengthening the Countervailing Powers of the U.N. System 228

Creating New Global Institutions 231

The Drafters 253.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-252) and index.

ISBN:

1576752046

OCLC:

50028567