Green alternatives to globalisation [electronic resource] : a manifesto / Michael Woodin and Caroline Lucas.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Woodin, Michael.

Contributor:

Lucas, Caroline, 1960-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International economic relations.

Globalization--Economic aspects.

Globalization.

Economic development.

Sustainable development.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (256 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; Sterling, Va. : Pluto Press, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

'Essential reading for anyone wanting to move beyond critiques of economic globalisation to coherent and credible alternatives.' Dame Anita Roddick DBE 'Woodin and Lucas set out an eloquent and passionate argument which not only challenges the convenient assumption that economic globlisation is inevitable, but which also explodes the myth that globalisation benefits the poor.' Vandana Shiva'A genuine alternative that promotes policies for people and the planet. If more politicians thought like this, we would live in a far better world.' Tony Juniper, Executive Director, Friends of the Earth (UK) Written by two of the UK Green Party's most inspirational figures, this book is an accessible and concise statement of the Green alternatives to economic globalisation. Arguing that globalisation increases poverty, undermines democracy, and destroys the environment, the authors demonstrate the urgent need for a new approach - economic localisation - that is basedon the Green principles of equity, ecology and democracy. Michael Woodin and Caroline Lucas show how economic localisation could be adopted and applied to help solve many of the current international crises, including climate change, trade and development, agriculture, and international security.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

1. Globalisation: The Economics of Insecurity

2. Democracy for Sale

3. A World in Decline

4. Globalising Poverty, Inequality and Unemployment

5. Economic Localisation

6. Connecting Hearts and Minds

7. Learning From History

8. Storming the Citadels: Sacking Bretton Woods and the WTO

9. Local Food: The Global Solution

10. Localising Money

11. A New Context for Multilateralism

Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Tables, Figures and Boxes

5.1 Creating a General Agreement of Sustainable Trade ( GAST)

9.1 Average Energy Use of Different Forms of Transport

Box 1.1 Greens and Growth

Box 2.1 GATS

Box 3.1 The State of the World: a summary of GEO 3

Box 9.1 Supermarkets

Box 9.2 The 'Development Box'

Box 9.3 GM Crops - Myths and Reality

Box 10.1 An Underground Currency for London

1.1 An environmental Kuznets curve, showing a supposed relationship within any one country between environmental degradation and average income

2.1 International trade and the percentage of US and UK voters participating in elections in an era of globalisation

3.1 Humanity's growing global footprint

3.2 Transport of goods in the EU by mode of transport, 1970 - 99 (aviation not included)

4.1 Unemployment in the EU and US

4.2 UK per capita GDP and ISEW (1950 - 96)

4.3 US per capita GDP and GPI

4.4 Personal income and satisfaction in the US

5.1 Percentage change in household income under Desai's CI proposal.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 238-249) and index.

ISBN:

1-78371-063-2

1-84964-153-6

1-281-72522-6

9786611725228

1-4356-6109-5

OCLC:

244436188