{"product_id":"alternatives-to-economic-globalization-isbn-9781576753033","title":"Alternatives to Economic Globalization","description":"Written by a premier group of 21 thinkers from around the world, the second edition of Alternatives to Economic Globalization lays out democratic, ecologically sound, socially just alternatives to corporate globalization more fully, specifically, and thoughtfully than has ever been done before. Focusing on constructive, achievable goals, the authors present ten governing principles for establishing truly sustainable societies and describe alternatives to the World Bank, the IMF, and the WTO that would better serve the needs of the planet. They offer detailed proposals for protecting vital goods and services from corporate exploitation, limiting corporate privileges and power, rebuilding economies to make them more responsive to human needs, and more.\u003cbr\u003e This revised and expanded edition features a new opening chapter on the global balance of power, a new section on the media and globalization, and a new final chapter on what ordinary citizens can do to fight the injustices of globalization. It also includes many new charts, sidebars, and other updated information.List of Boxes   \u003cbr\u003e Preface to the Second Edition\u003cbr\u003e A Living Document   \u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments   \u003cbr\u003e A Note on Sources   \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: Turning Point\u003cbr\u003e Cancun: The Outbreak of Democracy\u003cbr\u003e Miami: Regime Change in Latin America\u003cbr\u003e Iraq: The Failure of Empire\u003cbr\u003e New Awakenings\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Part One  A SYSTEM IN CRISIS \u003cbr\u003e 1. Conflicting Worldviews \u003cbr\u003e Different Worlds   \u003cbr\u003e Economic Democracy   \u003cbr\u003e Momentum for Change\u003cbr\u003e 2. Design for Corporate Rule \u003cbr\u003e Key Ingredients of the Globalization Model   \u003cbr\u003e Hypergrowth   \u003cbr\u003e Privatization and Commodification   \u003cbr\u003e Economic and Cultural Homogenization   \u003cbr\u003e Export-Oriented Trade and Investment\u003cbr\u003e Beneficiaries of Economic Globalization\u003cbr\u003e The Role of the Media\u003cbr\u003e 3. The Unholy Trinity: The World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, and the World Trade Organization\u003cbr\u003e The World Bank   \u003cbr\u003e The International Monetary Fund\u003cbr\u003e The World Trade Organization\u003cbr\u003e Proposals\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Part Two  ALTERNATIVES IN ACTION\u003cbr\u003e 4. Ten Principles for Sustainable Societies \u003cbr\u003e Core Principles   \u003cbr\u003e  1. New Democracy   \u003cbr\u003e  2. Subsidiarity\u003cbr\u003e  3. Ecological Sustainability   \u003cbr\u003e  4. Common Heritage   \u003cbr\u003e  5. Diversity   \u003cbr\u003e  6. Human Rights   \u003cbr\u003e  7. Jobs, Livelihood, Employment   \u003cbr\u003e  8. Food Security and Safety\u003cbr\u003e  9. Equity   \u003cbr\u003e 10. The Precautionary Principle   \u003cbr\u003e Applying the Principles to Globalization\u003cbr\u003e 5. Reclaiming the Commons: What Should Be Off-Limits to Globalization?   \u003cbr\u003e Understanding the Commons   \u003cbr\u003e Current Threats to the Commons   \u003cbr\u003e The Tradition of the Commons   \u003cbr\u003e Threats to the Modern Commons   \u003cbr\u003e Three Proposals to Reempower the Commons   \u003cbr\u003e 6. Subsidiarity: Recalling Power from the Global   \u003cbr\u003e Understanding Subsidiarity\u003cbr\u003e The Road to the Local   \u003cbr\u003e Investment and Finance Issues   \u003cbr\u003e Response to Critics of Subsidiarity   \u003cbr\u003e 7. Alternative Operating Systems (1)   \u003cbr\u003e Energy Systems\u003cbr\u003e Transportation Systems   \u003cbr\u003e Manufacturing Systems   \u003cbr\u003e Standards of Measurement\u003cbr\u003e 8. Alternative Operating Systems (2)   \u003cbr\u003e Agriculture and Food Systems   \u003cbr\u003e Global Media   \u003cbr\u003e People’s Alternative Initiatives\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Part Three  GLOBAL GOVERNANCE \u003cbr\u003e 9. Corporate Structure and Power   \u003cbr\u003e Corporate Structure Today   \u003cbr\u003e Citizen Actions Against Corporate Power   \u003cbr\u003e Ending Corporate–State Collusion   \u003cbr\u003e Toward Alternative Business Structures   \u003cbr\u003e 10. New International Structures \u003cbr\u003e A Review of the Current Situation   \u003cbr\u003e Essential Rules of a Just and Sustainable International Trade and Finance System\u003cbr\u003e Restructuring the Institutional Framework   \u003cbr\u003e Strengthening the Countervailing Powers of the U.N. System   \u003cbr\u003e Creating New Global Institutions   \u003cbr\u003e 11. Global to Local: What You Can Do\u003cbr\u003e Steps You Can Take as a Consumer\u003cbr\u003e Steps You Can Take as a Worker   \u003cbr\u003e Steps You Can Take as a Depositor and Investor   \u003cbr\u003e Steps You Can Take as a Citizen   \u003cbr\u003e Resources: Groups Working Toward Alternatives to Economic Globalization   \u003cbr\u003e Resources: Useful Tools and Indicators   \u003cbr\u003e Sources    \u003cbr\u003e Index   \u003cbr\u003e About the Authors\u003cbr\u003e About the International Forum on Globalization (IFG)John Cavanagh is director of the Institute for Policy Studies, vice president of the International Forum on Globalization (IFG) Board of Directors, and coauthor of eleven books, including Global Dreams.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The International Forum on Globalization (IFG) is an alliance of leading activists, scholars, economists, researchers, and writers—representing 60 organizations in 25 countries—that was formed in 1994 to stimulate new thinking, joint activity, and public education in response to economic globalization. Writing in The Nation, Naomi Klein called IFG “the brain trust of the [anti-globalization] movement,” and the Utne Reader dubbed IFG “the Davids of corporate globalization.”\u003cbr\u003e Jerry Mander is President of the International Forum on Globalization (IFG) Board of Directors, senior fellow at the Public Media Center, and author or coeditor of the books In the Absence of the Sacred, The Case Against the Global Economy, and Four Arguments for the Elimination of Television.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The International Forum on Globalization (IFG) is an alliance of leading activists, scholars, economists, researchers, and writers—representing 60 organizations in 25 countries—that was formed in 1994 to stimulate new thinking, joint activity, and public education in response to economic globalization. Writing in The Nation, Naomi Klein called IFG “the brain trust of the [anti-globalization] movement,” and the Utne Reader dubbed IFG “the Davids of corporate globalization.”","brand":"Berrett-Koehler Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46304228835557,"sku":"NP9781576753033","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/alternatives-to-economic-globalization-isbn-9781576753033","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}