![]() 502[33] A 51 Alternatives to Economic Globalization. A Better World is Possible San Francisco : Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2002. x, 268 p. ISBN 1-57675-204-6 Alternatívák a gazdasági globalizációval szemben
Dr. Adorjánné Farkas Magdolna ismertetése ContentsAcknowledgments ix Introduction 1 Global Resistance 2 Different Worlds 4 Economic Democracy 8 Momentum for Change 11 – Box A: Commentary - Conficting Paradigms, Martin Khor 13 IFG Alternatives Process 15 One 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 and Jerry Mander 20 – Box C: Intrinsie Environmental Consequences of Trade-Related Transport, Jerry Mander and Simon Retallack 28 – Box D: Global Economic Apartheid, Robin Broad and 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 tbe WT0, Martin Khor 49 Two 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 Three 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 Four 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 Conclusion 120 Five Corporate Structure and Power 12l Corporate Structure Today 124 Citizen Actions Against Corporate Power 130 Ending Corporate-State Collusion 140 Toward Alternative Business Structures 144 Six 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, HelenaNorberg-Hodge, Todd Merrifield, Steven Gorelick 186 IV. Manufacturing Systems 187 V. Measurements of Economic Progress 197 Seven 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 Eight Conclusions 239 Sources 243 The Drafters 253 Index 257 |