Alternatives to economic globalization: a better world is possible

Table of contents

Preface to the Second Edition
A Living Document
Acknowledgments
A Note on Sources
Introduction Turning Point
Cancun: The Outbreak of Democracy
Miami: Regime Change in Latin America
Iraq: The Failure of Empire
New Awakenings
Part One A SYSTEM IN CRISIS
Chapter One Conflicting Worldviews
Different Worlds
Economic Democracy
Momentum for Change
Chapter Two Design for Corporate Rule
Key Ingredients of the Globalization Model
Beneficiaries of Economic Globalization
The Role of the Media
Chapter Three The Unholy Trinity The World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, and the World Trade Organization
The World Bank
The International Monetary Fund
The World Trade Organization
Proposals
Part Two ALTERNATIVES IN ACTION
Chapter Four Ten Principles for Sustainable Societies
Core Principles
Applying the Principles to Globalization
Chapter Five Reclaiming the Commons What Should Be Off-Limits to Globalization?
Understanding the Commons
Current Threats to the Commons
The Tradition of the Commons
Threats to the Modern Commons
Three Proposals to Reempower the Commons
Chapter Six Subsidiarity Recalling Power from the Global
Understanding Subsidiarity
The Road to the Local
Investment and Finance Issues
Response to Critics of Subsidiarity
Chapter Seven Alternative Operating Systems (1)
Energy Systems
Transportation Systems
Manufacturing Systems
Standards of Measurement
Chapter Eight Alternative Operating Systems (2)
Agriculture and Food Systems
Global Media
People’s Alternative Initiatives
Part Three GLOBAL GOVERNANCE
Chapter Nine Corporate Structure and Power
Corporate Structure Today
Citizen Actions Against Corporate Power
Ending Corporate–State Collusion
Toward Alternative Business Structures
Chapter Ten New International Structures
A Review of the Current Situation
Essential Rules of a Just and Sustainable International Trade and Finance System
Restructuring the Institutional Framework
Strengthening the Countervailing Powers of the U.N. System
Creating New Global Institutions
Chapter Eleven Global to Local What You Can Do
Steps You Can Take as a Consumer
Steps You Can Take as a Worker
Steps You Can Take as a Depositor and Investor
Steps You Can Take as a Citizen
Resources Groups Working Toward Alternatives to Economic Globalization
Resources Useful Tools and Indicators
Sources
Index
About the Authors
About the International Forum on Globalization (IFG)
Berrett-Koehler Publishers

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.
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.

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