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The case against the global economy : and for a turn towards localization / edited by Edward Goldsmith and Jerry Mander.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: London : Earthscan, 2001.Edition: Rev edDescription: viii, 328p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781853837425:
  • 9781853837418:
  • 1853837423
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 337
LOC classification:
  • .C3 2001
Contents:
Development as colonialism / Edward Goldsmith -- The failure of Bretton Woods / David Korten -- Technologies of globalization / Jerry Mander -- Electronic money and the casino economy / Richard Barnet and John Cavanagh -- Mechanisms of corporate rule / Tony Clarke -- The rules of corporate behaviour / Jerry Mander -- Monsanto: a profile of corporate arrogance / Brian Tokar -- The Wal-Martians have landed / Andrew Rowell -- Free trade: the great destroyer / David Morris
Structural adjustment programmes / Walden Bello -- Jurassic Fund / Walden Bello -- Seeds of exploitation: free trade zones in the global economy / Alexander Goldsmith -- The global economy and the developing world / Martin Khor -- The pressure to modernize and globalize / Helena Norberg-Hodge -- Homogenization of global culture / Richard Barnet and John Cavanagh -- The World Trade Organization̕s five-year record: Seattle in context / Lori Wallach -- The environmental cost of economic globalization / Simon Retallack -- The World Trade Organization and developing world agriculture / Vandana Shiva -- The World Trade Organization and the liberalization of trade in healthcare and services / Agnes Bertrand and Laurence Kalafatides -- Fuelling climate change / Ladan Sobhani and Simon Retallack
Shifting direction: from global dependence to local interdependence / Helena Norberg-Hodge -- Conserving communities / Wendell Berry -- Local money: a currency for every community / Perry Walker and Edward Goldsmith -- Saving our small farms and rural communities / Jules Pretty -- The new protectionism of 'Localization' / Colin Hines and Tim Lang -- The last word / Edward Goldsmith
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CW828

Originally published: The case against the global economy: and for a turn toward the local / edited by Jerry Mander and Edward Goldsmith. San Francisco, Calif. : Sierra, 1996.

"Completely revised and updated international edition"--Cover p. 4.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-321) and index.

[PART 1 ENGINES OF GLOBALIZATION] Development as colonialism / Edward Goldsmith -- The failure of Bretton Woods / David Korten -- Technologies of globalization / Jerry Mander -- Electronic money and the casino economy / Richard Barnet and John Cavanagh -- Mechanisms of corporate rule / Tony Clarke -- The rules of corporate behaviour / Jerry Mander -- Monsanto: a profile of corporate arrogance / Brian Tokar -- The Wal-Martians have landed / Andrew Rowell -- Free trade: the great destroyer / David Morris

[PART 2 IMPACTS OF GLOBALIZATION] Structural adjustment programmes / Walden Bello -- Jurassic Fund / Walden Bello -- Seeds of exploitation: free trade zones in the global economy / Alexander Goldsmith -- The global economy and the developing world / Martin Khor -- The pressure to modernize and globalize / Helena Norberg-Hodge -- Homogenization of global culture / Richard Barnet and John Cavanagh -- The World Trade Organization̕s five-year record: Seattle in context / Lori Wallach -- The environmental cost of economic globalization / Simon Retallack -- The World Trade Organization and developing world agriculture / Vandana Shiva -- The World Trade Organization and the liberalization of trade in healthcare and services / Agnes Bertrand and Laurence Kalafatides -- Fuelling climate change / Ladan Sobhani and Simon Retallack

[PART 3 STEPS TOWARDS RELOCALIZATION] Shifting direction: from global dependence to local interdependence / Helena Norberg-Hodge -- Conserving communities / Wendell Berry -- Local money: a currency for every community / Perry Walker and Edward Goldsmith -- Saving our small farms and rural communities / Jules Pretty -- The new protectionism of 'Localization' / Colin Hines and Tim Lang -- The last word / Edward Goldsmith

22.95

CW958

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