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PublisherZED Books, The Limited

ISBN-101842773291

ISBN-139781842773291

eBay Product ID (ePID)2426256

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Number of Pages364 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameAnother World Is Possible : World Social Forum Proposals for an Alternative Globalization

SubjectEnvironmental Conservation & Protection, Political Economy, Globalization, Development / Economic Development, Comparative Politics, Development / Sustainable Development

Publication Year2003

TypeTextbook

AuthorWilliam Fisher

Subject AreaNature, Political Science, Business & Economics

SeriesCritique Influence Change Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.7 in

Item Weight11.1 Oz

Item Length11.1 in

Item Width3.1 in

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Intended AudienceCollege Audience

LCCN2002-038020

IllustratedYes

SynopsisThe global justice movement is giving increasing voice to alternatives to globalization as presented to us by giant corporations and the free market. This collection brings together the most important themes and voices which these rapidly growing, diverse citizens' movements have expressed., We are constantly bludgeoned into believing that there are no alternatives to globalization -- with its giant corporations in the driver's seat, dominating a 'free' market in reality shaped in accordance with their dictates. But there are alternatives. And the movement for global justice and solidarity is giving voice to them.This collection brings together the most important themes and voices which these rapidly growing, diverse citizens' movements have expressed at the World Social Forum which gathers each year in Porto Alegre, Brazil. The global movement for justice and solidarity has become the major opposition to capital's contemporary globalization.Its power emerges from the multiplicity of activists and organizations that make it up. But its diversity also poses a challenge -- how to articulate their different agendas into a shared set of proposals for alternative social models to neoliberal globalization. This book assembles some of their most constructive thinking around the key issues:- Production for profit versus production for people- Biohegemony versus biodiversity- Westernization versus cultural diversity- Corporate rule versus civil society- Neoliberalism versus the reinvention of democracyHere is a very different human -- and humane -- future. It is up to all of us, as active citizens, to think further about what it could be like, and to struggle against vested interests in order to achieve it., Many believe that there are no alternatives to globalization as we know it--with its world of giant corporations in the driving seat, dominating a "free" market in reality shaped in accordance with their dictates, and elevating economics over all other human considerations and values. But there are alternatives. And the global justice movement is giving voice to them. In this remarkable collection, the compilers have brought together some of the most important themes and voices which these rapidly growing, diverse citizens' movements have expressed at the World Social Forum which gathers each year in Porto Alegre, Brazil., We are constantly bludgeoned into believing that there are no alternatives to globalization -- with its giant corporations in the driver's seat, dominating a 'free' market in reality shaped in accordance with their dictates. But there are alternatives. And the movement for global justice and solidarity is giving voice to them. This collection brings together the most important themes and voices which these rapidly growing, diverse citizens' movements have expressed at the World Social Forum which gathers each year in Porto Alegre, Brazil. The global movement for justice and solidarity has become the major opposition to capital's contemporary globalization. Its power emerges from the multiplicity of activists and organizations that make it up. But its diversity also poses a challenge -- how to articulate their different agendas into a shared set of proposals for alternative social models to neoliberal globalization. This book assembles some of their most constructive thinking around the key issues: - Production for profit versus production for people - Biohegemony versus biodiversity - Westernization versus cultural diversity - Corporate rule versus civil society - Neoliberalism versus the reinvention of democracy Here is a very different human -- and humane -- future. It is up to all of us, as active citizens, to think further about what it could be like, and to struggle against vested interests in order to achieve it.

LC Classification NumberHF1359.A66 2003