There is an alternative : subsistence and worldwide resistance to corporate globalization
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There is an alternative : subsistence and worldwide resistance to corporate globalization
Spinifex Press , Zed Books, 2001
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Description
In this volume, a distinguished group of authors explode the myth that there is no alternative to corporate-sponsored globalization. Instead of the ongoing violence, economic insecurity and environmental destruction that characterizes the new millenium, and our frequent sense of hopelessness that there is no other path, they provide living proof that thousands of alternatives already exist. The authors - theoreticians and activists - come from feminist, environmental, anti-imperialist, and anti-racist struggles across a wide swathe of different countries and continents. They put forward and describe both visions and already existing community initiatives that defy the tenets of corporate globalization and demonstrate that we can challenge and move beyond the systems of domination that now pose such a threat to our existence.
What unites these diverse and paradigm-shattering stories and essays is the fact that they are all inspired by the groundbreaking work done by Maria Mies and her colleagues that has culminated in the elaboration of what is now called the subsistence perspective. This emerges not as a monolithic or universal solution to the problems posed by corporate globalization, but rather as a fertile matrix for creative thinking and action to reclaim our labour, our communities, our environment, our bodies, and our lives.
Table of Contents
Introduction - Veronika Bennholdt-Thomsen, Nick Faraclas and Claudia von Werlhof
Part I: On the Theory of Subsistence
1. Woman, Nature and the International Division of Labour - Maria Mies interviewed by Ariel Salleh
2. Losing Faith in Progress: Capitalist Patriarchy as an 'Alchemical System' - Claudia von Werlhof
3. Sustainable Development: Rescue Operation for a Dying Illusion - Saral Sarkar
Part II: On Resistance to Globalization 1: Fighting the New Colonialism
4. Globalization and Poverty - Vandana Shiva
5. Melanesia, the Banks and the BINGOs: Alternatives are Everywhere (Except in the Consultant's Briefcases) - Nick Faraclas
6. The Clash of Knowlegde Systems: Local Diversity in the Wild versus Global Homogeneity in the Marketplace - Susan Hawthorne
7. Globalised Bodies in the 21st century: The Final Patriarchal Takeover? - Renate Klein
8. 'Women Never Surrendered': The Mau Mau and Globalization From Below in Kenya 1980-2000 - Terisa E. Turner and Leigh S. Brownhill
9. War, Globalization and Reproduction - Silvia Federici
10. Seattle: A Convergence of Globalization & Militarization - Theresa Wolfwood
Part III: On Resistance to Globalization 2: Subsistence in Practice
11. Mexico: Creating your own Path at the Grassroots - Gustavo Esteva
12. Resisting 'Technology' and Defending Subsistence in Bangladesh: Nayakrishi Andolon and the Movement for Happy Life - Farida Akhter
13. Local Lifeline: Rejecting Globalization - Embracing Localization - Helena Norberg-Hodge
14. Women in the International Gardens: How Subsistence Production Leads to New Forms of Intercultural Communication - Christa M ller
15. The Practice of Subsistence: Collective Environmental Action and Community Organic Farming - Elisabeth Meyer-Renschhausen
16. What Keeps our Cities Really Alive, Money or Subsistence? - Veronika Bennholdt Thomsen
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: uk, pbk ISBN 9781842770061
Description
In this volume, a distinguished group of authors explode the myth that there is no alternative to corporate-sponsored globalization. Instead of the ongoing violence, economic insecurity and environmental destruction that characterizes the new millenium, and our frequent sense of hopelessness that there is no other path, they provide living proof that thousands of alternatives already exist. The authors - theoreticians and activists - come from feminist, environmental, anti-imperialist, and anti-racist struggles across a wide swathe of different countries and continents. They put forward and describe both visions and already existing community initiatives that defy the tenets of corporate globalization and demonstrate that we can challenge and move beyond the systems of domination that now pose such a threat to our existence.
What unites these diverse and paradigm-shattering stories and essays is the fact that they are all inspired by the groundbreaking work done by Maria Mies and her colleagues that has culminated in the elaboration of what is now called the subsistence perspective. This emerges not as a monolithic or universal solution to the problems posed by corporate globalization, but rather as a fertile matrix for creative thinking and action to reclaim our labour, our communities, our environment, our bodies, and our lives.
Table of Contents
Introduction - Veronika Bennholdt-Thomsen, Nick Faraclas and Claudia von Werlhof
Part I: On the Theory of Subsistence
1. Woman, Nature and the International Division of Labour - Maria Mies interviewed by Ariel Salleh
2. Losing Faith in Progress: Capitalist Patriarchy as an 'Alchemical System' - Claudia von Werlhof
3. Sustainable Development: Rescue Operation for a Dying Illusion - Saral Sarkar
Part II: On Resistance to Globalization 1: Fighting the New Colonialism
4. Globalization and Poverty - Vandana Shiva
5. Melanesia, the Banks and the BINGOs: Alternatives are Everywhere (Except in the Consultant's Briefcases) - Nick Faraclas
6. The Clash of Knowlegde Systems: Local Diversity in the Wild versus Global Homogeneity in the Marketplace - Susan Hawthorne
7. Globalised Bodies in the 21st century: The Final Patriarchal Takeover? - Renate Klein
8. 'Women Never Surrendered': The Mau Mau and Globalization From Below in Kenya 1980-2000 - Terisa E. Turner and Leigh S. Brownhill
9. War, Globalization and Reproduction - Silvia Federici
10. Seattle: A Convergence of Globalization & Militarization - Theresa Wolfwood
Part III: On Resistance to Globalization 2: Subsistence in Practice
11. Mexico: Creating your own Path at the Grassroots - Gustavo Esteva
12. Resisting 'Technology' and Defending Subsistence in Bangladesh: Nayakrishi Andolon and the Movement for Happy Life - Farida Akhter
13. Local Lifeline: Rejecting Globalization - Embracing Localization - Helena Norberg-Hodge
14. Women in the International Gardens: How Subsistence Production Leads to New Forms of Intercultural Communication - Christa M ller
15. The Practice of Subsistence: Collective Environmental Action and Community Organic Farming - Elisabeth Meyer-Renschhausen
16. What Keeps our Cities Really Alive, Money or Subsistence? - Veronika Bennholdt Thomsen
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: at, pbk ISBN 9781876756178
Description
This is a thought-provoking collection of essays by radical thinkers. It moves beyond criticism of current globalisation trends, and offers theoretical and practical alternatives for our world.
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