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Green Alternatives to Globalisation: A Manifesto
by Michael Woodin and Caroline Lucas, ISBN: 0745319327
General description: This book by Michael Woodin and Caroline Lucas, ISBN: 0745319327 is "Essential reading for anyone wanting to move beyond critiques of economic globalisation to coherent and credible alternatives." says Dame Anita Roddick.
"Woodin and Lucas set out an eloquent and passionate argument which not only challenges the convenient assumption that economic "Globlisation" is inevitable, but which also explodes the myth that globalisation benefits the poor.' indicates Vandana Shiva
Written by two of the most prominent UK members of the Green Party, with a foreword by Mike Feinstein (Green Mayor of Santa Monica, California),this book is an accessible and concise statement of the Green alternatives to economic globalisation. Arguing that globalisation increases poverty, undermines democracy, and destroys the environment, the authors demonstrate the urgent need for a new approach - economic localisation - that is based
on the Green principles of equity, ecology and democracy.
Michael Woodin and Caroline Lucas show how economic localisation could be adopted and applied to help solve many of the current international crises, including climate change, trade and development, agriculture, and international security. It's a book that will interest anyone who is aware of "Globalisation"'s problems and is seeking a coherent and practical political alternative.
Michael Woodin is Principal Speaker of the Green Party of England and Wales, and was elected as Oxford's first Green City Councillor in 1994. He lectures in Psychology at Balliol College, University of Oxford, and has written and broadcast widely. Caroline Lucas was elected as one of the UK Green Party's first MEP's in 1999. She is a member of the European Parliament's Committees on Trade and Environment, an Associate of the International Forum on Globalisation, and has a long history of involvement in non-violent direct action and peace campaigning. |
