Green Alternatives to Globalization A Manifesto

by Woodin, Michael; Lucas, Caroline

• ISBN13: 9780745319322
• ISBN10: 0745319327
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-04-20
• Publisher: Pluto Press

Summary

Written by two of the UK Green Party's most inspirational figures, 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.

Author Biography

Michael Woodin sadly passed away in 2004 and is much missed by his friends and colleagues in the Green Party. He was Principal Speaker of the Green Party of England and Wales and was elected as Oxford's first Green City Councillor in 1994. He also lectured in Psychology at Balliol College, University of Oxford. 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.

Table of Contents

Foreword	ix
Acknowledgements	xiii
List of Abbreviations and Acronyms	xv
Introduction	xix
Section One: Assessing the Damage
Globalisation: The Economics of Insecurity	3	(14)
Democracy for Sale	17	(16)
A World in Decline	33	(13)
Globalising Poverty, Inequality and Unemployment	46	(21)
Section Two: The Green Alternative
Economic Localisation	67	(40)
Section Three: Turning the Tide
Connecting Hearts and Minds	107	(10)
Learning From History	117	(12)
Storming the Citadels: Sacking Bretton Woods and the WTO	129	(16)
Section Four: Applying the Alternative
Local Food: The Global Solution	145	(29)
Localising Money	174	(26)
A New Context for Multilateralism	200	(14)
Conclusion	214	(2)
Notes	216	(22)
Bibliography	238	(13)
Index	251