Authors: David C. Korten
ISBN-13: 9781887208048, ISBN-10: 1887208046
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Kumarian Press, Inc.
Date Published: May 2001
Edition: 2nd Edition
David C. Korten is president and founder of the People-Centered Development Forum, a global alliance dedicated to the creation of just, inclusive and sustainable societies through voluntary citizen action. He holds MBA and PhD degrees from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and is a former faculty member of the Harvard Graduate School of Business. He was previously a Ford Foundation project specialist in Manila and an Asia Regional Advisor on Development Management for the U.S. Agency for International Development. David is the author of 'The Great Turning: From Empire to Earth Community', 'When Corporations Rule the World' and 'The Post-Corporate World: Life After Capitalism' and a frequently invited speaker at conferences around the world. He is also a Board member of the Business Alliance for Local Living Economies (BALLE) and a member of Social Venture Network and the Club of Rome.
As last year's World Trade Organization protests in Seattle indicate, author Korten is not alone in his concern about the harmful effects of globalization on politics, society, and the environment. He examines how economic globalization has resulted in the emergence of a new organizational formthe transnational corporation.
...[W[ith thrilling clarity, discusses practical ways to create a just, sustainable and compassionate society. Utne Reader
Acknowledgments | ||
Prologue: A Personal Journey | 1 | |
1 | From Hope to Crisis | 17 |
2 | End of the Open Frontier | 25 |
3 | The Growth Illusion | 37 |
4 | Rise of Corporate Power in America | 53 |
5 | Assault of the Corporate Libertarians | 69 |
6 | Decline of Democratic Pluralism | 87 |
7 | Illusions of the Cloud Minders | 103 |
8 | Dreaming of Global Empires | 121 |
9 | Building Elite Consensus | 133 |
10 | Buying Out Democracy | 141 |
11 | Marketing the World | 149 |
12 | Adjusting the Poor | 159 |
13 | Guaranteeing Corporate Rights | 173 |
14 | The Money Game | 185 |
15 | Predatory Finance | 195 |
16 | Corporate Cannibalism | 207 |
17 | Managed Competition | 215 |
18 | Race to the Bottom | 229 |
19 | The End of Inefficiency | 239 |
20 | People with No Place | 249 |
21 | The Ecological Revolution | 261 |
22 | Good Living | 277 |
23 | An Awakened Civil Society | 293 |
24 | Agenda for Change | 307 |
Epilogue: A Choice for Life | 325 | |
Appendix: The People's Earth Declaration: A Proactive Agenda for the Future | 329 | |
Notes | 335 | |
Index | 361 | |
About the Author | 375 |