Green Alternatives to Globalization: A Manifesto - Hardcover

Woodin, Michael; Lucas, Caroline

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0745319335 ISBN 13: 9780745319339

Publisher: Pluto Press, 2004

Synopsis

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.

About this title

About the Author:

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.

Review:

'Essential reading for anyone wanting to move beyond critiques of economic globalisation to coherent and credible alternatives.' --Dame Anita Roddick DBE  '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.' --Vandana Shiva ' A genuine alternative that promotes policies for people and the planet. If more politicians thought like this, we would live in a far better world.' --Tony Juniper, Executive Director, Friends of the Earth (UK)

About this edition

• Publisher: Pluto Press
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0745319335
• ISBN 13: 9780745319339
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 256