There Is an Alternative
This thought-provoking collection of essays from radical speakers from around the world moves beyond criticism of the current trends of globalization and deregulation to challenge Thatcher-inspired economic rationalists with both theoretical and practical alternatives for our world. If there is no alternative to corporate globalization, doesn’t that mean this society, and our current military struggles are as good as life is going to get?
Inspired by the ground-breaking work of Maria Mies and her colleagues in developing the elaboration of the ‘subsistence perspective’, There is an Alternative defies popular Western thought with concrete cases of resistance to globalization in Africa, Asia, the Americas, Australia and the Pacific. Anyone who refuses to believe that corporate globalization is our inevitable destiny will find this book a solid basis for formulating ideas and implementing strategies for the creation of a future in the image and interest of the world’s people.
Featuring pieces by Vandana Shiva, Christa Muller, Gustavo Esteva, Helena Norberg-Hodge, Fradia Akhter, Theresa Wolfwood, Susan Hawthorne and Renate Klein.
2001 | ISBN 9781876756178 | Paperback | 210 x 137 mm | 240 pp
Reviews
‘This edited work bridges the gap between activist and academic literature… and a celebration and defence of subsistence culture, as subsistence communities contain the cultural tools for resisting corporate globalisation.’
–Rayyar Farhat, Impact
‘One of a growing number of books arguing that corporate values and economics are neither inexorable nor the only viable option.’
–Fiona Capp, The Age