| Description |
xv, 240 pages ; 22 cm |
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regular print |
| Contents |
Part 1. On the theory of subsistence 1. Woman, nature and the international division of labour / Maria Mies interviewed by Ariel Salleh -- 2. Losing faith in progress: capitalist patriarchy as an 'alchemical system' / Claudia von Werlhof -- 3. Sustainable development: rescue operation for a dying illusion / Saral Sarkar -- Part 2. On resistance to globalization I: Fighting the new colonialism 4. Globalization and poverty / Vandana Shiva -- 5. Melanesia, the banks, and the BINGOs: rela alternatives are everywhere (except in the consultants' briefcases) / Nicholas G. Faraclas -- 6. The clash of systems: local diversity in the wild versus global homogeneity in the marketplace / Susan Hawthorne -- 7. Globalized bodies in the twenty-first century: the final patriarchal takeover? / Renate Klein -- 8. 'Woen never surrendered': the Mau Mau and globalization from below in Kenya 1980-2000 / Terisa E. Turner, Leigh S. Brownhill -- 9. War, globalization and reproduction / Silvia Federici -- 10. Seattle: a convergence of globalization and militarization / Theresa J. Wolfwood -- Part 3. On resistance to globalization II: Subsistence in practice 11. Mexico: creating your own path at the grassroots / Gustavo Esteva -- 12. Resisting 'Technology' and defending subsistence in Bangladesh: Nayakrishi Andolon and the Movement for a Happy Life / Farida Akhter -- 13. Local lifeline: rejecting globalization, embracing localization / Helena Norberg-Hodge -- 14. Women in the international gardens: how subsistence production leads to new forms of intercultural communication / Christa Müller -- 15. The practice of subsistence: collective environmental action and community organic farming / Elisabeth Meyer-Renschhausen -- 16. What really keeps our cities alive, money or subsistence? / Veronika Bennholdt-Thomsen |
| Summary |
This is a thought-provoking collection of essays by radical thinkers. It moves beyond criticism of current globalisation trends, and offers theoretical and practical alternatives for our world |
| Analysis |
Globalisation Trade & commerce |
| Notes |
Includes index and bibliographical references |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Mies, Maria -- Bibliography.
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Subsistence economy -- Evaluation.
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Economic development.
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Subsistence economy -- Developing countries.
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Sustainable development -- Developing countries.
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Women in development.
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Globalization -- Social aspects.
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Sustainable development.
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International business enterprises -- Social aspects.
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Globalization -- Economic aspects.
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Globalization.
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Subsistence economy.
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| SUBJECT |
Developing countries -- Economic conditions.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85037344
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| Genre/Form |
Bibliographies.
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| Author |
Bennholdt-Thomsen, Veronika.
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Werlhof, Claudia von, 1943-
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Faraclas, Nicholas.
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| LC no. |
00002235 |
| ISBN |
1842770063 paperback |
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1842770055 cased |
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1876756179 Spinifex |
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