Globalizing Civil Society: Reclaiming Our Right to Power (Open Media Series) [Paperback]

David C. Korten (Author)

Book Description

Series: Open Media Series | Publication Date: March 10, 1998

Prompted by the 1998 United Nations Conference on Human Settlements, Korten's book indicts the world's governments for failing to address growing hunger, housing shortages, unemployment, poverty, human rights abuses, and environmental degradation. He examines the causes of this global crisis and offers fresh solutions reflecting sustainability, community, and equity--the only principles that can assure a healthy future for the world's people.

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About the Author

DAVID C. KORTEN is a founder and board chair of the Positive Futures Network, publishers of Yes! A Journal of Positive Futures, author of When Corporations Rule the World, and president of the People-Centered Development Forum.

Product Details

• Paperback: 80 pages
• Publisher: Seven Stories Press; 1 edition (March 10, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1888363592
• ISBN-13: 978-1888363593
• Product Dimensions: 4.3 x 0.2 x 6.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,823,142 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

In addition to an active schedule of writing and speaking on global issues, I serve as president of the People-Centered Development Forum, chair the board of YES! Magazine (yesmagazine.org), serve on the board of the Business Alliance for Local Living Economies. (livingeconomies .org), and co-chair the New Economy Working Group (neweconomyworkinggroup.org). For more information and periodic updates, visit my website davidkorten.org. You can also follow me on twitter.com/dkorten and facebook.com. The Great Turning has an active facebook.com group.

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5.0 out of 5 stars excellent reading on solutions to the global mess, November 24, 1998

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This review is from: Globalizing Civil Society: Reclaiming Our Right to Power (Open Media Series) (Paperback)

Writing a short book on the global economic and social situation means you have to simplify, and this can be tricky. Korten wrote a large book (When Corporations Rule The World) where he studied the key arguments in detail. I think this enabled him to now write a pamphlet that organizes the key arguments for a more democratic a more participatory society in a very didactic way. The global mess we have created may be complicated, but in fact the alternatives are fairly simple, and Korten presents them with art.