The anti-globalization breakfast club
Subtitle: manifesto for a peaceful revolution
By: Laurence J. Brahm.
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons (Asia)
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Singapore; Hoboken, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 220
ISBN-13: 9780470823170
Subjects: Capitalism -- Social aspects; Capitalism -- Environmental aspects; Capitalism -- Social aspects -- South Asia; Capitalism -- Environmental aspects -- South Asia; Anti-globalization movement; Anti-globalization movement -- South Asia; Globalization; Globalization -- South Asia; Economic development -- Social aspects; Economic development -- Social aspects -- South Asia
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Global meltdown : the Washington consensus goes bust; title: What's wrong with the Washington consensus? : it forces alien, irrelevant models on developing societies; title: The world needs an alternative : confessions of a former commercial lawyer; title: Grassroots approaches that solve real problems : founding an NGO in the Himalayas; title: The anti-globalization breakfast club : emergence of a global justice movement; title: Time to revamp the WTO : joining the anti-globalisation breakfast club; title: Redefining contemporary development : trash the ideology and use what works; title: The environmental priority : we are ruining the earth faster than the global economy is growing; title: The micro-credit revolution works : small finance is beautiful and can improve lives; title: Begin by reshaping values : the "gross national happiness" alternative; title: Empowering the marginalized : to stop terrorism, focus on its roots; title: "High time to shut up" : moving towards multilateralism; title: The revolt against cyclical poverty : Nepalese Maoists come in from the cold; title: Starting from the villages : in Sri Lanka's countryside, a middle road; title: The Buddhist revolution : why compassion should be combined with capitalism; title: Enter the Himalayan consensus : manifesto for a peaceful revolution.