Getting a grip
Subtitle: clarity, creativity, and courage in a world gone mad
By: Frances Moore Lappé.
Publisher: Small Planet Media; Distributed by Chelsea Green Publishing
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Cambridge, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 186
ISBN-13: 9780979414244
Subjects: Social participation; Democracy; Sustainable development
Description: Presents radically new ways of thinking about fear, power, democracy and hope itself. Challenges readers to examine their core assumptions about who they are and how the world works, and offers suggestions for actions they can take, right now, to help create the world they want and grasp the real roots of our local-to-global crises.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Clarity; title: 1: The straightjacket; title: Peeling away the layers; title: Elections plus a market....that's democracy?; title: Lizzie's lessons; title: Thin democracy's pitfalls; title: Deeper dangers; title: Humility and hope; title: 2: New eyes; title: Goodness of or in human nature?; title: An ecology of democracy: five qualities; title: A premise of plenty, a spiral of hope; title: 3: What democracy feels like; title: Nine dimensions: some glimpses; title: Why now? four revolutions; title: Creativity; title: 4: Power invisible; title: One choice we don't have; title: Mirrors in our brains; title: Power isn't a four-letter word; title: Relational power's under-appreciated sources; title: Drops count; title: 5: The art of power; title: Democracy's arts; title: The power of simply listening; title: Conflict as creative; title: Kids learn conflict is okay; title: 6: Talking democracy; title: Globalization or global corporate power?; title: Free market-free trade or fair market-fair trade?; title: Regulations or standards?; title: Consumers or buyers?; title: Courage; title: 7: Seize the moment; title: A downward spin; title: A rude shock; title: 8: When fear means go; title: Fear as pure energy; title: Fear and conflict; title: As it is; title: Old thoughts, new thoughts; title: Inner applause; title: 9: Sanity in motion; title: Claiming our sanity; title: Protection; title: A cautionary tale, the danger of good intentions; title: On issues versus entry points; title: An internal checklist; title: Bold humility; title: Knowing.