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Strategic Sustainability Concept Map

Provides a graphic framework for this section of World Sustainability

Goals

Three main goals are explained.

Context of Strategic Sustainability

Framing the topic of strategic sustainability.

Washington
Consensus
, again

Recall this topic from my introductory lecture on Economic Globalization.

Backlash: The WTO Summit, Seattle, 1999

The counter-movement to the Washington Consensus came to a head in November, 1999, at the ministerial meeting of WTO in what was called The Battle of Seattle. The hegemony of neo-liberalism was undermined, if not the legitimacy.

Economic
Globalization
: The Controversy

Expands on the introduction to economic globalization.

The Case Againgst the Trans-National Corporation (TNC)

A summary based on the course material.

Polanyi's critique of market society and his implications

A seminal

Status and future of the Washington Consensus

Current status: stalled. Double Movement evident. SAPs and debt burdens under consideration.

Notes toward a Strategic Sustainability

Suggestions toward a strategic response to economic globalization and corporate dominance.

Polanyi Rebuild

A reconstruction of real-world economies based on the work of Karl Polanyi.

Framework: Eco-Economy

Re-framing economic policy to enable the emergence of an eco-economy.

Appropriate Globalization

Redefines globalization along lines consistent with a transition to World Sustainability.

Proposals for Strategic Sustainability

Emphasis on feasible steps.


Wayne Hayes, Ph.D. | Initialized: 3/21/2007 | Last Update: 3/27/2007