1st Edition
Privileged Goods Commoditization and Its Impact on Environment and Society
By Jack P. Manno
Copyright 2000
280 Pages
by
CRC Press
280 Pages
by
CRC Press
280 Pages
by
CRC Press
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What are the obstacles in the way of effectively solving the environmental crises of our time? What can we do to overcome them? These may be two of the most important questions heading into the 21st century. Organized human societies have the ability to completely change the world. While we have excelled at building, destroying and rebuilding, we have not succeeded at conserving, preserving, and... Read more
Introduction
The Privileged Qualities of Commodities
The Process of Commoditization
Examples of How Commoditization Works
The Attributes of Commoditization
Conclusion
Evolution, Systems, and Commoditization
Introduction
Commoditization and Evolutionary Theory
The Natural Selection of Commodities
Commoditization and Systems
Conclusion
Commoditization and Distortion of Development
Introduction
Unfair Competition and Comparisons
Industrial or High Input Agriculture VS Low Input Agriculture
Health Care and Health Services
Environmental Pollution Control and the 4Rs
Transportation
Science and Academia
Electricity Sector (Box)
Conclusion
Systematic Oppression
Introduction
Linking Oppression and Commoditization
How to Build a Community
Conquest, Money, and Commoditization
Commoditization and the Oppression of Indigenous People
The Legacy of Colonialism in the Modern Global Economy
Commoditization and the Oppression of Women
Commoditization and Class Oppression
The Underdevelopment of Imagination
Conclusion
The Institutional Development of the Commoditized Economy
Introduction
European Foundations
Pre-industrial Commercial Institutions
The Rise of Industrialism and the Modern Economy
The American Experience
Ecology and Commoditization
Sustainable Development and the Challenge of Ecology
Ecological Principles and Economic Implications
Conclusion
Toward a Coordinated Decommoditization Strategy
Introduction
The Policy Wedges
The Role of Participatory Democracy
The Powers of Government
Steps in a Decommoditization Strategy
Decommoditization Effect on Government
Credit Policies
Building a Movement
The Privileged Qualities of Commodities
The Process of Commoditization
Examples of How Commoditization Works
The Attributes of Commoditization
Conclusion
Evolution, Systems, and Commoditization
Introduction
Commoditization and Evolutionary Theory
The Natural Selection of Commodities
Commoditization and Systems
Conclusion
Commoditization and Distortion of Development
Introduction
Unfair Competition and Comparisons
Industrial or High Input Agriculture VS Low Input Agriculture
Health Care and Health Services
Environmental Pollution Control and the 4Rs
Transportation
Science and Academia
Electricity Sector (Box)
Conclusion
Systematic Oppression
Introduction
Linking Oppression and Commoditization
How to Build a Community
Conquest, Money, and Commoditization
Commoditization and the Oppression of Indigenous People
The Legacy of Colonialism in the Modern Global Economy
Commoditization and the Oppression of Women
Commoditization and Class Oppression
The Underdevelopment of Imagination
Conclusion
The Institutional Development of the Commoditized Economy
Introduction
European Foundations
Pre-industrial Commercial Institutions
The Rise of Industrialism and the Modern Economy
The American Experience
Ecology and Commoditization
Sustainable Development and the Challenge of Ecology
Ecological Principles and Economic Implications
Conclusion
Toward a Coordinated Decommoditization Strategy
Introduction
The Policy Wedges
The Role of Participatory Democracy
The Powers of Government
Steps in a Decommoditization Strategy
Decommoditization Effect on Government
Credit Policies
Building a Movement
Biography
Manno, Jack P.
