1st Edition

Thinking the Twenty­‐First Century Ideas for the New Political Economy

By Malcolm McIntosh Copyright 2015
260 Pages
by Routledge

260 Pages
by Routledge

256 Pages
by Routledge

In a sophisticated and far-reaching blend of theory and reflection, Thinking the Twenty-First Century takes a provocative look at the changes required to build a new global political economy. McIntosh charts five system changes essential to this transition: globality and Earth awareness; the rebalancing of science and awe; peacefulness and the feminization of decision-making; the re-organization... Read more
Acknowledgements First thoughts and prefaceIntroduction 1. Rescuing globality 2. Rebalancing science and awe 3. Co-existence, peace and feminisation 4. Re-organising and the political economy 5. Quiet Leadership: evolution, adaptation and learning Bibliography Index

Biography

Malcolm McIntosh

This book should be read by those who see the challenges of caring for our planet as more than addressing climate change, see the failings of our current political economic systems as more than the outcomes of so-called neo-liberalism, and see the need for not just “quiet leadership” but strong leadership for sustainability including addressing the global burden of public debt. McIntosh is correct that we need new thinking for the twenty-first century and his book, as he hopes, does indeed add “wisdom to our collective consciousness.” - Francis Vorhies, Forbes

The times we face suggest that learners at all levels need to go well beyond the stale thinking of CSR to rethinking the political economy. Few books provide a template that can help foster that type of systems thinking. That is exactly what McIntosh, an astute observer of planetary dynamics, accomplishes in Thinking the Twenty-First Century.  - Sandra Waddock, Academy of Management Learning and Education