ABOY FERNANDEZ, MIGUEL / DE LA ROCHA VAZQUEZ MANUEL / CABEZAS, ALMUDENA
THE DIAGNOSIS
I. The world situation is unsustainable and unacceptable. Why?
II. The facts and their evolution
III. Some significant events
IV. The current crisis: causes and consequences
Introduction: the implementation of the neoliberal model
V. Who has exercised control and/or managed the process? The concentration of economic, technological, and media power
VI. The current impact of globalisation on progressive strategies
1. DEMOCRACY
2. TRAOE LIBERALISATION ANO SOCIAL COHESION
3. LABOUR STANOAROS
4. FINANCES
5. FISCAL POLICY
6. DEVELOPMENT AID
7. TECHNOLOGY
8. ENERGY ANO ECONOMIC SUSTAINABILITY
VII. Contradictions within the progressive social movement
A NEW PARADIGM
I. Outlines of a new paradigm of global governance
1. GLOBAL DEMOCRACY: THE DEMOCRATIC CHALLENGE
2. SOCIAL COHESION AT THE WORLD LEVEL
3. REDISTRIBUTION AND SUSTAINABILITY
4. SECURITY IN A MULTI-POLAR CONTEXT
5. THE NEW INSTITUTIONS OF THE GLOBAL ECONOMY
a) The much-needed structural reform of Bretton Woods
b) The disappearance of the G-8 and its replacement by the G-20
c) Strengthening the Economic and Social Council of the UN (ECOS OC)
d) The creation of an Inter-governmental Panel of experts
e) The creation of a real international reserve currency
f) The elimination of tax havens and the intensification of the fight against tax evasion and money laundering
g) The creation of a World Migration Organisation
h) The reform of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) and the completion of the Ooha Oevelopment Round
i) Strengthening the system of International Public Goods (IPG) and the establishment of global taxes to generate new sources of development funding
j) A new indicator of Wealth and Welfare
6. THE ROLE OF THE EU IN GLOBAL GOVERNANCE
a) The EU and the new geo-politicallandscape
b) The position of the EU 011' the international stage
e) The EU's contribution to global governance
d) Sorne conclusions
7. THE EU AND THE GLOBAL ACTORS: THE USA AND THE BRICS
SUMMARY OF PROPOSALS
1. ON THE DEMOCRATIC CHALLENGE
The recovery of the primacy of the public and the political in the management of global processes
The promotion of democracy in each country
The democratisation of global institutions: economic, social and security
The system of International Public Goods: A new global covenant
Democratic security in a multi-polar complexo
2. SOCIAL COHESION ON A WORLD SCALE
Measures for a fairer distribution of wealth at the planetary level
The new rules for international trade
The global tax instruments: the fight against tax evasion and tax havens. Rates and/or taxes on certain transactions, and their destination.
The spread of education, science and technology
The new concept of development cooperation
Labour rights
A new approach to migration
The reduction of defence spending
3. SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
New forms of production and consumption
Changing the energy paradigm. The new energies
The reconstruction of the natural environment
A new calculation of wealth.
4. MONITORING THE MAJOR ECONOMIC AND COMMUNICATION POWERS
The reform of the international financial system
The monitoring of strategic multinationals
The treatment of media empires.
5. WHAT SHOULD THE EUROPEAN UNION DO?
Much has been written and discussed about globalisation and its effects on our economy, politics and culture. But little has been said about how it can be managed more democratically. The recent financial and economic global crisis has emphasised the urgent need to re-think a process that seems to have escaped from the hands of governments, big business and, most importantly, the control of the public.
It is generally agreed that the planet is suffering from problems that are difficult to resolve: the concentration of financial and media power, environmental degradation, demographic explosion, poverty and violence. Those supposedly in charge appear disorientated and confused and are therefore offering only partial solutions that hark back to authoritarian formulas and social, economic, and ethnic exclusion.
This book contains essential and up-to-date data on economic issues #trade and international finance# and social issues #poverty and development#; and also contributes radical proposals to the most important debate of our times: how to arrive at a form of globalisation that is more democratic, more just, and #above all# more environmentally and socially sustainable.
Only with a debate of this nature can a progressive discourse arise that can hold out the promise of a better life for future generations in Europe and the world. We hope that this text will be of use to politicians and academics, and will provide them with an understanding of what we mean when we talk of global governance.
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