| Description |
xxi, 242 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-231) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction. A theory of time and space ; From socialists to localists -- Daily life in the West. Deregulation and the theft of time ; Human health, human stress ; Traveling farther, migrating more ; Working longer, working harder ; Unemployment and rising living costs, lack of time, indebtedness ; Breakdown of communities, growing personal isolation and depression ; Bodily consequences ; Reproduction as a generational factor -- The war on the atmosphere. The pollution of air ; Electricity ; Transportation ; International trade ; The failure of a global trade agreement: policy and protest -- The war on the land, sea and other conditions of life. Tolerable temperature and stable climate ; Protection from ultraviolet (UV) radiation ; Safe water ; Adequate food ; Food and genetic engineering ; Speeding up food supplies - and slowing them down -- Health cuts and corporate wealth. Health ; Aging, pensions and sick pay -- Education and the cost of children. Welfare reform ; Education ; Conclusion -- The third way and the feminization of poverty. Third way formation ; Deregulation and social policy ; Deregulation and labor mobility in historical context ; The third-way conquest of time and space -- The source of profit. The labor theory of value ; Profit in Marx ; Revising Marx ; The negative energy capability of substances ; The two axes of profit and production -- Price, inflation and energy. Speculations on price ; Inflation and a new periodization of the stages of capitalism ; Periodization ; Immiseration -- The prime directive. Gandhi and the advocacy of localism ; The real third way and prime directive ; Religious and reasoned judgment ; The prime directive ; The nostalgia issue and the political standing of the directive ; The prime directive in practice. |
| Subject |
Globalization -- Economic aspects.
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Globalization -- Environmental aspects.
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Globalization -- Health aspects.
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| ISBN |
0415285224 hardback |
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0415285232 paperback |
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