SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEMOCRACY AND THE WORLD GOVERNMENT

In developing an enlightened socio-economic-political environment, this book provides a new socio-economic-political system based on (i) Collective Capitalism (CCP) of cooperatively managed institutions and enterprises, and (ii) a Civilian Democracy (CDM) sans political parties, whereby the most qualified representatives of all the functional sectors of the community get elected to the local legislature. It also specifies a new economic-political structure in the form of autonomous functionally-sustainable communities (FSCs), within regional economic zones (REZs) and self-reliant regional unions (SRUs, such as the EU). This system of FSCs, REZs and SRUs will come under the aegis of (and collectively represented by) a World government, over-seeing the development of a comprehensive charter of human rights and social justice for all the people of the world. The neo-humanistic integrated system of CCP and CDM, to be implemented within FSCs, will provide grass-roots socio-economic-political empowerment, contrary to the system of centralized economic and political governance.

This book serves as a valuable teaching, learning, knowledge and research resource for (i) a holistic approach to a sustainable living environment promoting collective welfare, and (ii) a multi-stage road-map towards a world government system for unification of all the communities of the world into one global cooperative. The combined system of socio-economic democracy (involving knowledge and conscientious governance executives elected by and directly representing the various functional sectors of FSCs) and world government will help transform the current undignified north-south socioeconomic order into a democratic and equitable globalization order, for collective social security towards achieving sustainable local and global peace.

Contents:

From Under-Development to Self-Reliance:
- Introduction: A Kaleidoscopic Survey of Under-Development and Its Solution
- Third World Under-Development and Need for Self-Reliance
- Functionally-Sustainable Communities: Socio-Economic-Political Framework
- Neo-Global Political Governance Structure
- Functionally-Sustainable Community (FSC) Design
From Corporatism to Cooperatism, and Power-Politics to Peace-Politics:
- For an Enlightened Human Society
- Corporate Capitalism to Cooperative Capitalism and Social Democracy
- State and Group Terrorism, Justic and Reparation
- Ethics of Politics: Politician versus People Sovereignty
- From United Nations to World Government
Real Democracy and Neo-Humanistic Global Order:
- Socio-Economic Democracy: Governance, Economic and Financial Policy
- Truly Democractic Electoral Governance System and Global Political Structure
- Human Rights and Constitutional Guarantees
- Civilian-Centered Neo-Humanistic Global Order
Towards Universal Renaissance:
- Neo-Humanistic University System
- Replacing Hypocrisy by Straightforwardness
- Sustainable Global Peace with Equitable Globalization
- Strategizing the Role of the University in Society
- Epilogue: Towards a Neo-Era of Peace, Security and Enlightened Living

Readership: Academics, politicians, sociologists, economists and business developers, as well as socially conscious people.

“The focus of Ghista's book is less on confrontation and more on the development of constructive alternatives to the dominant system. There will soon be an enormous demand for books that are concrete and constructive as a decreasing number believe in the dominant system. Ghista's book has the strength of weaving economic and political analysis together.”

Johan Galtung
Professor of Peace Studies, University of Hawaii, USA
Co-Director, TRANSCEND: A Peace and Development Network

“Ghista's broad-brush analysis of the world's socio-political systems is not merely radical, or hard-hitting — it is remarkably honest and straightforward … His analysis is a fascinating blend of social and political science, with a visionary zeal … A brave book, with noble objectives — it very much deserves to be read.”

Edward Karani Allbless
Coudert Brothers LLP
(Attorneys-at-Law, Singapore)

“This book is written with a deep human compassion for the Fourth Worlds, the persecuted, the poverty-stricken, the marginalized, and the truly destitute in our global society … The scope is majestic: from local self-organized economic units all the way up to global world level government … I applaud Ghista's efforts and hope that he is heard … All I can say is that it is about time someone wrote from this perspective!”

Pauline V Rosenau
Professor of Management, Policy and Community Health
University of Texas — Houston Health Science Center, USA

“At a time of profound global change, Ghista is to be warmly congratulated on an invaluable contribution for achieving peace and security in all its diverse aspects — most importantly at grassroots level … This book will become required reading in schools and universities as well as in business, NGO and government circles.”

Eirwen Harbottle
Widow of the late Brigadier-General Michael Harbottle
(Founder of Generals for Peace and Disarmament)
Co-Creator of the Centre for International Peacebuilding
and the Youth Musical PEACE CHILD

316pp		Pub. date: Aug 2004
ISBN: 978-981-238-509-3 981-238-509-6		US$80 / £63

316pp		Pub. date: Aug 2004
ISBN: 978-981-256-726-0(ebook) 981-256-726-7(ebook)		US$104 / £61

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