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The Path to a Sustainable Civilisation|Mark Diesendorf

The Path to a Sustainable Civilisation : Technological, Socioeconomic and Political Change

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The Path to a Sustainable Civilisation shows that we have unwittingly fallen into an existential crisis of our own making. We have allowed large corporations, the military and other vested interests to capture governments and influence public opinion excessively. We have created a god called 'the market' and allowed our most important decisions to be made by this imaginary entity, which is in fact a human system controlled by vested interests. The result has been the exploitation of our life support system, our planet, and most of its inhabitants, to the point of collapse.

This book argues that the way out of our black hole is to build social movements to apply overwhelming pressure on government and big business, weaken the power of vested interests and strengthen democratic decision-making. This must be done simultaneously with action on the specific issues of climate, energy, natural resources and social justice, in order to transition to a truly sustainable civilisation.

Details

  • ISBN-13: 9789819906628
  • ISBN-10: 9819906628
  • Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
  • Publish Date: May 2023
  • Dimensions: 8.27 x 5.83 x 0.58 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 0.73 pounds
  • Page Count: 251

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