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Root Causes of The Global Crisis
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Book : Root Causes of The Global Crisis Author : * Janet Bruin Language : English Library : Child Labor Publish Place : Geneva, Switzerland Publish Date : January 1996 Publisher : Inhuret International Kathmandu,Nepal Book Type : Booklet Book Number : 258 |
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INDEX
CONTENTSParti
? Introduction 1
? Economics omitted from media reporting on social breakdown, conflict and war 1
? Invisible forms of foreign intervention 2
? The 'new Imperialism' foreign debt, structural adjustment, and the new ruling class 3
? Forcing countries to pay their debts 5
? The evils of structural adjustment 7
? Some of the consequences of economic and trade policies 9
? How economic policies can lead to conflict, violence and war 11
.Yugoslavia 12
? Rwanda 19
? Somalia 24
? Relocating Jobs from North to South creates insecurity 26
? Frustration easy to manipulate: racism, extreme fundamentalism, nationalism, fascism and unstoppable crime in the North 28
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? The real winners in the 'new world order' transnational corporations (TNCs) 34
? Protecting the people and the environment 37
? TNCs projecting power around the world 40
? The World Trade Organization and the potential for new trade conflicts 42
? Justifying military budgets 43
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? The backlash against globalization 47
? Democratizing the State 48
? Democratizing our international institutions 50
? Alternative economic programmes necessary 55? New national and international regulations are needed 57
? Putting people to work and building a peaceful culture 58
? People's movements are active and new coalitions are forming 60
? Building new alliances for the future 64
Footnotes 68
