Forum for a new World Governance

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• For a Democratic Cosmopolitarian Movement

    
  14 March, by Jean Rossiaud — Citizens' Reappropriation of Politics, Non-state actors, Democratic globalization, Evolution of the role of the state, Values and principles, Environmental governance, Legitimacy, Player networking, United Nations, Global finance, International Law, World-governance building strategies, Information and Communication Technology (ITC), Proposals papers, Multidimensional crisis, Global civil society, Humankind, Transitions
  The world ecological crisis and the inability of the international system of states to respond to it demonstrate that the human condition is now universal; more so than ever before. It is driving humanity (known as “the human race” or “humankind”) to think of itself today as a world community, to (...)

• Dialog of Chinese, European, and South American Civil Societies at Rio+20

  19 January — Environmental Governance and Managing the Earth, Sustainable society, New institutions, Non-state actors, Market economy, Environmental governance, Food security, Player networking, Fighting poverty and inequalities, Interdependence, Videos, Civilizational paradigms, Rio+20, Multidimensional crisis, Transitions
  "Impossible ideas are fundamental to have and to dream about, but more importantly, to make them possible." Civil societies from different parts of the world have been conversing and sharing ideas for more than 20 years. The purpose of these dialogs has been to contribute to the building of a (...)

• A Bit Rich: Calculating the Real Value to Society of Different Professions

  
  14 January, by New Economics Foundation — Nature of Work and Globalization of Social Rights, Market economy, Human security, Evolution of the role of the state, Values and principles, Economic globalization, Work, Fighting poverty and inequalities, Corporate social responsibility, Justice, Efficiency, Human responsibilities, Production sectors, Social innovation, Ecnomic diversity, Equality, Ethics
  Pay matters. How much you earn can determine your lifestyle, where you can afford to live, and your aspirations and status. But to what extent does what we get paid confer ‘worth'? Beyond a narrow notion of productivity, what impact does our work have on the rest of society, and do the financial (...)

• Can Democracy Survive Interdependence?

  
  9 January, by Benjamin R. Barber — Citizens' Reappropriation of Politics, Democratization, Non-state actors, Democratic globalization, Evolution of the role of the state, Territorial Representation, Territorial scales, Information and Communication Technology (ITC), Solidarity patterns, Cross-cultural relations, Citizen participation, Electoral democracy, Interdependence, Citizenship, Cities
  Democracy today is challenged, radically, deeply, fatefully. Born and cultivated in the ancient world as the face-to-face participatory township, and successfully re-imagined in the early modern world as the representative nation-state, it must now adapt to a global, networked, interdependent (...)

• Capitalism Has Failed: 5 Bold Ways to Build a New World

  
  31 December 2012, by Sara Robinson — Citizens' Reappropriation of Politics, Sustainable society, Market economy, Player networking, Global finance, Welfare society, Transnational Corporations, World-governance building strategies, Information and Communication Technology (ITC), Low-carbon economy, Ecnomic diversity, Territorial management, Control of the market
  The problem, in a nutshell, is this: The old economic model has utterly failed us. It has destroyed our communities, our democracy, our economic security, and the planet we live on. The old industrial-age systems—state communism, fascism, free-market capitalism—have all let us down hard, and (...)

• Theories of Global Governance

  
  30 December 2012, by Cornelius F. Murphy Jr. — Document Database, Democratic globalization, Evolution of the role of the state, Values and principles, Legitimacy, Perspectives and scenarios, Cosmopolitanism, World-governance building strategies, Justice, Commons, Global law
  Abstract global theories are built upon the assumption that the creation of a world community is reducible to a simple choice between the existing international arrangements and an ideal universal order held together in some predetermined structure. The inhuman quality of such speculation is (...)

• Raising International Climate Finance

  
  19 December 2012, by International Trade Union Confederation — Rebuilding the Environmental Balance, Climate change, New institutions, Social and economic policies, North-South relations, Global finance, Fighting poverty and inequalities, Transparence, accountability, Low-carbon economy, Taxes, Energy governance, Commons, La Une, Negotiation processes, Common but differentiated responsibilities, Pensions
  The labor movement presented in Doha, in November 2012, a proposal on how to raise the agreed 100 billion dollars to fight against climate change from public contributions, and how to go even further through direct investments from pension funds toward sustainable choices. Finance is a key (...)