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Korten, David C. was born on July 30, 1937 in Longview, Washington, District of Columbia, United States.
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Prompted by last year's United Nations Conference on Human Settlements, Korten's book indicts the world's governments for failing to address growing hunger, housing shortages, unemployment, poverty, human rights abuses, and environmental degradation. He examines the causes of this global crisis and offers fresh solutions reflecting sustainability, community, and equity--the only principles that can assure a healthy future for the world's people.
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*Sweeping survey of world history offering a new understanding of the key challenge of our time *Offers a positive message of hope for a sustainable and just future and a practical strategy for getting there In The Great Turning, David Korten argues that ""Empire,"" the organization of society through hierarchy and violence has always resulted in misery for the many and fortune for the few, but now it threatens the very future of humanity as Empire has become unsustainable and destructive. Korten traces the roots of Empire and charts the evolution of its instruments of control, from absolute monarchies to the multinational institutions of the global economy. He describes efforts to develop democratic alternatives to Empire, such as the founding of the United States and shows how elitists with an imperial agenda have undermined the ""American experiment."" Empire is not inevitable, and we can turn away from it. Korten draws on evidence from evolutionary theory, developmental psychology, and religious teachings to show that a life-centered, egalitarian, sustainable, democratic ""Earth Community"" is possible.
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Our Choice: Democracy or Corporate Rule A handful of corporations and financial institutions command an ever-greater concentration of economic and political power in an assault against markets, democracy, and life. It's a “suicide economy,” says David Korten, that destroys the very foundations of its own existence. The bestselling 1995 edition of When Corporations Rule the World helped launch a global resistance against corporate domination. In this twentieth-anniversary edition, Korten shares insights from his personal experience as a participant in the growing movement for a New Economy. A new introduction documents the further concentration of wealth and corporate power since 1995 and explores why our institutions resolutely resist even modest reform. A new conclusion chapter outlines high-leverage opportunities for breakthrough change.
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Great Turning : From Empire to Earth Community by David C. Korten. Berrett-Koehler Publishers,2006
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* An international best-seller * Endorsed by Archbishop Desmond Tutu and World Economic Forum Founder Klaus Schwab * Selected as one of the Top 50 Sustainability Books as voted for by the University of Cambridge's Programme for Sustainability Leadership alumni network This second edition updates the reader on the deepening human crisis of the global economy. The gap between rich and poor continues to grow, and people continue to exploit the planet. Korten writes of the new global citizens’ movement of activism in response to corporate globalization, and of civil society groups’ efforts to restructure global economic governance. He transitions from a critical analysis of the new world order to an optimistic focus on the role of spirit and culture in a "civil-ized" society.
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A critique of current development policies and ideologies that provides alternative approaches for building a sustainable and just society for the new millennium.
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Prompted by the 1998 United Nations Conference on Human Settlements, Korten's book indicts the world's governments for failing to address growing hunger, housing shortages, unemployment, poverty, human rights abuses, and environmental degradation. He examines the causes of this global crisis and offers fresh solutions reflecting sustainability, community, and equity--the only principles that can assure a healthy future for the world's people.
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Our Choice: Democracy or Corporate Rule. A handful of corporations and financial institutions command an ever - greater concentration of economic and political power in an assault against markets, democracy, and life. It's a ""suicide economy,"" says David Korten, that destroys the very foundations of its own existence. The bestselling 1995 edition of When Corporations Rule the World helped launch a global resistance against corporate domination. In this twentieth - anniversary edition, Korten shares insights from his personal experience as a participant in the growing movement for a New Economy. A new introduction documents the further concentration of wealth and corporate power since 1995 and explores why our institutions resolutely resist even modest reform. A new conclusion chapter outlines high - leverage opportunities for breakthrough change.
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Korten, David C. was born on July 30, 1937 in Longview, Washington, District of Columbia, United States.
Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, Stanford University, 1959. Master of Business Administration, Stanford University, 1961. Doctor of Philosophy, Stanford University, 1968.
Assistant dean, Fulbright assistant professor, College Business Administration Haile Sellassie I University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 1963-1966. Program manager, assistant behavioral and social science Office of Secretary of Defense, Washington, 1969-1970. Visiting associate professor Central American Institute Business Administration, Managua, Nicaragua, 1970-1973, Harvard University Graduate School Business, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1970-1975.
Institute associate Harvard Institute International Development, 1975-1977. Lecturer population studies Harvard School Public Health, 1976-1978. Coordinator Management Institutes Working, Manila, The Philippines, 1977-1983.
Visiting professor Asian Institute Management, The Philippines, 1977-1985. Project specialist Ford Foundation, The Philippines, 1978-1981. Asia regional advisor on development management (Manila and Jakarta) Agency International Development, Washington, 1981-1988.
Vice president for Asia Institute Development Research, Boston, 1988-1989. Founder, president People-Centered Development Forum, Bainbridge Island, Washington, since 1990. Co-founder, board chair The Positive Futures Network, Bainbridge Island, since 1996.
Board directors Context Institute, Bainbridge Island, 1994-1996, Business Alliance for Local Living Economics, 2004^, Bainbridge Graduate Institute, 2005-2006.
( *Sweeping survey of world history offering a new unders...)
(* An international best-seller * Endorsed by Archbishop D...)
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(Prompted by the 1998 United Nations Conference on Human S...)
( Our Choice: Democracy or Corporate Rule A handful of c...)
(A critique of current development policies and ideologies...)
(Great Turning : From Empire to Earth Community by David C...)
(Our Choice: Democracy or Corporate Rule. A handful of cor...)
(Book by Korten, David C.)
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Chair American Civil Liberties Union Northwest Florida, 1968. Captain United States Air Force, 1968-1970. Member of Club of Rome.
