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Based on wide first-hand experience of the international failures of the last half-century, this volume argues that in an increasingly interdependent world, no-one has a future unless we work together. It describes the prospects for new international order, one that makes a fitting legacy to future generations. Covering a large amount of ground in non-technical language, it explains how the international system operates, the pressures it faces and the changes it must undergo. Tackling the big questions of globalization and national interest head-on, it provides practical resources for those in search of a politics that is more humane and less destructive.
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‘…enlightening read…’
Green Futures, Sept/Oct 2000
‘Future Positive is an optimistic vision of how to get to a future where people co-operate universally to end injustice, poverty and conflict. Michael Edwards has a passion for finding practical ways to make the world a better place. He deserves to be widely read’
Tim Garden, Times Higher Education Supplement
Based on wide first-hand experience of the international failures of the last half-century, this volume argues that in an increasingly interdependent world, no-one has a future unless we work together. It describes the prospects for new international order, one that makes a fitting legacy to future generations. Covering a large amount of ground in non-technical language, it explains how the international system operates, the pressures it faces and the changes it must undergo. Tackling the big questions of globalization and national interest head-on, it provides practical resources for those in search of a politics that is more humane and less destructive.
From the Publisher
‘…enlightening read…’
Green Futures, Sept/Oct 2000
‘Future Positive is an optimistic vision of how to get to a future where people co-operate universally to end injustice, poverty and conflict. Michael Edwards has a passion for finding practical ways to make the world a better place. He deserves to be widely read’
Tim Garden, Times Higher Education Supplement
‘an important source of inspiration, not only for the development community, but also for a broader audience interested in the current challenges of international cooperation’
Development in Practice
"Badly needed…"
Long Range Planning 33 (2000)
'Michael Edwards offers a careful and realistic portrait of the potential role of cooperation in domesticating the competetive ethos of the global economy… it is an important thesis'
Benjamin Barber, Los Angeles Times
‘A hard-headed but soft-hearted vision of global co-operation – respecting our differences, yet moving forward together on clear goals. This is an optimistic book at a time when the global pessimists rule the intellectual roost’
ROBERT B. REICH, UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC POLICY, BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY, FORMER U.S. SECRETARY OF LABOR
‘Future Positive is a potent blend of vision and pragmatism. Michael Edwards challenges all of us – NGOs, governments, corporations and consumers – to move beyond our conventional ways of thinking and join together to create a just and responsible international system’
PETER BELL, PRESIDENT, CARE, CO-CHAIR, INTER-AMERICAN DIALOGUE
‘In this important book, Michael Edwards powerfully sets out the case for co-operation at local, national, regional and global levels, to help harness and humanise the global economy’
FRANCES STEWART, PROFESSOR OF DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS, UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD
‘…well written in a non-technical style, and contains some engaging examples…’
RIIA, Jan 2000
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Money, power and sex. The history of the world can be told in three words, yet a fourth word - co-operation - has an important history of its own. Read the first page
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