Review: Critical Choices – The United Nations, Networks, and the Future of Global Goverance

Wolfgang H. Reinicke (Editor), Francis Deng (Editor), Jan Martin Witte (Editor), Thorsten Benner (Editor), Beth Whitaker (Editor), John Gershman (Editor) 5.0 out of 5 stars Global Hybrid Network Governance Primer for UN+, July 21, 2011 By  Robert D. Steele (Oakton, VA United States) – See all my reviews Last week I reviewed the first book …

Michel Bauwens: Integrity & Regional/Global Change

Integrity is becoming part of the global agenda.  I especially recommend Christian Arnsperger and Mark Whitaker for interesting takes on this. Toward a Bioregional State (Online Summary) Whitaker argues that the basis of environmental degradation is not capitalism or market relations. Environmental degradation is supremely caused by unrepresentative state elite decisions and how they manipulate …

Tom Atlee: Global Interdependence Movements Et Al

GLOBAL INTERDEPENDENCE MOVEMENTS, DECLARATIONS AND DAYS by Tom Atlee It is so good to celebrate INdependence Days in the United States and the many other countries that have successfully gained and defended their independence from colonial rule. For countries as well as individuals, independence is a dramatic move from dependence into a more self-defined, self-created …

Review: Planning with Complexity – An Introduction to Collaborative Rationality for Public Policy

Judith Innes, David Booher Excellent but Not Perfect, June 25, 2011 The authors claim to be addressing a new theory of collaborative rationality. The Native Americans called this “seventh generation thinking.” It is neither new nor rational alone, but rather holistic. I bought and read this book along with Democracy as Problem Solving: Civic Capacity …