Resource Pointer # 205
April 21, 1999
For copies of the following resources, please contact the
appropriate publishers or organizations directly.
*The Paradox of Plenty, 1999* Douglas H. Boucher (ed.)
Examines new paradigms of food security, shifting focus from
ability to produce enough food to issues of access to resources,
equity and consumption. Looks at impact of global economy on
global food systems. Examines cases from developing countries
and examples of alternative food systems. 342 pp. US$18.95.
Contact The Institute for Food and Development Policy, 398 60th
St., Oakland, CA 94618; phone (510) 654-4400; fax (510) 654-
4551; email foodfirst@igc.org; website www.foodfirst.org
*Beyond Intellectual Property: Toward Traditional Resource
Rights for Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities, 1996*
Darrell A. Posey and Graham Dutfield. Offers ideas on how
indigenous peoples and local communities worldwide can
approach and deal with the issues surrounding intellectual property
and traditional resource rights. Examines legally binding
international agreements; soft law and non-binding international
agreements; and community- based intellectual property rights and
which are most effective in protecting indigenous people.
Discusses topics such as plant germplasm and patenting of life.
303 pp. Canada $30. Contact Renouf Publishing Co. Ltd., 5369
Canotek Rd., Unit 1, Ottawa, Ontario K1J9J3 Canada.
*Corporate Predators: The Hunt for Mega-Profits and the Attack
on Democracy, 1999* Russell Mokhiber and Robert Weissman.
Collection of articles critiquing corporate power. Includes sections
on corporate crime and violence, corporate attack on democracy,
the search for "mega-profits," mergers, commercialism,
sweatshops, union-busting. 192 pp. US$12.95. Contact Common
Courage Press, 1 Red Barn Road, Monroe, ME 14951; phone (207)
525-0900; fax (207) 525-3068; email
info@commoncouragepress.com; website
www.commoncouragepress.com
*Global Village or Global Pillage: Economic Reconstruction From
the Bottom Up, Second Edition, 1998* Jeremy Brecher and Tim
Costello. A basic introduction to the "globalization" of the
economy. Looks at the "global race to the bottom" in which
workers, communities and whole countries are forced to compete
by lowering wages, working conditions, environmental protection
standards and social spending. Highlights mounting worldwide
resistance. US$16. Contact South End Press, 7 Brookline St. #1,
Cambridge, MA 02139-4146; email southend@igc.org; website
www.lbbs.org/sep/sep.htm
*Dark Victory: The United States and Global Poverty, Second
Edition, 1999* Walden Bello. Looks at impacts of the North's
strategy to dominate the international economy and reassert
corporate control. Discusses consequences of removal of barriers
to foreign investments, privatization of state-owned activities,
reduction in social welfare spending, wage cuts and devaluation in
local currencies. 162 pp. US$14.95. Contact The Institute for Food
and Development Policy, 398 60th St., Oakland, CA 94618; phone
(510) 654-4400; fax (510) 654-4551; email foodfirst@igc.org;
website www.foodfirst.org
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