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50 Days to Save the Planet Human Development is our Sustainable Future
➔ One World ~ Many People with different cultures
A working hypothesis by Clive Burgess October 2012
Curious... looking beyond the obvious at the bigger picture
50 Days to Save the Planet Human Development is our Sustainable Future
Karl Marx. The German Ideology. 1845
The premises from which we begin are not arbitrary ones, not dogmas, but real premises from which abstraction can only be made in the imagination. They are the real individuals, their activity and the material conditions under which they live, both those which they find already existing and those produced by their activity.
These premises can thus be verified in a purely empirical way.
Roles and Responsibilities● 3 Broad Duties and Responsibilities● 5 Core functions of the State
Restructuring the State
50 Days to Save the Planet Human Development is our Sustainable Future
Restructuring the State ~ Core functions of the state
1 It must recognise the UN and international fundamental principles and rights and ensure they are fulfilled individually and collectively.
3 Among many functions it has a duties and responsibilities to manage the economy, fulfill international obligations, and maintain law and order.
2 It must ensure future generations are not burdened with unsustainable levels of debt; politically, economic, social and environmental conditions or democratic governance that is not fit for purpose.
The national state has three broad duties and responsibilities
50 Days to Save the Planet Human Development is our Sustainable Future
These Roles & Responsibilities are organised under five core functions1 Democratic governance & Civil Society2 National and International Responsibilities
3 Human Needs and Development
4 Economic and Fiscal Management5 The Regulation of Markets, Firms, and OrganisationsThe ability to fulfill these functions require legislative powers, political and moral authority, governance and accountability and adequate resources to plan and implement decisions.
50 Days to Save the Planet Human Development is our Sustainable Future
This in turn requires skills and capabilities such as leadership and political strategy, fiscal and economic management; the ability to plan and manage projects; power of regulation, intervention and enforcement; to raise revenue to finance and invest; and ensure equality and redistribution.The state must provide and directly deliver the vast majority of these functions and services. Voluntary and private organisations have an important but limited role.
In Place of AusterityReconstructing the economy, state and public servicesDexter Whitfield is Director of the European Service Strategy Unit and Adjunct Associate Professor, Australian Institute for Social Research,University of Adelaide
50 Days to Save the Planet Human Development is our Sustainable Future
1 Democratic Governance & Civil Society➔ Governance, representation and public accountability➔ Participation in public policy-making process➔ Civil rights and freedom of information➔ Law and order➔ Justice and penal system➔ Enhanced engagement and capacity of civil society➔ Transparency of policies, performance & public
50 Days to Save the Planet Human Development is our Sustainable Future2 National and International responsibilities
➔ Global, European and national policy-making➔ Macro-economic, infrastructure and transport planning➔ International aid and development, and multi/bilateral trade
agreements➔ Reduced carbon emissions, promote renewables and
infrastructure adaptation➔ Foreign relations policy ➔ Defence and security➔ Protect and sustain the environment & joint action on climate
50 Days to Save the Planet Human Development is our Sustainable Future
4 Economic and fiscal management➔ Manage inflation through interest rates and money supply➔ Progressive taxation➔ Manage public expenditure➔ Invest in infrastructure➔ Redistribution➔ Plan regions, cities, urban and rural areas➔ Economic development and regeneration➔ Job creation and training➔ Manage public assets effectively➔ Research development and innovation
50 Days to Save the PlanetHuman Development ~ Choices
If Capitalist take cont r ol it will become an extension of Auster ity
If Socialist take cont r ol it will become inclusive and none exploitat ive social just ice
“Is it time to look beyond capitalism towards a new social order that would allow us to live within asystem that could beresponsible just & humane?” David Harvey 26th April 2010
Internal Contradictions of Capital Accumulation
Accumulation by dispossession – primitive accumulation Harvey 2010