A civil republic; beyond capitalism and nationalism.JC337 2004-027485 1-56549-199-8 A civil republic; beyond capitalism and nationalism. Bruyn, Severyn T. Kumarian Press, [c]2005 289 p. $25.95 (pa) Economic and ecological collapse Ecological Collapse refers to a situation where an ecosystem suffers a drastic, if not permanent, reduction in carrying capacity for all organisms, often resulting in mass extinction. , devastating dev·as·tate tr.v. dev·as·tat·ed, dev·as·tat·ing, dev·as·tates 1. To lay waste; destroy. 2. To overwhelm; confound; stun: was devastated by the rude remark. wars, authoritarianism, and other global calamities threaten the world but can be avoided, argues Bruyn (sociology, Boston College Boston College, main campus at Chestnut Hill, Mass.; coeducational; Jesuit; est. and opened 1863. Actually a university, the school's Chestnut Hill campus comprises colleges of arts and sciences and business administration, the graduate school, and schools of nursing ), by the institution of "a society of federations that develops--by design and with government support--from local to global levels to bring core human values Human Values is the universal concept that preserves and enhances Homo Sapiens as a species, this applies to every human being on the present universe, anything against this values brings the consequence of a Self Species Extermination Event (SSEE) like hate, racism or war. into the economy and the nation." Calling this concept a "civil republic," he outlines how the US can implement such a vision through integrating government, business, and civil society by creating accreditation systems for industry and civil commissions that link associations in business and civil society, building a civil polity in the life of markets, and developing world law. |
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