Prompted by the United Nations Conference on Human Settlements, David Korten's book indicts the world's governments for failing to address growing hunger, housing shortages, unemployment, poverty, human rights abuses, and environmental degradation. In Globalizing Civil Society, Korten examines the causes of this global crisis and offers fresh solutions reflecting sustainability, community, and equity—the only principles that can assure a healthy future for the world's people.
DAVID C. KORTEN is a founder and board chair of the Positive Futures Network, author of When Corporations Rule the World, and president of the People-Centered Development Forum. He is the author of Globalizing Civil Society in the Open Media Pamphlet Series, and lives in Washington state.