What Next Volume II
[From the back cover]
There is a dire need to reshape thinking on development, progress and society at the core, and to question many deeply held assumptions. The space for imagination and visionary thinking is often unnecessarily limited. We must also recognise the many layers of challenges where ‘solutions’ may turn – or may already have turned – into new problems.
It is of great importance to anticipate such problematic trajectories and look for alternative paths that can take us to a decent and sustainable future. This requires unconventional thinking, and the consideration of a broad range of alternatives – a strong case for pluralism. This is what this What Next volume is all about. This is also the departure point for the new, indpendent What Next Initiative."
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Contents
Introduction – Niclas Hällström
From Knowledge to Understanding: Navigations and returns – Manfred Max-Neef
The Convergence of Fundamentalisms and New Political Closures: What Next in the struggle for pluralism?– Praful Bidwai
Pluralism in economics teaching – Why and how? – Gilles Raveaud
The Practice of Earth Democracy. Looking ahead: Experiences form thirty years of participatory research and community action – Vandana Shiva
Affirmation of cultural diversity – Learning with the communities in the central Andes – Jorge Ishizawa
What Next for the human species: Human performance enheancement, ableism and pluralism – Gregor Wolbring
Global Women's Rights Movements: Feminists in transformation – Wendy Harcourt
This What Next volume appears in two different covers. Both are published as an issue of 'Development Dialogue', the Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation’s journal.
With this issue, the Foundation concludes the What Next Project which now continues as the independent What Next initiative.
The image to the right shows the Volume in the traditional Development Dialogue cover. The image above, shows the special cover for the What Next Initiative.
Printed copies of the volume with the cover above can be obtained from info(at)whatnext.org