Building Blocks for Alternative Development Strategies

Abstract

Menace and hope

The four spaces of development

1.	The local space: people's creativity unfolding A reversal of authority—the richness of local actions—a new balance.
2.	The national space Democratic control over the state—social control over the common wealth—beyond formal democracy—a tool of regionalization: democratic planning—using the law—learning to be self-reliant.
3.	The global space Who are the real actors?—whose mutual interests?—the strategic objective.
4.	The Third World space Enlarging the space for Third World national development: the role of collective self-reliance—the political dimension—institutions for economic collective self-reliance.

Battlefields

1.	Demilitarizing and stopping repression Security through cooperation and collective self-reliance—demilitarizing: the responsibility of the great powers—stopping repression—the role of the third system.
2.	Culture harder than the rest Vehicles of cultural domination—a cultural renaissance—a privileged battlefield for the third system.
3.	Resources for those who need them Ensuring sustainability—managing the commons—enhancing Third World command of development resources—decolonizing technologies—ending dependent linkages—democratizing international money and finance—third system vs. TNCs.

Establishing and enforcing accountability

The principles—the scope of accountability—dimensions of accountability—the mechanisms—the United Nations and the third system.