Pbog 50 days to save the planet 3 oct 2012

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

My global perspective

Clive Burgess ©2012


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.

First Premises of Materialist Method



Social Interventionist State ~ Welfare State

National Democratic State ~ laissez faire capitalism 'Big Society'

Constitutional State ~ Legislative State Law codification

Territorial State ~ Clans, Kingdoms & Tribes

Progress – Social Interventionist State – Democratic Socialism


Society = the sum total of or an ensemble of social relationships...● The State ~ Historical Development of the State

Church

Enlightenment

Climate Change

The ViciousCircle

Break the cycle THINK Virtuous Circle

50 Days to Save the PlanetHuman Development is a Sustainable Future

'Social' Activities 'Social' Relationships➔ Control & Resistance➔ Reproduction & Transformation

CONFLICT ~ dialectic relationships ~ Processes

Clive Burgess ©2012 Dexter Whitfield 2012 Colin Burgess 1984 2001 2004 2011

Roles and Responsibilities● 3 Broad Duties and Responsibilities● 5 Core functions of the State

Restructuring the State


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

Clive Burgess ©2012 Dexter Whitfield 2012


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.



● Safer, Stronger Communities

● Cleaner, Greener Communities

Sustainable Development for a better quality of life for all

➔ Rebuilding Britain

➔ A Future that Works



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



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

procurement


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

changeClive Burgess ©2012 Dexter Whitfield 2012


3 Human needs and Development➔ Education and Learning➔ Public health, health and social care➔ Shelter and housing➔ Income support➔ Poverty reduction and social inclusion➔ Equalities and social justice➔ Identify and quantify social and economic needs➔ Promote social economy➔ Promote the arts, culture and heritage➔ Protect the public domain/commons Clive Burgess ©2012 Dexter Whitfield 2012


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



5 Regulation of markets, firms and organisations➔ Regulation of and intervention in financial, trade, utility

and service markets (standards, rights, prices, performance)

➔ Property, land and intellectual property rights➔ Regulation of corporate sector


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


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PLANGovernance

GUIDELINESLegislative

Powers

BEHAVIOURPolitical Activism

ORGANISATIONThe

STATE

Consultation

Participate

Manage

TeamworkConform

Comply

Operations Management

Information Management

Legislative Management

FinancialManagement

PeopleManagement

Risk Management

Key Performance Indicators - Targets International Standards for Quality, Environment & Social Responsibility

Supervision

Regulation of theMarketsFirms Organisations

Meetings

Corrective ActionSanctions

Clive Burgess ©Oct 2012

Roles andResponsibilities

of theSTATE

PBOGThe sociology of organisational life

CONTROL

Political & MoralAuthority

In Place of Austerity

DemocraticProcess

Human Development

Collectivity

Social Interventionist State – Working Together

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PLANPersonalisation

GUIDELINESMarketisation

BEHAVIOURFinancialisation

ORGANISATIONPrivatisation

Consultation

Participate

Manage

TeamworkConform

Comply

Operations Management

Information Management

Legislative Management

FinancialManagement

PeopleManagement

Risk Management

Key Performance Indicators -Payment-by-Result

Supervision

Self-regulationBusiness Capture

Meetings

Corrective ActionSanctions

Clive Burgess ©Oct 2012

Roles andResponsibilities

Roll BackThe STATE

PBOGThe sociology of organisational life

CONTROLThe Big Society State-Monopoly Capitalism with a Liberal Democratic Ideology

No mandateto Govern

Limited AccountabilityIndividualism

'Free' MarketEconomics

Undemocratic Process

Corporate CitizenCorporate Social Responsibility

Business 'Freedom'


➔ One World ~ Many People with different cultures

A working hypothesis by Clive Burgess October 2012

Curious... looking beyond the obvious at the bigger picture

My global perspective

Clive Burgess ©2012Thank You for your time and energy Clive Live

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