Pbog 50 days to save the planet 3 oct 2012

50 Days to Save the Planet
Human Development is our Sustainable Future

A working hypothesis
by Clive Burgess October 2012
My global perspective
➔ One World ~ Many People with different cultures
Curious... looking beyond the obvious at the bigger
picture
Clive Burgess ©2012

First Premises of Materialist Method
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. Karl Marx. The German Ideology.
1845


Progress – Social Interventionist State – Democratic Socialism
Society = the sum total of or an ensemble of social relationships...
● The State ~ Historical Development of the State
Climate Change

Social Interventionist State ~ Welfare State
The
Vicious Break the cycle THINK Virtuous Circle
Circle
National Democratic State ~ laissez faire capitalism 'Big Society'
Enlightenment

Constitutional State ~ Legislative State Law codification

Territorial State ~ Clans, Kingdoms & Tribes
Church

Human Development is a Sustainable Future
CONFLICT ~ dialectic relationships ~ Processes
'Social' Activities 'Social' Relationships
➔ Control & Resistance
➔ Reproduction & Transformation
Restructuring the State
Roles and Responsibilities
● 3 Broad Duties and Responsibilities
● 5 Core functions of the State
Clive Burgess ©2012 Dexter Whitfield 2012
Colin Burgess 1984 2001 2004 2011

Restructuring the State ~ Core functions of the state
The national state has three broad duties and responsibilities
1 It must recognise the UN and international fundamental principles
and rights and ensure they are fulfilled individually and collectively.
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.
3 Among many functions it has a duties and responsibilities to
manage the economy, fulfill international obligations, and maintain
law and order.


These Roles & Responsibilities are organised under
five core functions
1 Democratic governance & Civil Society
2 National and International Responsibilities
3 Human Needs and Development
4 Economic and Fiscal Management
5 The Regulation of Markets, Firms, and Organisations
The ability to fulfill these functions require legislative
powers, political and moral authority, governance and
accountability and adequate resources to plan and
implement decisions. Clive Burgess ©2012 Dexter Whitfield 2012

Sustainable Development for a better quality of life for all

● Safer, Stronger Communities

● Cleaner, Greener Communities

➔ 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 Austerity
Reconstructing the economy, state and public services
Dexter 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


2 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
change

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


Human Development ~ Choices
If Capit alist t ake cont r ol it will becom e an ext ension of
Aust er it y
If Socialist t ake cont r ol it will becom e inclusive and none
exploit at ive social j ust ice

“Is it time to look beyond
capitalism towards a new social order
that would allow us to live within a
system that could be
responsible just & humane?”
David Harvey 26th April 2010

Internal Contradictions of Capital Accumulation
Accumulation by dispossession – primitive accumulation
Harvey 2010

Social Interventionist State – Working Together
In Place of Austerity
Information Management CONTROL
Risk Management
Meetings
Supervision Consultation People
Collectivity Management
Political & Moral
BEHAVIOUR
Authority PLAN
Political
Governance
Activism
Regulation of the
Markets
Firms Comply . Participate
Teamwork
Organisations Conform Roles and
Responsibilities
GUIDELINES ORGANISATION of the
Financial STATE
Legislative The
Management
Powers STATE Democratic
Manage Process
Legislative Management Human Development
Key Performance Indicators - Targets
International Standards for Quality, Environment & Social Responsibility
Corrective Action
PBOG
Sanctions Operations Management The sociology of organisational life

Clive Burgess ©Oct 2012

The Big Society State-Monopoly Capitalism with a Liberal Democratic Ideology
CONTROL
Information Management
Risk Management
Meetings
Supervision Limited Consultation People
No mandate Accountability Management
to Govern Individualism
PLAN BEHAVIOUR
Self-regulation Personalisation Financialisation
Business Capture
Comply . Participate
Teamwork
Conform Roles and
Responsibilities
Financial Roll Back
Management GUIDELINES ORGANISATION The STATE
Marketisation Privatisation Undemocratic
'Free' Market
Process
Economics
Manage Corporate Citizen
Legislative Management Corporate Social Responsibility
Key Performance Indicators -
Payment-by-Result Business 'Freedom'

Corrective Action
PBOG
Sanctions Operations Management The sociology of organisational life

Clive Burgess ©Oct 2012


A working hypothesis
by Clive Burgess October 2012
My global perspective
➔ One World ~ Many People with different cultures
Curious... looking beyond the obvious at the bigger
picture Thank You for your time and energy Clive Live

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