Manno, Jack P.

"There is no doubt that the authors have compiled the most comprehensive IP manual that is available. This work is an excellent resource and a very effective tutorial guide for anyone who may participate in an IP value chain."-Richard F. Wilson, USDA-REE-ARS-NPS-CPPVS"…provides new insight into why economies have increasingly marginalized many aspects of nature and society."-Ecological Economics, March 2001"The validity of Manno's argument lies in his careful building of the relationship between commoditization and nonsustainable development. An insightful read for scholars as well as general readers."-J. Collins, University of Arkansas, in CHOICE"… Manno does a solid job of connecting the excesses of the commodity culture to contemporary concerns such as the oppression of women and the survival of indigenous peoples' cultures… as economics books go, this one is generally quite accessible."o does a solid job of connecting the excesses of the commodity culture to contemporary concerns such as the oppression of women and the survival of indigenous peoples' cultures… as economics books go, this one is generally quite accessible."-Barry Boyer, Dean of the University of Buffalo Law School, in Great Lakes UnitedPromo CopyBoyer, Dean of the University of Buffalo Law School, in Great Lakes UnitedPromo Copy

• IntroductionThe Privileged Qualities of CommoditiesThe Process of CommoditizationExamples of How Commoditization WorksThe Attributes of CommoditizationConclusionEvolution, Systems, and CommoditizationIntroductionCommoditization and Evolutionary TheoryThe Natural Selection of CommoditiesCommoditization and SystemsConclusionCommoditization and Distortion of DevelopmentIntroductionUnfair Competition and ComparisonsIndustrial or High Input Agriculture VS Low Input AgricultureHealth Care and Health ServicesEnvironmental Pollution Control and the 4RsTransportationScience and AcademiaElectricity Sector (Box)ConclusionSystematic OppressionIntroductionLinking Oppression and CommoditizationHow to Build a CommunityConquest, Money, and CommoditizationCommoditization and the Oppression of Indigenous PeopleThe Legacy of Colonialism in the Modern Global EconomyCommoditization and the Oppression of WomenCommoditization and Class OppressionThe Underdevelopment of ImaginationConclusionThe Institutional Development of the Commoditized EconomyIntroductionEuropean FoundationsPre-industrial Commercial InstitutionsThe Rise of Industrialism and the Modern EconomyThe American ExperienceEcology and CommoditizationSustainable Development and the Challenge of EcologyEcological Principles and Economic ImplicationsConclusionToward a Coordinated Decommoditization StrategyIntroductionThe Policy WedgesThe Role of Participatory DemocracyThe Powers of GovernmentSteps in a Decommoditization StrategyDecommoditization Effect on GovernmentCredit PoliciesBuilding a Movement

Manno, Jack P.

"There is no doubt that the authors have compiled the most comprehensive IP manual that is available. This work is an excellent resource and a very effective tutorial guide for anyone who may participate in an IP value chain."-Richard F. Wilson, USDA-REE-ARS-NPS-CPPVS"…provides new insight into why economies have increasingly marginalized many aspects of nature and society."-Ecological Economics, March 2001"The validity of Manno's argument lies in his careful building of the relationship between commoditization and nonsustainable development. An insightful read for scholars as well as general readers."-J. Collins, University of Arkansas, in CHOICE"… Manno does a solid job of connecting the excesses of the commodity culture to contemporary concerns such as the oppression of women and the survival of indigenous peoples' cultures… as economics books go, this one is generally quite accessible."o does a solid job of connecting the excesses of the commodity culture to contemporary concerns such as the oppression of women and the survival of indigenous peoples' cultures… as economics books go, this one is generally quite accessible."-Barry Boyer, Dean of the University of Buffalo Law School, in Great Lakes UnitedPromo CopyBoyer, Dean of the University of Buffalo Law School, in Great Lakes UnitedPromo Copy

• IntroductionThe Privileged Qualities of CommoditiesThe Process of CommoditizationExamples of How Commoditization WorksThe Attributes of CommoditizationConclusionEvolution, Systems, and CommoditizationIntroductionCommoditization and Evolutionary TheoryThe Natural Selection of CommoditiesCommoditization and SystemsConclusionCommoditization and Distortion of DevelopmentIntroductionUnfair Competition and ComparisonsIndustrial or High Input Agriculture VS Low Input AgricultureHealth Care and Health ServicesEnvironmental Pollution Control and the 4RsTransportationScience and AcademiaElectricity Sector (Box)ConclusionSystematic OppressionIntroductionLinking Oppression and CommoditizationHow to Build a CommunityConquest, Money, and CommoditizationCommoditization and the Oppression of Indigenous PeopleThe Legacy of Colonialism in the Modern Global EconomyCommoditization and the Oppression of WomenCommoditization and Class OppressionThe Underdevelopment of ImaginationConclusionThe Institutional Development of the Commoditized EconomyIntroductionEuropean FoundationsPre-industrial Commercial InstitutionsThe Rise of Industrialism and the Modern EconomyThe American ExperienceEcology and CommoditizationSustainable Development and the Challenge of EcologyEcological Principles and Economic ImplicationsConclusionToward a Coordinated Decommoditization StrategyIntroductionThe Policy WedgesThe Role of Participatory DemocracyThe Powers of GovernmentSteps in a Decommoditization StrategyDecommoditization Effect on GovernmentCredit PoliciesBuilding a Movement

Manno, Jack P.

"There is no doubt that the authors have compiled the most comprehensive IP manual that is available. This work is an excellent resource and a very effective tutorial guide for anyone who may participate in an IP value chain."-Richard F. Wilson, USDA-REE-ARS-NPS-CPPVS"…provides new insight into why economies have increasingly marginalized many aspects of nature and society."-Ecological Economics, March 2001"The validity of Manno's argument lies in his careful building of the relationship between commoditization and nonsustainable development. An insightful read for scholars as well as general readers."-J. Collins, University of Arkansas, in CHOICE"… Manno does a solid job of connecting the excesses of the commodity culture to contemporary concerns such as the oppression of women and the survival of indigenous peoples' cultures… as economics books go, this one is generally quite accessible."o does a solid job of connecting the excesses of the commodity culture to contemporary concerns such as the oppression of women and the survival of indigenous peoples' cultures… as economics books go, this one is generally quite accessible."-Barry Boyer, Dean of the University of Buffalo Law School, in Great Lakes UnitedPromo CopyBoyer, Dean of the University of Buffalo Law School, in Great Lakes UnitedPromo Copy

• IntroductionThe Privileged Qualities of CommoditiesThe Process of CommoditizationExamples of How Commoditization WorksThe Attributes of CommoditizationConclusionEvolution, Systems, and CommoditizationIntroductionCommoditization and Evolutionary TheoryThe Natural Selection of CommoditiesCommoditization and SystemsConclusionCommoditization and Distortion of DevelopmentIntroductionUnfair Competition and ComparisonsIndustrial or High Input Agriculture VS Low Input AgricultureHealth Care and Health ServicesEnvironmental Pollution Control and the 4RsTransportationScience and AcademiaElectricity Sector (Box)ConclusionSystematic OppressionIntroductionLinking Oppression and CommoditizationHow to Build a CommunityConquest, Money, and CommoditizationCommoditization and the Oppression of Indigenous PeopleThe Legacy of Colonialism in the Modern Global EconomyCommoditization and the Oppression of WomenCommoditization and Class OppressionThe Underdevelopment of ImaginationConclusionThe Institutional Development of the Commoditized EconomyIntroductionEuropean FoundationsPre-industrial Commercial InstitutionsThe Rise of Industrialism and the Modern EconomyThe American ExperienceEcology and CommoditizationSustainable Development and the Challenge of EcologyEcological Principles and Economic ImplicationsConclusionToward a Coordinated Decommoditization StrategyIntroductionThe Policy WedgesThe Role of Participatory DemocracyThe Powers of GovernmentSteps in a Decommoditization StrategyDecommoditization Effect on GovernmentCredit PoliciesBuilding a Movement