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A 6 page research paper that explains what is meant by the term "Earth Democracy," as defined by Vandana Shiva in her text of the same name. The paper offers an overview of this ecological, social justice philosophy. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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below. Citation styles constantly change, and these examples may not contain the most recent updates.?? Earth Democracy Research Compiled By Kathie
Easter - May, 2010 properly! Earth Democracy is a term used by author Vandana Shiva in her
text by the same name to refer to the worldview of Native American and other indigenous peoples throughout the world who have "understood and experienced life as a continuum between
human and nonhuman species."1 This worldview is further delineated by citing an 1848 speech that is attributed to Chief Seattle of the Suquamish, which expresses the rationale for the Native
American belief that no one can own the land or its natural resources and concludes, "the earth does not belong to man; man belongs to the earth" as "All things
are connected like the blood which united our family. All things are connected."2 Shiva defines Earth Democracy as being aware of these connections and the "rights and responsibilities that
flow from them."3 This attitude toward the earth is contrasted against the attitudes associated with capitalism and international corporations, as corporate globalization perceives the world only in terms of ownership,
market and profits. Shiva cites numerous examples that indicate that people, worldwide, are resisting the effects of globalization, as they envision the "planet as a commons," rather than as a
"global supermarket, where goods and services are produced with high ecological, social and economic costs."4 In order for the rich to "own" land
and natural resources, the poor must be displaced. Shiva compares globalization to the enclosure of the commons, which occurred in early industrial England, arguing that corporate globalization constitutes "new enclosures
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