GTI Paper Series: Frontiers of a Great Transition

Prepared in a collaborative process of working groups of the GTI Network, these papers examine key aspects of an alternative global vision and a path forward.

    The Global Moment and its Possibilities
  1. Great Transition: The Promise and Lure of the Times Ahead Adobe PDF Logo: Click to download Paper Series Section Deutsch|Espanol|Order Printed Copy
    (Raskin et al., 2002, 99 pp)
    Planetary civilization, global scenarios, and change strategies
  2. The Great Transition Today: A Report from the Future Adobe PDF Logo: Click to download Paper Series Section
    (Raskin, 2006, 15 pp)
    An optimistic vision of global society in the year 2084
  3. Institutional Transitions
  4. Global Politics and Institutions Adobe PDF Logo: Click to download Paper Series Section
    (Rajan, 2006, 26 pp)
    Principles and visions for a new globalism
  5. Visions of Regional Economies in a Great Transition World Adobe PDF Logo: Click to download Paper Series Section
    (Rosen and Schweickart, 2006, 34 pp)
    Re-inventing economies for the 21st century
  6. Transforming the Corporation Adobe PDF Logo: Click to download Paper Series Section
    (White, 2006, 25 pp)
    Re-designing the corporation for social purpose
  7. Trading into the Future: Rounding the Corner to Sustainable Development Adobe PDF Logo: Click to download Paper Series Section
    (Halle, 2006, 24 pp)
    International trade in a sustainable and equitable world
  8. Security in the Great Transition Adobe PDF Logo: Click to download Paper Series Section
    (Knight, 2006, 16 pp)
    Imagining a transition to a world without war
  9. How Technology Could Contribute to a Sustainable World Adobe PDF Logo: Click to download Paper Series Section
    (Vergragt, 2006, 28 pp)
    Technological innovation and human choice
  10. Human and Environmental Dimensions
  11. Great Transition Values: Present Attitudes, Future Changes Adobe PDF Logo: Click to download Paper Series Section
    (Kates, Leiserowitz, Parris, 2006, 13 pp)
    Alignment and tension between contemporary values and a new globalism
  12. The Role of Well-being in a Great Transition Adobe PDF Logo: Click to download Paper Series Section
    (Stutz, 2006, 25 pp)
    Improved quality of life as an attractor for dematerialized societies
  13. Feminist Praxis: Women's Transnational and Place Based Struggles for Change Adobe PDF Logo: Click to download Paper Series Section
    (Harcourt, 2006, 19 pp)
    Lessons from women's movements for a Great Transition
  14. Sustainable Communities and the Great Transition Adobe PDF Logo: Click to download Paper Series Section
    (Goldstein, 2006, 21 pp)
    New frontiers for transforming cities
  15. Climate Change: Redemption through Crisis Adobe PDF Logo: Click to download Paper Series Section
    (Kartha, 2006, 28 pp)
    The climate challenge and paths to an equitable solution
  16. Resilience and Pluralism: Ecosystems and Society in a Great Transition Adobe PDF Logo: Click to download Paper Series Section
    (Lucas and Bennett, 2006, 22 pp)
    Human impacts on the biosphere and socio-ecological management
  17. Crystallizing a System Shift
  18. Dawn of the Cosmopolitan: The Hope of a Global Citizens Movement Adobe PDF Logo: Click to download Paper Series Section
    (Kriegman, 2006, 25 pp)
    Prospects for a global movement and what it might look like
  19. World Lines: Pathways, Pivots and the Global Future Adobe PDF Logo: Click to download Paper Series Section
    (Raskin, 2006, 25 pp)
    Dynamics of global change: crisis, choice, action