Document Type
Issue Area Five
Abstract
Before we can help others "understand our interconnectedness," we ourselves must be aware of the social, political, and economic structure of the network(s) we seek to build. Following a framework developed by Riane Eisler and David Loye (1990), two contrasting understandings of the "world order" entailed in the construction of global interconnectedness will be outlined. The first approach involves a hierarchical structure, and the second approach involves an egalitarian partnership. These two models involve radically different assumptions, social practices, and consequences.
People who understand global interconnectedness from these approaches mean something quite different when they say "One is the only number that matters." Those coming from what Eisler and Loye (1990) defined as the dominator model see countries struggling among themselves to be NUMBER ONE in a competition for wealth and resources. On the other hand, those who advocate Eisler's and Loye's partnership model see countries struggling together, not against each other, to secure enough resources for all.
Journal Title
Institute for Educational Leadership Monograph Series
Volume
7
Issue
1
First Page
107
Last Page
110
Publisher
Institute for Educational Leadership, University of Northern Iowa
City
Cedar Falls, IA
Copyright
©1997 Institute for Educational Leadership, College of Education, and the University of Northern Iowa
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Montecinos, Carmen
(1997)
"Alternative Conceptions of a Structure for Interconnectedness,"
Institute for Educational Leadership Monograph Series: Vol. 7:
No.
1, Article 34.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/iel_monographs/vol7/iss1/34
