History tells us that industrial development with all of its pollution, inequity and exploitation is the inevitable destiny of human societies. Yet is this really the case or are we trapped in a prevailing 'develop-mentality' that demands an endless cycle of inputs, outputs, consumption and waste on a finite planet? And is there another, better way for humans and the biosphere?This incisive, epic work turns the dominant industrial development model and its economics upside down and argues for a new way of thinking about the meaning of development and the complexion of our economy. The book tra.

Presents the global governance as the calculated mismanagement of life, directing biopolitical neoliberal ideology through global networks, and undermining the human security of millions. This book answers the critiques of the human security concept as incoherent by prioritizing transnational human populations facing life-ending contingencies.