The Partnership Culture Economy is based on Partnership Culture (a social system based on the equality of women and men, nature and caring). Partnership Culture can be summarized in the table below.
| Domination Culture | Partnership Culture |
|---|---|
| In groups and out groups | Everyone matters |
| Hierarchies of domination | Hierarchies of actualization |
| Power maintained by force and fear | Increase in liberty and expression |
| Inequality | Equality: gender, race, etc |
| Ignores economic value of caring | Care is valued economically |
| Violence and abuse | Human flourishing and creativity |
The Partnership Culture economic model includes the full spectrum of economic relations, from how humans relate to our natural habitat. This requires a complete and accurate map that includes all economic sectors with the household as the core inner sector. In the dominator economy, the foundational economic sectors, household, unpaid community, and natural are N/A (not applicable), omitted.
| Domination | Partnership | Examples | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Household economy | N/A | Core sector | Caring, caregiving |
| Unpaid community economy | N/A | Second sector | Volunteering, barter, community currency |
| Market economy | Core sector | Third sector | The conventional fiat economy |
| Illegal economy | Second sector | Fourth sector | Drug/sex/arms trade |
| Government economy | Third sector | Fifth sector | Policies/laws/rules governing market economy; public services |
| Natural economy | N/A | Sixth sector | Natural environment |
“Economic rules should ensure that the market serves our needs as human beings living on an increasingly threatened planet. Under present economic rules, people are supposed to serve the needs of the market as workers and consumers.” Riane Eisler
| Domination Culture | Partnership Culture |
|---|---|
| Ignore contributions of the life-sustaining activities of households, communities, and nature. | Recognize contributions of the life-sustaining activities of households, communities, and nature. |
| Rules, policies, and practices inhibit human development, creativity, equitable relations, mutual responsibility, and concern for nature and future generations. | Rules, policies, and practices support human development, creativity, equitable relations, mutual responsibility, and concern for nature and future generations. |
| Technological applications are driven by an ethos of control and domination. | Technological applications are driven by an ethos of caring and partnership. |
| Measurements of economic productivity include activities that harm people and nature, and fail to include essential non-market life-supporting activities. | Measurements of economic productivity exclude activities that harm people and nature, and include essential non-market life-supporting activities. |
| Economic structures are designed to support concentration of assets and power at the top, with little accountability to those on bottom. | Economic structures are participatory and equitable, designed to support mutual accountability and benefit. |
| Human needs and capacities are often exploited, and nature is depleted and polluted. | Human needs and capacities are nurtured, and our natural habitat is conserved. |
| Investment in developing the high-quality human capital needed for the postindustrial age is inadequate. | Investment in developing the high-quality human capital needed for the postindustrial age is a top priority. |
| Is not sustainable at our level of technology in an inextricably interconnected world. | Can help us meet the social, economic, and ecological challenges we face. |
Source: The Real Wealth of Nations, Riane Eisler
SWEIs inform us that environmental work and care work, which is the work of caring for others, such as children or the sick and disabled or the elderly, yields significant economic value. Learn more here.
Human Capacity Indicators (HCIs) measure the output dimension, i.e., the degree of human capacity development, where human capacity is understood to refer to the capacities that people learn to utilize not only in service of their own advancement but also in collaboration with others for the advancement of the society and economy in which they live. They are divided into seven subcategories: