Insurrection

Citizen Challenges to Corporate Power

Kevin Danaher, Jason Mark

350 pages, parution le 05/01/2004

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Half of the world¹s 100 largest economies are not nations, they are corporations. A mere 500 companies control 70 percent of world trade. Such concentrations of wealth pose a clear and present danger to the health of our democracy. Corporate campaign cash elects our politicians. Corporate lobbyists write our laws.

But what corporations have gained in political power they have lost in legitimacy. A growing number of people--environmental activists, trade unionists, family farmers--are challenging the power of giant corporations, demanding that they be held accountable to someone other than their shareholders.

These efforts exploded to the surface of American politics in November 1999,when tens of thousands of people shut down the World Trade Organization meetings in Seattle. Not long after that, a BusinessWeek poll found that 77 percent of U.S. citizens feel that corporations have too much power and that was before the Enron scandal broke.

In Insurrection, Kevin Danaher and Jason Mark, two high-profile activists, present a series of stories chronicling the accomplishments of the budding corporate accountability movement:the uncovering of major retailers¹ links to sweatshop abuses; the revelation that big tobacco companies deceived the public about the health risks of smoking; the questioning of corporations¹ ties to repressive dictatorships; the shaming of food processors into selling dolphin-safe tuna; and the battles against NAFTA and the WTO. Together, these struggles seek to fulfill the idea that in a democracy no institution is above the law.

Filled with compelling accounts that are both lively and informative, Insurrection is the definitive book on the burgeoning anti-corporate globalization movement.

L'auteur - Kevin Danaher

Described by The New York Times as the Paul Revere of globalization¹s woes, Kevin Danaher is the author or editor of ten books about globalization, and the co-founder of the human rights organization Global Exchange. His book Corporations Are Gonna Get Your Mama was named one of the best books of 1997 by The Progressive. His op-eds have appeared in The Washington Post, The Christian Science Monitor, Los Angeles Times, and the San Francisco Chronicle.

L'auteur - Jason Mark

a one-time reporter, has helped develop corporate accountability campaigns targeting Nike, Starbucks, Procter & Gamble, and Ford Motor Company. His op-eds have appeared in the Miami Herald and the San Francisco Chronicle. This is his first book. To learn more about their work, visit www.globalexchange.org.

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Introduction
Corporate Power vs. People's Power
A History of U.S. Corporate, Accountability Struggles
Would You Let Your Sister Work There?
The Conflict Over Sweatshop
Flipper vs. the WTO
The Dolphin/Tuna Dilemma
Citizen Diplomacy vs. Corporate Profits
The Struggle to Free Burma
Up In Smoke:Tobacco Profits vs. Public Health
Trading Democracy
The Struggle Over Rule-Making in the Global Economy
Conclusion: Movement-Building for Global Democracy
Resources
End Notes
Index

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	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Routledge
Auteur(s)	Kevin Danaher, Jason Mark
Parution	05/01/2004
Nb. de pages	350
Format	16 x 23,5
Couverture	Relié
Poids	625g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780415946773
ISBN13	978-0-415-94677-3