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Shadow Sovereigns: How Global Corporations Are Seizing Power

S. George

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Description:In recent years links between big business and government have become stronger and more far-reaching than ever. Global corporations now demand control over decisions affecting labour laws, finance, public health, food and agriculture, safety regulations, taxes and international trade and investment. They even claim the right to private tribunals where they can sue governments for passing laws that could harm their present or future profits.These business elites don't want to govern directly. They operate behind the scenes - directing planning, setting standards and fashioning government to maximise their own profits. Thanks to the UN Global Compact they have extended their influence to the highest levels of multilateral decision-making and now, via the Davos-inspired Global Redesign Initiative, they are setting their sights on managing world-wide public policy.Elected by and accountable to no one, secretive and highly organized, these shadow sovereigns are destroying the very notion of the common good and making a mockery of democracy. In this incisive and clear-sighted book Susan George provides us with the practical knowledge to challenge this assault on our rights and our institutions. Susan George is a high profile political scholar and activist and the author of fourteen books. She is president of the Board of the Transnational Institute inAmsterdam, a decentralised fellowship of global scholars whose work is intended to contribute to social justice. She is also honorary president of ATTAC-France and a member of the scientific council. She has acted as a consultant to various United Nations specialised agencies and is a frequent public speaker. She regularly contributes articles to Le Monde diplomatique, Open Democracy, El Pais, New Internationalist and The Nation.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Shadow Sovereigns: How Global Corporations Are Seizing Power. To get started finding Shadow Sovereigns: How Global Corporations Are Seizing Power, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: In recent years links between big business and government have become stronger and more far-reaching than ever. Global corporations now demand control over decisions affecting labour laws, finance, public health, food and agriculture, safety regulations, taxes and international trade and investment. They even claim the right to private tribunals where they can sue governments for passing laws that could harm their present or future profits.These business elites don't want to govern directly. They operate behind the scenes - directing planning, setting standards and fashioning government to maximise their own profits. Thanks to the UN Global Compact they have extended their influence to the highest levels of multilateral decision-making and now, via the Davos-inspired Global Redesign Initiative, they are setting their sights on managing world-wide public policy.Elected by and accountable to no one, secretive and highly organized, these shadow sovereigns are destroying the very notion of the common good and making a mockery of democracy. In this incisive and clear-sighted book Susan George provides us with the practical knowledge to challenge this assault on our rights and our institutions. Susan George is a high profile political scholar and activist and the author of fourteen books. She is president of the Board of the Transnational Institute inAmsterdam, a decentralised fellowship of global scholars whose work is intended to contribute to social justice. She is also honorary president of ATTAC-France and a member of the scientific council. She has acted as a consultant to various United Nations specialised agencies and is a frequent public speaker. She regularly contributes articles to Le Monde diplomatique, Open Democracy, El Pais, New Internationalist and The Nation.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Shadow Sovereigns: How Global Corporations Are Seizing Power. To get started finding Shadow Sovereigns: How Global Corporations Are Seizing Power, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

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