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Record Nr.

UNINA9910799984803321

Autore

Danaher Kevin <1950, >

Titolo

Insurrection: citizen challenges to corporate power / / Kevin Danaher and Jason Mark

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2003

ISBN

1-135-93955-1

0-429-23307-8

1-138-99252-6

1-135-93956-X

1-280-05619-3

0-203-48819-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (355 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

MarkJason <1975->

Disciplina

303.48/4

Soggetti

Protest movements

Anti-globalization movement

Big business

Business ethics

Corporate profits

Corporations - Taxation

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgments; Foreword by Arianna Huffington; Introduction  The Insurrection Against Corporate Power; Corporate Power vs. People Power A History of U.S. Corporate Accountability Struggles; ~Would You Want Your Sister to Work There?~  The Conflict Over Sweatshops; Flipper vs. the WTO  The Fight for Dolphin-Safe Tuna; Up In Smoke  Tobacco Profits vs. Public Health; Citizen Diplomacy vs. Corporate Profits  Defending Human Rights in Burma; Trading Democracy  Rule-Making in the Global Economy; Conclusion: Building a Movement for  Global Democracy; Resources

End NotesIndex

Sommario/riassunto

Citizens have become far more aggressive in directly challenging corporate behavior.  Written by two activists who are constantly in the



eye of this storm, Insurrection charts the growth of this dissatisfaction.