03309nam 2200649 a 450 991045469840332120200520144314.01-78371-848-X1-84964-280-X1-281-75085-997866117508551-4356-6255-5(CKB)1000000000533636(StDuBDS)AH22933568(SSID)ssj0000197537(PQKBManifestationID)11178912(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000197537(PQKBWorkID)10177025(PQKB)10902709(MiAaPQ)EBC3386372(MiAaPQ)EBC5391016(Au-PeEL)EBL3386372(CaPaEBR)ebr10479920(OCoLC)666935261(EXLCZ)99100000000053363620050119d2005 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrManufacturing discontent[electronic resource] the trap of individualism in corporate society /Michael PerelmanLondon ;Ann Arbor, Mich. Pluto Press20051 online resource (224 p.) Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-7453-2406-1 0-7453-2407-X Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-202) and index.Corporate power has a huge impact on the rights and privileges of individuals -- as workers, consumers, and citizens. This book explores how the myth of individualism reinforces corporate power by making people perceive themselves as having choices, when in fact most peoples' options are very limited.Perelman describes the manufacture of unhappiness - the continual generation of dissatisfaction with products people are encouraged to purchase and quickly discard - and the complex techniques corporations employ to avoid responsibility and accountability to their workers, consumers and the environment. He outlines ways in which individuals can surpass individualism and instead work together to check the growing power of corporations. While other books have surveyed the corporate landscape, or decried modern consumerism, Perelman, a professor of economics, places these ideas within a proper economic and historical context. He explores the limits of corporate accountability and responsibility, and investigates the relation between a wide range of phenomena such as food, fear and terrorism.Highly readable, Manufacturing Discontent will appeal to anyone with an interest in the way society works - and what really determines the rights of individuals in a corporate society.Social responsibility of businessUnited StatesCorporationsSocial aspectsUnited StatesIndividualismUnited StatesConsumption (Economics)United StatesElectronic books.Social responsibility of businessCorporationsSocial aspectsIndividualismConsumption (Economics)306.3/4Perelman Michael119995MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910454698403321Manufacturing discontent2157659UNINA