04185nam 22007933u 450 991096045050332120241107093529.097816265621101626562113(CKB)3710000000149906(EBL)1686307(OCoLC)882551222(SSID)ssj0001267554(PQKBManifestationID)11830561(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001267554(PQKBWorkID)11264159(PQKB)10416240(PPN)187313504(FR-PaCSA)88820850(MiAaPQ)EBC1686307(ODN)ODN0001867835(FRCYB88820850)88820850(EXLCZ)99371000000014990620141006d2014|||| u|| |engur|n|---|||||txtccrCorporations Are Not People Reclaiming Democracy from Big Money and Global Corporations2nd ed.San Francisco, US Berrett-Koehler Publishers20141 online resource (273 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-62656-210-5 Cover; Contents; Preface to this Second Edition; Preface to the First Edition; Foreword: Fighting Back; Introduction: What's at Stake; 1 American Democracy Works, and Corporations Fight Back; 2 Corporations Are Not People-and They Make Lousy Parents; 3 If Corporations Are Not People, What Are They?; 4 Corporations Don't Vote; They Don't Have To; 5 Did Political Inequality and Corporate Power Destroy the Working American Economy?; 6 Corporations Can't Love; 7 Restoring Democracy and Republican Government; 8 Do Something; Resources; The People's Rights Amendment; Citizens' Equality AmendmentWe, the People AmendmentSample Amendment Resolution; Questions and Answers About the People's Rights Amendment; Free Speech for People and Appalachian Voices' Request for Revocation of Massey Energy Company Charters; Sources and Recommended Reading; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; About the AuthorNew edition, revised and updated since the Supreme Court's Citizens United ruling that the rights of things-money and corporations-matter more than the rights of people, America has faced a crisis of democracy. In this timely and thoroughly updated second edition, Jeff Clements describes the strange history of this bizarre ruling, its ongoing destructive effects, and the growing movement to reverse it. He includes a new chapter, "Do Something!," showing how-state by state and community by community-Americans are using creative strategies and tools to renew democracy and curb unbalanced corporate.Corporations -- Political aspectsCorporations, Foreign -- Political activityIndustries -- Environmental aspectsInvestments, Foreign -- Public opinionBusiness and politicsPolitical aspectsUnited StatesCorporationsPolitical activityUnited StatesCorporationsUnited StatesGovernment - U.SHILCCLaw, Politics & GovernmentHILCCPolitical Institutions & Public Administration - U.S., GeneralHILCCCorporations -- Political aspects.Corporations, Foreign -- Political activity.Industries -- Environmental aspects.Investments, Foreign -- Public opinion.Business and politicsPolitical aspectsCorporationsPolitical activityCorporationsGovernment - U.S.Law, Politics & GovernmentPolitical Institutions & Public Administration - U.S., General322.3322/.3POL008000POL043000POL064000bisacshClements Jeffrey D1798231AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910960450503321Corporations Are Not People4340886UNINA