LEADER 03309nam 2200649 a 450 001 9910454698403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-78371-848-X 010 $a1-84964-280-X 010 $a1-281-75085-9 010 $a9786611750855 010 $a1-4356-6255-5 035 $a(CKB)1000000000533636 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH22933568 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000197537 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11178912 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000197537 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10177025 035 $a(PQKB)10902709 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3386372 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5391016 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3386372 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10479920 035 $a(OCoLC)666935261 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000533636 100 $a20050119d2005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aManufacturing discontent$b[electronic resource] $ethe trap of individualism in corporate society /$fMichael Perelman 210 $aLondon ;$aAnn Arbor, Mich. $cPluto Press$d2005 215 $a1 online resource (224 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-7453-2406-1 311 $a0-7453-2407-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 183-202) and index. 330 $bCorporate 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. 606 $aSocial responsibility of business$zUnited States 606 $aCorporations$xSocial aspects$zUnited States 606 $aIndividualism$zUnited States 606 $aConsumption (Economics)$zUnited States 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aSocial responsibility of business 615 0$aCorporations$xSocial aspects 615 0$aIndividualism 615 0$aConsumption (Economics) 676 $a306.3/4 700 $aPerelman$b Michael$0119995 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910454698403321 996 $aManufacturing discontent$92157659 997 $aUNINA