The silent takeover - Noreena Hertz
global capitalism and the death of democracy
KORTE INHOUD
'The Silent Takeover' provides a new and startling take on the way we live now, and on who really governs us: showing how across the world corporations manipulate and pressurise governments, by means both megam and illegal; how protest, be it in the form of the protesters of Seattle and Genoa or the boycotting of GM foods, has become a more effective political weapon than the ballot-box; and how corporations in many parts of the world are taking over from the state responsibility for everything from providing technology for schools to health-care for the community.
While the activities of business, not least under pressure from the media and the consuming public, can range from the benificial to the pernicious, neither public protest nor corporate power are in any way democratic. What is the fate of democracy in the world of the silent takeover?
'Destined to leave a lasting mark on our times.' (The Times)
'Dr Herz is one of the world's leading young thinkers, whose agenda-setting book on corporate power is alrea...
While the activities of business, not least under pressure from the media and the consuming public, can range from the benificial to the pernicious, neither public protest nor corporate power are in any way democratic. What is the fate of democracy in the world of the silent takeover?
'Destined to leave a lasting mark on our times.' (The Times)
'Dr Herz is one of the world's leading young thinkers, whose agenda-setting book on corporate power is alrea...
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