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Marching under the banner of globalization, governments and large corporations have transformed the world over the past 20 years. In this book, Murray Dobbin traces the history and growing power of the multinational corporation, chronicling the effect of these companies on Canadian society. He documents their increasing influence over government, noting how corporate media encourage citizens to view politics as a spectator sport in which they play no meaningful role. In this new edition, Dobbin records the dramatic emergence of popular opposition to globalization in the past five years, marked by the unprecedented WTO protests in Seattle and elsewhere, and the growing constituency for anti-globalization research and action. First published in 1998 and now newly updated, The Myth of the Good Corporate Citizen is a useful primer for anyone who wants to understand world-straddling corporations and their many friends in government who subscribe to a globalising ideology. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Well, Murray Dobbin certainly delivers in the angry department. This book lays out just how corporations infiltrate various aspects of the democratic state and eviscerate it, leaving it a shadow of its former self and disenfranchising the citizens of the country that elected officials are supposed to represent. There are abundant quotes and anecdotes, complete with some "gems" on the subject of women's so-called proper place in the world and sexual harassment in the workplace that actually made me yell at the book, I was so furious.
Anyway, this book was perfectly acceptable, but the first chapter is perhaps a bit heavy on the David Korten quoting. There were so many quotes from When Corporations Rule the World (which I've also read) that it was almost like I was reading that book instead. This book gets three stars because it took me rather a long time to get through (over two months, which for me is a long time) and it was much more depressing than other angry leftist books I've read. Even the obligatory "this is how we can make it change" chapter is pretty damn pessimistic. But still, it's worth a read. Just remember it was written about 10 years ago. ( )