Silent Coup: How Corporations Overthrew Democracy
Autor Claire Provost, Matt Kennarden Limba Engleză Paperback – 19 sep 2024
Exposing the origins of this epic power grab as well as its present-day consequences, Silent Coup is the result of two investigative journalists' reports from 30 countries around the world. It provides an explosive guide to the rise of a corporate empire that now dictates how resources are allocated, how territories are governed, and how justice is defined.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781350464568
ISBN-10: 1350464562
Pagini: 312
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 24 mm
Greutate: 0.5 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Academic
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 1350464562
Pagini: 312
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 24 mm
Greutate: 0.5 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Academic
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
Cuprins
Biographies
Acknowledgements
Introduction: The Meeting
Part I. Corporate Justice
1. Democracy on Trial
2. Corporate Courts
3. Secret Insurance
4. Capitalist Magna Carta
5. The Boomerang
Part II. Corporate Welfare
6. Aid-funded Business
7. Financing 'Development'
8. Buying Power
9. Aiding Elites
10. A New Continent
Part III. Corporate Utopias
11. Fences Up
12. Irish Invasion
13. Rights Suspended
14. Private Cities
15. Finance is King
Part IV. Corporate Armies
16. Peace without Democracy
17. Profits versus Peasants
18. Private Borders
19. Private Protection
20. Lucrative Threats
Epilogue: Ugly Truths
Bibliography
Notes
Index
Acknowledgements
Introduction: The Meeting
Part I. Corporate Justice
1. Democracy on Trial
2. Corporate Courts
3. Secret Insurance
4. Capitalist Magna Carta
5. The Boomerang
Part II. Corporate Welfare
6. Aid-funded Business
7. Financing 'Development'
8. Buying Power
9. Aiding Elites
10. A New Continent
Part III. Corporate Utopias
11. Fences Up
12. Irish Invasion
13. Rights Suspended
14. Private Cities
15. Finance is King
Part IV. Corporate Armies
16. Peace without Democracy
17. Profits versus Peasants
18. Private Borders
19. Private Protection
20. Lucrative Threats
Epilogue: Ugly Truths
Bibliography
Notes
Index
Recenzii
This book is full of information that scholars can and should follow up with more research . For those interested in learning more about the global dynamics and political impact of corporate governance, and doing their own research, this book is a good start.
This wide-ranging inquiry-based on intensive on-the-ground investigation-unearths 'a parallel world, outside of scrutiny.with very real consequences'. An ugly world, out of control, unaccountable, but with overwhelming power. It ranges from investor-state legal systems to intricate systems of corporate welfare that aid elites and investors. Always concealed in elaborate devices of seeming to do good. Silent Coup is a highly revealing exposé of the hidden real world.
SIlent Coup opens a window onto multiple battlefields on which brave communities resist irresistible conglomerates world-wide. Because these momentous clashes remain under the radar of global public opinion, reading this book constitutes, in itself, an act of precious resistance.
Silent Coup is a crime story: a gripping description of the murky legal, and regulatory structures and policy changes that privilege big corporations. It's a tragedy, outlining the terrible consequences for people and nature, for democracy and accountability. It's a lesson in economics, providing fascinating and important insights into the functioning of global capitalism today. But finally it's also a story of hope, about apparently powerless people resisting these trends in the struggle for better and more just futures. Don't miss this.
Silent Coup shows us how corporations have insulated themselves from democratic decision-making and stolen our collective power. Through impressive and important investigative journalism, the authors reveal how, why and where corporate power has hijacked democracy. We have to understand this world-spanning corporate power to build a global movement so powerful that we can take back our democracies and secure our collective future.
Silent Coup is a ground-breaking piece of work. Through personal journeys and encounters, it reveals the truth about how little our votes mean when corporations and dirty dealers are pulling their corrupt strings in the background. This book needs to be read aloud. Silent Coup shows us where we're heading to if we do nothing. This book is not about theories, it's about reality. It's what real investigative journalism should be about, but it's written in a no nonsense, engaging, and accessible style. This is stuff we really need to know.
Silent Coup is investigative journalism at its best. It shows us how corporations rule the world: suing sovereign, democratic governments in invisible courts to erode constitutions and the democratic rights they enshrine-and writing laws and treaties to privatise the earth's resources and public goods. Sovereign communities and countries are being displaced by sovereign companies and the supranational systems they have built to establish their control, creating in the process our age of corporate colonialism. The book is vital reading for all who care for human freedom, human rights and democracy.
Silent Coup is an outstanding work of secrets revealed: all the more so for its classic eyewitness reporting. It shows that democracy's true enemy is within, a dark alliance of rapacious capital and corrupt law. We have been warned.
This brilliant book presents an entirely innovative framework to understand why the world looks like it does and not what it is. It explains why the media is largely ignoring the most important story of our generation. It explains how civic society around the world is being systematically dismantled by greedy corporations, governments, judicial bodies, and international institutions. It crackles by exposing hypocrisy at every level of officialdom. It demonstrates that voting in Western democracies is only the window dressing that hides power that few see with the naked eye but that this book reveals in startling and grotesque detail. If you read only one book this year, this should be it.
Quite an eye-opening look at the various abuses of corporate power across the globe and how they have caused quite a bit of harm and perhaps unintended consequences . . . absolutely worthy of reading and could enhance the overall discussion of related topics. Recommended.
Silent Coup is investigative journalism at its best, charting the rise of corporate power after World War II, where the freedoms fought for were redefined.
This book is detailed, but highly readable. It's written for a broad audience with clear explanations and a very visual style. We go with the authors as they travel to different locations, investigate local issues, meet community activists and policy insiders, and delve into archives and history.
Excellent and massively important.
This wide-ranging inquiry-based on intensive on-the-ground investigation-unearths 'a parallel world, outside of scrutiny.with very real consequences'. An ugly world, out of control, unaccountable, but with overwhelming power. It ranges from investor-state legal systems to intricate systems of corporate welfare that aid elites and investors. Always concealed in elaborate devices of seeming to do good. Silent Coup is a highly revealing exposé of the hidden real world.
SIlent Coup opens a window onto multiple battlefields on which brave communities resist irresistible conglomerates world-wide. Because these momentous clashes remain under the radar of global public opinion, reading this book constitutes, in itself, an act of precious resistance.
Silent Coup is a crime story: a gripping description of the murky legal, and regulatory structures and policy changes that privilege big corporations. It's a tragedy, outlining the terrible consequences for people and nature, for democracy and accountability. It's a lesson in economics, providing fascinating and important insights into the functioning of global capitalism today. But finally it's also a story of hope, about apparently powerless people resisting these trends in the struggle for better and more just futures. Don't miss this.
Silent Coup shows us how corporations have insulated themselves from democratic decision-making and stolen our collective power. Through impressive and important investigative journalism, the authors reveal how, why and where corporate power has hijacked democracy. We have to understand this world-spanning corporate power to build a global movement so powerful that we can take back our democracies and secure our collective future.
Silent Coup is a ground-breaking piece of work. Through personal journeys and encounters, it reveals the truth about how little our votes mean when corporations and dirty dealers are pulling their corrupt strings in the background. This book needs to be read aloud. Silent Coup shows us where we're heading to if we do nothing. This book is not about theories, it's about reality. It's what real investigative journalism should be about, but it's written in a no nonsense, engaging, and accessible style. This is stuff we really need to know.
Silent Coup is investigative journalism at its best. It shows us how corporations rule the world: suing sovereign, democratic governments in invisible courts to erode constitutions and the democratic rights they enshrine-and writing laws and treaties to privatise the earth's resources and public goods. Sovereign communities and countries are being displaced by sovereign companies and the supranational systems they have built to establish their control, creating in the process our age of corporate colonialism. The book is vital reading for all who care for human freedom, human rights and democracy.
Silent Coup is an outstanding work of secrets revealed: all the more so for its classic eyewitness reporting. It shows that democracy's true enemy is within, a dark alliance of rapacious capital and corrupt law. We have been warned.
This brilliant book presents an entirely innovative framework to understand why the world looks like it does and not what it is. It explains why the media is largely ignoring the most important story of our generation. It explains how civic society around the world is being systematically dismantled by greedy corporations, governments, judicial bodies, and international institutions. It crackles by exposing hypocrisy at every level of officialdom. It demonstrates that voting in Western democracies is only the window dressing that hides power that few see with the naked eye but that this book reveals in startling and grotesque detail. If you read only one book this year, this should be it.
Quite an eye-opening look at the various abuses of corporate power across the globe and how they have caused quite a bit of harm and perhaps unintended consequences . . . absolutely worthy of reading and could enhance the overall discussion of related topics. Recommended.
Silent Coup is investigative journalism at its best, charting the rise of corporate power after World War II, where the freedoms fought for were redefined.
This book is detailed, but highly readable. It's written for a broad audience with clear explanations and a very visual style. We go with the authors as they travel to different locations, investigate local issues, meet community activists and policy insiders, and delve into archives and history.
Excellent and massively important.