Corporation Nation: How Corporations Are Taking Over Our Lives -- And What We Can Do about It Contributor(s): Derber, Charles (Author), Nader, Ralph (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 031225461X ISBN-13: 9780312254612 Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin OUR PRICE: $25.19 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2000 Annotation: In a world where Bill Gates wields more power than Bill Clinton, a leading social critic shows how things got this way and how we can change them. |
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BISAC Categories: - Political Science | American Government - General - Business & Economics | Government & Business - Political Science | Political Economy |
Dewey: 306.3 |
Physical Information: 1.1" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (1.10 lbs) 384 pages |
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Publisher Description: Foreword by Ralph Nader. In Corporation Nation Derber addresses the unchecked power of today's corporations to shape the way we work, earn, buy, sell, and think--the very way we live. Huge, far-reaching mergers are now commonplace, downsizing is rampant, and our lines of communication, news and entertainment media, jobs, and savings are increasingly controlled by a handful of global--and unaccountable--conglomerates. We are, in effect, losing our financial and emotional security, depending more than ever on the whim of these corporations. But it doesn't have to be this way, as this book makes clear. Just as the original Populist movement of the nineteenth century helped dethrone the robber barons, Derber contends that a new, positive populism can help the U.S. workforce regain its self-control. Drawing on core sociological concepts and demonstrating the power of the sociological imagination, he calls for revisions in our corporate system, changes designed to keep corporations healthy while also making them answerable to the people. From rewriting corporate charters to altering consumer habits, Derber offers new aims for businesses and empowering strategies by which we all can make a difference. |
Contributor Bio(s): Derber, Charles: - Charles Derber is professor of sociology at Boston College and former director of its graduate program on social economy and social justice. He is a prolific scholar in the field of politics, economy, international relations, and U.S. culture. He has written 17 internationally acclaimed books and several major research grants, as well as hundreds of scholarly articles, magazine essays, and newspaper columns. Ralph Nader has written, co-authored, and sponsored dozens of books, including Action for Change, The Big Boys: Power and Position in American Business, Canada Firsts, Taming the Giant Corporation, Verdicts on Lawyers, The Menace of Atomic Energy, Who's Poisoning America, Winning the Insurance Game, The Frugal Shopper, and his bestelling exposé of the auto industry, Unsafe at Any Speed. When not heading up the Green Party, he runs his advocacy work through the numerous citizen groups he has founded. |