| Regime Change Begins at Home: Freeing America from Corporate Rule Contributor(s): Derber, Charles (Author) |
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ISBN: 1576752925 ISBN-13: 9781576752920 Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers OUR PRICE: $17.96 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2004 Annotation: Derber argues that the current regime is destroying the American dream by outsourcing millions of jobs, turning American employment into a "one-night stand," undermining the security that created the American middle class, and turning the forces of law against citizens. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Political Process - General - Political Science | Political Ideologies - Capitalism - Political Science | Commentary & Opinion |
| Dewey: 320 |
| LCCN: 2004041056 |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 5.46" W x 8.9" (1.02 lbs) 291 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Since 1980, America has been run by a corporate regime that has co-opted both political parties and shifted sovereignty from we the people to trans-national corporations. The result has been job insecurity for millions of workers, debts as far as the eye can see, and a dangerous quest for global domination. Democracy itself has been undermined and the Constitution weakened. This regime must be overturned And, as Charles Derber demonstrates in his provocative book, it can be. After all, Derber points out, there have been other corporate regimes in American history, although this latest version is by far the most extreme. Still, the corporate regimes of the Gilded Age and Roaring Twenties were overturned. To create regime change again, it will require bold, creative strategies, uniting progressives and conservatives in a new politics, which Derber outlines in detail. Regime Change Begins at Home exposes the many lies the corporate regime has used to maintain itself throughout its history, from the Cold War to the Iraq war, with a particular emphasis on how the Bush administration has cynically sought to, as Condelezza Rice once put it, capitalize on the opportunities presented by 9/11. Derber reveals how the Bush administration has used the so-called war on terror to frighten and distract the public. But regime change is possible. In Part III, Derber lays out the vision of a new regime, describing the social movements now fighting to achieve it, and the major new political realignment-one spanning the traditional conservative-liberal divide-that can make it happen. Derber does not minimize the difficulty of the task ahead, but he offers hope and specific, sophisticated, often surprising advice for defeating the regime and returning America to its citizens. |