| Disaster Capitalism: Making a Killing Out of Catastrophe Contributor(s): Loewenstein, Antony (Author) |
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ISBN: 1784781150 ISBN-13: 9781784781156 Publisher: Verso OUR PRICE: $24.26 Product Type: Hardcover Published: September 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Globalization - Political Science | Public Policy - General - Social Science | Developing & Emerging Countries |
| Dewey: 306.3 |
| LCCN: 2015017204 |
| Physical Information: 1.3" H x 6.3" W x 9.5" (1.50 lbs) 384 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Crisis? What crisis? How powerful corporations make a killing out of disaster Award-winning journalist Antony Loewenstein travels across the US, Britain, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Haiti, Papua New Guinea and Australia to witness the reality of Disaster Capitalism--the hidden world of privatized detention centers and militarized private security, formed to protect corporations as they profit from war zones. He visits Britain's immigration detention centers, tours the prison system in the United States, and digs into the underbelly of the companies making a fortune from them. Loewenstein reveals the dark history of how large multinational corporations have become more powerful than governments, supported by media and political elites. |
