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9780312254612

Corporation Nation How Corporations are Taking Over Our Lives -- and What We Can Do About It

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  • ISBN13:

    9780312254612

  • ISBN10:

    031225461X

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2000-04-10
  • Publisher: Griffin

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Summary

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.

Author Biography

Charles Derber, professor of sociology at Boston College and noted social critic, is the author of The Wilding of America.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments vi
Introduction viii
Ralph Nader
The New Problem with No Name 1(10)
The End of the Century
11(18)
The Curse of the Robber Barons
29(20)
The Mouse, Mickey Mouse, and Baby Bells
49(24)
Companies That Run America
73(19)
Bye, Bye, American Pie
92(26)
The Making of the Corporate Mystique
118(19)
Reinventing the Mystique
137(18)
The Dependent Corporation
155(17)
Five Reasons Americans Don't Think About Corporate Power and Why They Should
172(15)
How to be Politically Hopeful for the Next Century
187(9)
Why You Shouldn't Be Liberal or Conservative
196(25)
What's Right and Wrong with Corporate Responsibility
221(21)
How to Be Against Corporate Power and For Business
242(30)
The Global Populist
272(17)
The Four Movements to Join
289(21)
Why Personal Responsibility Is Not Good Enough
310(23)
Epilogue: What You Can Do Now 333(7)
Notes 340(27)
Index 367

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