Big business, poor peoples: how transnational corporations damage the world's poor
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1. Verfasser: Madeley, John (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: London Zed Books 2008
Ausgabe:2nd ed
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Beschreibung:Previous edition: 1999, entitled: Big business, poor peoples : the impact of transnational corporations in the world's poor
Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-231) and index
Introduction: the corporate spread -- Why poor countries 'want' the corporations -- The agri-corporations: from production to trade -- Agri-commodities take their toll -- Health: the poor take the corporate pill -- Water: the corporate tap -- Tourism: the great illusion -- Extracting logs and fish -- Mining the poor -- Manufactured goods: poverty amid the glitz -- Energy: no force for the poor -- The corporate persuaders -- Tackling the power: regulation, bypass, action -- Conclusion
The first edition of this path-breaking book put the issue of transnational corporations and the poor firmly on the agenda. This second edition contains significant new and updated material and is an essential read for anyone who wants to know more about the effects of corporate power on the poor
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (xv, 240 pages)
ISBN:9781848133754
1848133758
9781848130326
1848130325
9781848130333
1848130333

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