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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
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Business and politics, Corporations, Democracy, Industrial policy, International trade, Labor policy, Moral and ethical aspects, Moral and ethical aspects of Industrial policy, Moral and ethical aspects of International trade, Moral and ethical aspects of Labor policy, Political aspects of Corporations, Power (Social sciences), Social responsibility of business, Sociological aspects, Sociological aspects of Corporations, Violation of Sovereignty, Corporation lawPlaces
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Corporation Nation: How Corporations are Taking Over Our Lives -- and What We Can Do About It
April 10, 2000, St. Martin's Griffin
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Corporation nation: how corporations are taking over our lives and what we can do about it
1998, St. Martin's Press
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [340]-366) and index.
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