Childhood Under Siege(Chilhood Under Siege)

Childhood Under Siege

Business & Money

Joel Bakan

Marketing & Sales

Vintage

<p>Hardcover: 240 pages Publisher: Penguin Books Canada, Limited; Book Club (BCE/BOMC) edition (2004) Language: English ISBN-10: 0670889768 ISBN-13: 978-0670889761 Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 1 inches Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces</p>

The Corporation : The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power

Biography & History

Penguin Books Canada, Limited

<p>What would the world be like if its ruling elite was insane? The most powerful class of institution on earth, the corporation, is by any reasonable measure hopelessly and unavoidably demented. The corporation lies, steals and kills without remorse and without hesitation when it serves the interests of its shareholders to do so. It obeys the law only when the costs of crime exceed the profits. Corporate social responsibility is impossible except insofar as it is insincere. At once a diagnosis and a course of treatment, "The Corporation" is essential reading for those who want to understand the nature of the modern business system. It is a sober and careful attempt to describe the world as it is, rather than as corporate public relations departments would have us believe it to be. It reveals a world more exotic and more terrifying than any of us could have imagined. And although a billion dollar industry is trying to convince you otherwise, the corporations that surround us are not our friends. Charming and plausible though they are, they can only ever see us as resources to be used. This is the real world, not science fiction, and it really is us or them.</p>

Robinson Publishing

'There can be no keener revelation of a society's soul than the way in which it treats its children.' Nelson Mandela. Joel Bakan, author of the international bestseller, "The Corporation", takes Nelson Mandela's words as the moral starting point of his new book. In "Childhood Under Siege" he throws a brilliant light on the ruthless manipulation of children by big business - and on society's failure to protect them. Children, he argues, are now perceived as a resource to be mined for profit. He takes us on a dystopian journey through a world of cynical exploitation, callous neglect, ill-informed parents and governments that look the other way. He tells the chilling - and sometimes darkly humorous - story of how children are being transformed into obsessive and narcissistic mini-consumers, media addicts, cheap and pliable workers, and pharmaceutical industry guinea pigs. We are witnessing a winner-takes-all battle for children's hearts, minds and bodies - a hostile takeover of childhood itself. Large corporations are spending vast sums in order to render parents and governments powerless to protect children from calculated and unrelenting commercial assault. Joel Bakan makes it disconcertingly clear that society is betraying what it purports to cherish most. As the world reels from economic turmoil, ecological devastation, terrorism and war, it is these societal failings that may turn out to be the most destructive of all.

Childhood Under Siege: How Big Business Ruthlessly Targets Children

Economics

Bodley Head

The New Corporation: How "Good" Corporations Are Bad for Democracy

Análisis crítico sobre la empresa o corporación, vista como una institución creada por las leyes para funcionar en forma semejante a una personalidad psicópata, cuyo comportamiento destructivo si es dejado sin freno ni restricción, conduce a la ruina. El autor, profesor y teórico del derecho, sostiene sin embargo que el cambio es posible y perfila un programa de reformas concretas, pragmáticas y realistas a través de la regulación y el control democrático. / *Starred Review* Bakan, an internationally recognized legal scholar and professor of law at the University of British Columbia, takes a powerful stab at the most influential institution of our time, the corporation. As a legal entity, a corporation has as its edict one and only one goal, to create profits for its shareholders, without legal or moral obligation to the welfare of workers, the environment, or the well-being of society as a whole.

LA CORPORACION (Spanish Edition)

Reference

Masesmas

The corporation. La patologica ricerca del profitto e del potere

Fandango Libri

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