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Book SynopsisHow do corporations use their instrumental and structural power within markets and states to advance their policy agendas? Capitalism and Class Power examines corporate power through chapters on the U.S. military industrial complex, the rise of billionaire wealth in the U.S., the role of a transnational investment bloc in U.S.–Saudi relations, the rise of global disinformation firms, Canadian imperialism in the English-speaking Caribbean, the power of an EU corporate bloc in Caribbean trade agreements, the relationship between capitalism and poverty in rich capitalist countries, and the relationship between “neoliberalism” and capitalism. Professor Cox concludes the volume with reflections on the importance of corporate power research to achieving systemic change. Contributors are: Melissa Boissiere, Aram Eisenschitz, Jamie A. Gough, Adam D. Hernandez, Tamanisha J. John, Mazaher Koruzhde, Rob Piper and Bryant William Sculos. Ronald W. Cox is Professor of Politics and International Relations at Florida International University. He has published six books on corporate power in the global economy and is editor of the open access online journal Class, Race and Corporate Power.
Table of ContentsAcknowledgements List of Figures and Tables Notes on Contributors 1 Introduction Ronald W. Cox 2 Class Power and the Military-Industrial Complex in the United States Ronald W. Cox 3 The Billionaire Dimension of Class Power within Economic Sectors Rob Piper 4 The Transnational Investment Bloc in the U.S. and Persian Gulf Mazaher Koruzhde and Ronald W. Cox 5 Fake News and Social Media Neoliberalism and the Case of Bell Pottinger Adam D. Hernandez 6 Canadian Imperialism in Caribbean Structural Adjustment, 1980–2000 Tamanisha J. John 7 Corporate Power and the Transition from Lomé to the cariforum-eu epa Melissa Boissiere 8 The Necessity of Poverty in the High-Income Countries Jamie A. Gough and Aram Eisenschitz 9 The Limits of the Concept of Neoliberalism Bryant William Sculos 10 Corporate Power and Praxis in Critical Scholarship Ronald W. Cox Index
