Description
Book SynopsisGlobalization is an extraordinary phenomenon affecting virtually everything in our lives. And it is imperative that we understand the operation of economic power in a globalized world if we are to address the most challenging issues our world is facing today, from climate change to world hunger and poverty. This revolutionary work rethinks globalization as a power system feeding from, and in competition with, the state system. Cutting across disciplines of law, politics and economics, it explores how multinational enterprises morphed into world political organisations with global reach and power, but without the corresponding responsibilities. In illuminating how the concentration of property rights within corporations has led to the rejection of democracy as an ineffective system of government and to the rise in inequality, Robé offers a clear pathway to a fairer and more sustainable power system.
Table of ContentsGeneral Introduction; Part 1 ~ Property; Introduction to Part 1; The Meaning of Property; The Modern Constitutional Mode of Government; Sovereignty and Property; From Political Enterprise to the Modern State; The Mixing of Democracy and Despotism; Part 2 ~ Firms in the World Power System; Introduction to Part 2; Firms; The Features of Business Corporations; The Spreading of the Corporate System and Its Consequences; Coping with Firms; Towards a Sustainable World Power System.
