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Book SynopsisMass protests have raged since the global financial crisis of 2008. Across the world students and workers and environmentalists are taking to the streets. Discontent is seething even in the wealthiest countries, as the world saw with Occupy Wall Street in 2011. Protest Inc.
Trade Review"A gloomy, gripping, book, full of disheartening statistics. The essential message of the book is pretty clear - 'the rich are winning'."
The Ecologist"A tremendous book - hard-hitting, passionate, and beautifully written - that deserves to be read by everyone who is interested in social change. The authors investigate how corporate values and behaviors are weakening the impact of global citizen action. We must heed their call."
Michael Edwards, Demos, New York, and editor of Transformation"This original and compelling book provides a much needed wake-up call about the creeping de-radicalizing influence of big business on activism in the contemporary world."
Michael Maniates, Professor of Social Sciences, Yale-NUS, Singapore"Speaking the truth to power risks leaving you with the truth and them with the power. Much as the corporate model of organizing production affects and infects so much else in modern society, this fine analysis shows how it has done the same to many of its social critics."
Richard Wolff, Professor of Economics, University of MassachusettsTable of ContentsAcknowledgments vii
1 Where are the Radicals? 1
2 Seeing Like a Corporation 29
3 Securitizing Dissent 55
4 Privatizing Social Life 82
5 Institutionalizing Activism 108
6 A Corporatized World Order 134
Notes 157
Index 193
