{"product_id":"protest-inc-9780745669496","title":"Protest Inc.","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMass 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A gloomy, gripping, book, full of disheartening statistics. The essential message of the book is pretty clear - 'the rich are winning'.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Ecologist\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"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.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Edwards, Demos, New York, and editor of \u003ci\u003eTransformation\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"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.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Maniates, Professor of Social Sciences, Yale-NUS, Singapore\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"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.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRichard Wolff, Professor of Economics, University of Massachusetts\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Where are the Radicals? 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Seeing Like a Corporation 29\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Securitizing Dissent 55\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Privatizing Social Life 82\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Institutionalizing Activism 108\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 A Corporatized World Order 134\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 157\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 193\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49404414558551,"sku":"9780745669496","price":16.14,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780745669496.jpg?v=1730486397","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/protest-inc-9780745669496","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}