Description
Book SynopsisAnalyses transnational corporations, groups who resist them, and the primary context within which the relationship between transnational corporations and their opponents unfold: the state. Argues that globalization is a contested terrain in which the power of transnational corporations is affected by mounting opposition and internal contradictions.
Trade Review“Stories of Globalization is an important reference for any professional for whom food is a subject of study in a globalizing context. It belongs in any library, whether academic, corporate, or public.”
—Heather Hunwick Gastronomica
Table of ContentsContents
Preface
Introduction
1. Globalization of the Economy and Society: Salient Interpretations
2. Environmentalism, Industry Restructuring, and Global Regulation: The Tuna-Dolphin Controversy
3. Transnational Corporations and Their Power over the State: The Case of Ferruzzi
4. Corporate Power and the Free Global Market: The Lysine Price-Fixing Case of ADM
5. Globalization and Resistance from Below: The Case of Industrial Chicken Production in Southeast Texas
6. TNCs’ Colonization of the Local and Resistance: Mega Hog Farms in the Texas Panhandle
7. Old and New Social Movements in the Global Era: The Case of Maxxam and the Headwaters Forest Redwoods
8. NGOs Under Globalization: The Marine Stewardship Council
9. Challenging the Globalization Project: The Collapse of the Multilateral Agreement on Investment
Conclusion
References
Index
