Europe Inc. regional and global restructuring and the rise of corporate power
London ; Sterling, Va.
Pluto : In association with Corporate Europe Observatory )CEO(
2003.
xxiv, 264 p. , ill. , 22 cm.
Previous ed.: 2000.
Includes bibliographical references )p. ]220[-250( and index. 0
2nd ed.
Foreword / George Monbiot -- I. Corporate Europe -- 1. Welcome to Corporate Europe -- 2. Laying the Foundations: European PR Agencies and Think-Tanks -- 3. Writing the Script: The European Roundtable of Industrialists -- 4. UNICE: Industry's Well-oiled Lobby Machine -- 5. AmCham Chimes in with the Brussels Corporate Choir -- 6. Polishing the EMU: The Association for the Monetary Union of Europe -- 7. Doing Business in Amsterdam: The ERT, UNICE and the Treaty of Amsterdam -- 8. Oiling the Wheels: Lobbying for European Transport Infrastructure -- 9. Forcefeeding Europe: The Biotech Lobby -- II. Going Global -- 01. Globalisation: Corporate-led, EU-fed -- 11. The Transatlantic Connection -- 21. MAIgalomania: The Global Corporate Investment Agenda and the Citizens' Movement Opposing It -- 31. The WTO Millennium Bug: Corporate Control over Global Trade Politics -- III. Planet Inc. -- 41. Landing on Planet Inc. -- 51. Global Elite Meetings: The Bilderberg Group, the Trilateral Commission and the World Economic Forum -- 61. Exploiting Sustainability: The World Business Council for Sustainable Development -- 71. The Weather Gods: Corporations Profit from Climate Change -- 81. The Corporate Cooptation of the United Nations -- IV. Challenging Corporate Power -- 91. Challenging Corporate Power -- App. 1. Navigating the Brussels Labyrinth: The European Union and its Institutions -- App. 2. A Condensed History of the EU -- App. 3. ERT Members and their Companies.
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