regional and global restructuring and the rise of corporate power /
First Statement of Responsibility
Belén Balanya [and others].
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Sterling, Va. :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Pluto Press in association with Corporate Europe Observatory,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2000.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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xv, 256 pages :
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illustrations ;
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23 cm
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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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. 10. Globalisation: Corporate-led, EU-fed. 11. The Transatlantic Connection. 12. MAIgalomania: The Global Corporate Investment Agenda and the Citizens' Movement Opposing It. 13. The WTO Millennium Bug: Corporate Control over Global Trade Politics -- III. Planet Inc. 14. Landing on Planet Inc. 15. Global Elite Meetings: The Bilderberg Group, the Trilateral Commission and the World Economic Forum.
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16. Exploiting Sustainability: The World Business Council for Sustainable Development. 17. The Weather Gods: Corporations Profit from Climate Change. 18. The Corporate Cooptation of the United Nations -- IV. Challenging Corporate Power. 19. 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 -- App. 4. Resources.