Corporations Are Not People : Reclaiming Democracy from Big Money and Global Corporations

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Clements, Jeffrey D.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Corporations--Political aspects.

Corporations, Foreign--Political activity.

Industries--Environmental aspects.

Investments, Foreign--Public opinion.

Business and politics--Political aspects--United States.

Business and politics.

Corporations--Political activity--United States.

Corporations.

Corporations--United States.

Local Subjects:

Corporations--Political aspects.

Corporations, Foreign--Political activity.

Industries--Environmental aspects.

Investments, Foreign--Public opinion.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (273 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

San Francisco, US : Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

New edition, revised and updated since the Supreme Court's Citizens United ruling that the rights of things-money and corporations-matter more than the rights of people, America has faced a crisis of democracy. In this timely and thoroughly updated second edition, Jeff Clements describes the strange history of this bizarre ruling, its ongoing destructive effects, and the growing movement to reverse it. He includes a new chapter, "Do Something!," showing how-state by state and community by community-Americans are using creative strategies and tools to renew democracy and curb unbalanced corporate.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Preface to this Second Edition; Preface to the First Edition; Foreword: Fighting Back; Introduction: What's at Stake; 1 American Democracy Works, and Corporations Fight Back; 2 Corporations Are Not People-and They Make Lousy Parents; 3 If Corporations Are Not People, What Are They?; 4 Corporations Don't Vote; They Don't Have To; 5 Did Political Inequality and Corporate Power Destroy the Working American Economy?; 6 Corporations Can't Love; 7 Restoring Democracy and Republican Government; 8 Do Something; Resources; The People's Rights Amendment; Citizens' Equality Amendment

We, the People AmendmentSample Amendment Resolution; Questions and Answers About the People's Rights Amendment; Free Speech for People and Appalachian Voices' Request for Revocation of Massey Energy Company Charters; Sources and Recommended Reading; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

9781626562110

1626562113

OCLC:

882551222