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Stories of globalization : transnational corporations, resistance, and the state / Alessandro Bonanno and Douglas H. Constance.

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LIBRA HD2755.5 .B656 2008
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Bonanno, Alessandro.
Contributor:
John Lammey Stewart Memorial Library Fund.
Constance, Douglas.
Series:
Rural studies series (University Park, Pa.)
[Rural studies series]
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
International economic integration--Case studies.
International economic integration.
International business enterprises--Case studies.
International business enterprises.
Globalization--Case studies.
Globalization.
Genre:
Case studies.
Physical Description:
viii, 321 pages ; 24 cm.
Other Title:
Transnational corporations, resistance, and the state
Place of Publication:
University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, [2008]
Summary:
"Analyses 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"--Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Globalization of the economy and society : salient interpretations
Environmentalism, industry restructuring, and global regulation : the tuna-dolphin controversy
Transnational corporations and their power over the state : the case of Ferruzzi
corporate power and the free global market : the Lysine Price-fixing case of ADM
Globalization and resistance from below : the case of Industrial Chicken Production in southeast Texas
TNCS' colonization of the local and resistance : mega hog farms in the Texas panhndle
Old and new social movements in the global era : the case of Maxxam and the Headwaters Forest Redwoods
NGOs under globalization : the marine stewardship council
Challenging the globalization project : the collapse of the multilateral agreement on investment.
Notes:
Series statement from jacket.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-305) and index.
Local Notes:
Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the John Lammey Stewart Memorial Library Fund.
ISBN:
9780271033891
0271033894
9780271033884
0271033886
OCLC:
232256968

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