Corporate Europe : how big business sets policies on food, climate and war / David Cronin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cronin, David.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Corporate power--European Union countries.

Corporate power.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (216 p.)

Place of Publication:

London : Pluto Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"During the chaos of the eurozone crisis, few mainstream commentators have stopped to question the purpose of the European Union itself, and whose interests it serves. Corporate Europe goes beyond the divisions between nation-states, focusing instead on the division between the corporate elite and the peoples of Europe. David Cronin spent a year investigating the privileged access that big business enjoys in Brussels. In this book, he reveals how the EU's policies on health, climate change, armaments and food safety have been tailored to please an unaccountable elite. Making extensive use of previously unpublished documents, he explores how ideologically blinkered lobbyists have seized on the financial crisis of recent years to entrench the casino capitalism that caused the crisis in the first place. What emerges is a powerful expose of how vested interests in the EU have manipulated opportunities to introduce ideologically-driven reforms"--Back cover.

Contents:

Wrecking the welfare state

Bombarded by bankers

War is good for business

How we live and diet

Smoke and mirrors

Cheating on climate

The malign legacy of Peter Mandelson

Conclusion: Taking Europe back.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781849648981

1849648980

9781849648974

1849648972