Belen BalanyaCritiques

Corporate power in Europe and how corporations influence EU policies. Authors are working at the Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) in Amsterdam.

Sisällyksestä:
Foreword by George Monbiot
I. Corporate Europe
Welcome to Corporate Europe; Laying The Foundations: European PR Agencies and Think-Thanks; Writing the Script: The European Roundtable of Industrialists; UNICE: Industry’s Well-oiled Lobby Machine; AmCham Chimes in with the Brussels Corporate Choir; Polishing the EMU: The Association for the Monetary Union of Europe; Doing Business in Amsterdam: The ERT, UNICE and the Treaty of Amsterdam; Oiling The Wheels: Lobbying for European Transport Infrastructure; Forcefeeding Europe: The Biotech Lobby
II. Going Global
Globalization: Corporate-led, EU-fed; The Transatlantic Connection; MAIgalomania: The Global Corporate Investment Agenda and the Citizens’ Movement Opposite It; The WTO Millennium Bug: Corporate Control over Global Trade Politics
III. Planet Inc.
Landing on Planet Inc.; Global Elite Meetings: The Bilderberg Group, The Trilateral Commission and the World Economic Forum; Exploiting Sustainability: The World Business Council for Sustainable Development; The Weather Gods: Corporations Profit from the Climate Change; The Corporate Cooptation of the United Nations
IV. Challenging Corporate Power
Challenging Corporate Power
V. Appendices
Navigating the Brussels Labyrinth: The European Union and its Institutions; A Condensed History of the EU; ERT Members and their Companies; Resources