1. From Hope to Crisis -- 2. End of the Open Frontier -- 3. The Growth Illusion -- 4. Rise of Corporate Power in America -- 5. Assault of the Corporate Libertarians -- 6. Decline of Democratic Pluralism --7. Illusions of the Cloud Minders -- 8. Dreaming of Global Empires -- 9. Building Elite Consensus -- 10. Buying Out Democracy -- 11. Marketing the World -- 12. Adjusting the Poor -- 13. Guaranteeing Corporate Rights -- 14. The Money Game -- 15. Predatory Finance -- 16. Corporate Cannibalism -- 17. Managed Competition -- 18. Race to the Bottom -- 19. The End of Inefficiency -- 20. People with No Place -- 21. The Ecological Revolution -- 22. Good Living -- 23. An Awakened Civil Society -- 24. Agenda for Change --Epilogue: A Choice for Life -- Appendix: The People's Earth Declaration: A Proactive Agenda for the Future
Analysis
Free trade
Globalisation
Multinational corporations
Overseas item
Poverty
Power (Politics)
Social justice
Social problems
Sustainable development
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-359) and index