Manufacturing Discontent: The Trap of Individualism in Corporate Society Год выпуска: 2005Автор: Michael PerelmanИздательство: Страниц: 224ISBN: 0745324061Описание Corporate power has a huge impact on the rights and privileges of individuals -- as workers, consumers, and citizens. This book explores how the myth of individualism reinforces corporate power by making people perceive themselves as having choices, when in fact most peoples' options are very limited. Perelman describes the manufacture of unhappiness - the continual generation of dissatisfaction with products people are encouraged to purchase and quickly discard - and the complex techniques corporations employ to avoid responsibility and accountability to their workers, consumers and the environment. He outlines ways in which individuals can surpass individualism and instead work together to check the growing power of corporations. While other books have surveyed the corporate landscape, or decried modern consumerism, Perelman, a professor of economics, places these ideas within a proper economic and historical context. He explores the limits of corporate accountability and...
Похожие книги
Association of Academies of Sciences in Asia. Towards a Sustainable Asia: The Cultural Perspectives. – М.: , 2012. – 120 с. Twentieth Century Fund/Century Foundation, Century Foundation Task Force on the Future of Unions. What's Next for Organized Labor?: Report of the Century Foundation Task Force on the Future of Unions. – М.: , 0. – 0 с. K. Alec Chrystal, Rupert Pennant-Rea, British Association for the Advancement of Science Section F. Public Choice Analysis of Economic Policy (British Association for the Advancement of Science Books). – М.: , 0. – 0 с. Frank Ackerman, David Kiron, Neva R. Goodwin, Jonathan M. Harris, Kevin P. Gallagher, Program for the Study of Sustainable Change and Development. Human Well-Being and Economic Goals (Frontier Issues in Economic Thought, Vol 3). – М.: , 0. – 0 с. Ian R. Bowler, C. R. Bryant, C. Cocklin, Chris Cocklin, International Geographical Union Commission on the Sustainability of R. The Sustainability of Rural Systems - Geographical Interpretations. – М.: , 0. – 0 с. Peg Pickering, Jonathan How to Make the Most of Your Workday Clark. How to Make the Most of Your Workday. – М.: , 0. – 0 с. The Editors of VGM Career Books. McGraw-Hill's Big Red Book of Resumes. – М.: , 0. – 0 с. The Editors of Career Press, Career Press Inc. Resumes! Resumes! Resumes!: Top Career Experts Show You the Job-Landing Resumes That Sold Them. – М.: , 0. – 0 с. Susan A. Resetar, Frank A. Camm, Jeffrey A. Drezner, Rand Corporation, United States Dept. of Defense Office of the Secretary of Defense, National Defense Research Institute. Environmental Management in Design: Designs from Volvo and Hewlett-Packard for the Department of Defense. – М.: , 0. – 0 с. C. R. Neu, Charles Wolf, United States Dept. of Defense Office of the Secretary of Defense, Rand, National Defense Research Institute. The Economic Dimensions of National Security. – М.: , 0. – 0 с. Dag Harald Claes, Dag Harald Claes ARENA: Advanced Research on the Europeanisation of the Nation-State. The Politics of Oil-Producer Cooperation. – М.: , 0. – 0 с. State of the Art of Research in International Marketing Conference. Handbook of Research in International Marketing. – М.: , 2003. – 0 с. Committee on the Significance of International Transport of Air Pollutants, National Research Counci. Global Sources of Local Pollution: An Assessment of Long-Range Transport of Key Air Pollutants to and from the United States. – М.: , 2010. – 225 с. Committee on Forefronts of Science at the Interface of Physical and Life Sciences, National Research. Research at the Intersection of the Physical and Life Sciences. – М.: , 2010. – 102 с. The Run of the. The Run of the House. – М.: , 1993. – 0 с. The Centre for Public Law at the University of Cambridge. Constitutional Reform in the United Kingdom. – М.: , 2011. – 144 с. The Editors of Hamptons Cottages and Gardens. Hamptons Havens : The Best of Hamptons Cottages and Gardens. – М.: Bulfinch, 2005. – 192 с. Образцы работ
Задайте свой вопрос по вашей теме
Контакты
Поделиться
Мы в социальных сетях
Реклама
Отзывы
Николай Здравствуйте, Светлана. Сегодня защитил курсовую. Пять. Большое Вам спасибо! Это Ваша пятерка. Очень хочется сотрудничать дальше, в таком же духе. Еще раз спасибо!
