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Stories of globalization : transnational corporations, resistance, and the state
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Stories of globalization : transnational corporations, resistance, and the state

Author: Alessandro Bonanno; Douglas Constance
Publisher: University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, ©2008.
Series: Rural studies series (University Park, Pa.)
Edition/Format:   Book : State or province government publication : English
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"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.
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Genre/Form: Case studies
Material Type: Government publication, State or province government publication, Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Alessandro Bonanno; Douglas Constance
ISBN: 9780271033891 0271033894 9780271033884 0271033886
OCLC Number: 232256968
Notes: Series statement from jacket.
Description: viii, 321 p. ; 24 cm.
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.
Series Title: Rural studies series (University Park, Pa.)
Other Titles: Transnational corporations, resistance, and the state
Responsibility: Alessandro Bonanno and Douglas H. Constance.
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"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.

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