Dear All:
This was forwarded to me, and I thought some of you may be interested
in it. I have not read it, nor do I know the author; this is not an
"endorsement" of the book or an appeal for you to purchase it.
Stefanie
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THE CORPORATE PLANET
ECOLOGY AND POLITICS IN THE AGE OF GLOBALIZATION
BY JOSHUA KARLINER
PUBLICATION DATE: NOVEMBER 1, 1997
ISBN: 0-87156-434-3 / 320 PAGES / $16.00 ORIGINAL TRADE PAPERBACK
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THE CORPORATE PLANET: ECOLOGY AND POLITICS IN THE AGE OF GLOBALIZATION
BY JOSHUA KARLINER
With the upcoming expansion of NAFTA and its "fast-track" negotiations in
Congress, "The Corporate Planet" is a timely look at transnational
corporations that use trade agreements to increase their profits, often at
the expense of the environment and human rights worldwide. This
book also reveals how corporations are working to undermine
international environmental agreements, such as the global warming treaty,
which is scheduled for debate among world leaders this December in Kyoto,
Japan.
>From a Mitsubishi plant that processes rainforest logs in Tokyo, to a
polluting Chevron oil refinery in California and chemical company facilities
in India, China, and Brazil, Karliner profiles areas of the world where
lives and cultures have been adversely affected by corporate globalization
and its attendant environmental degradation.
"The Corporate Planet" also exposes corporate environmental
propaganda, or "greenwashing," which Karliner describes as "an
elaborate series of green veils" by which corporations "obfuscate
their responsibility for some of the most destructive activity ever
unleashed upon the world." Karliner exposes the imperial
manner in which transnational corporations conduct their global
business and how they take advantage of free trade agreements and
World Bank loans to build a world order in which they are
accountable only to themselves.
The book is a fascinating account of corporate greed and the unexpected
powers of local activists to combat it.
JOSHUA KARLINER is editorial coordinator of Corporate Watch
(www.corpwatch.org) and executive director of the Transnational Resource &
Action Center in San Francisco. His articles have appeared in The Nation,
Mother Jones, and World Policy Journal.
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Dr. Stefanie S. Rixecker
Department of Resource Management
Lincoln University, Canterbury
PO Box 56
Aotearoa New Zealand
E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Fax: 64-03-325-3841
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