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Corporate Europe : how big business sets policies on food, climate and war /
Reveals how the EU's policies on health, climate change, armaments and food safety have been tailored to please a corporate elite.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Pluto Press,
2013.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Intro; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Acknowledgements; A short guide to the European Union; List of acronyms; Introduction; Strangling democracy in secret; Heresy and hope; 1. Wrecking the welfare state; Ambushing the Irish; The dogma of dynamism; Eternal austerity?; Greed v need; 2. Bombarded by bankers; A hug for tax havens; Paying for access; Serving the squid; Betting on hunger; 3. War is good for business; Blood for breakfast; Hijacking science; The ethical afterthought; Aping America; Reinforcing the fortress; 4. How we live and diet; Waiting for a miracle?
- Breaking the traffic lightsUnder the influence; Harmless to honey bees?; 5. Smoke and mirrors; Poaching the powerful; Nicotine-stained nitpicking; Downplaying the dangers; Front groups and filibustering; 6. Cheating on climate; Addicted to oil; Chemical brothers cry wolf; Why offsetting is a scam; Corporate capture and storage; The wrong road; 7. The malign legacy of Peter Mandelson; Turbo-charged trade; Eyeing up India; Trampling on food rights; Casino capitalism in Korea; Sovereignty sabotaged; Bleeding Canada dry; Reserving medicines for the rich; Africa's ally?; Embracing oppression.
- Conclusion: Taking Europe backNotes; Index.