Protest Inc.

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Mass protests have raged since the global financial crisis of 2008.Across the world students and workers and environmentalists aretaking to the streets. Discontent is seething even in thewealthiest countries, as the world saw with Occupy Wall Street in2011. Protest Inc. tells a disturbingly different story of globalactivism. As millions of grassroots activists rally againstcapitalism, activism more broadly is increasingly mirroringbusiness management and echoing calls for market-based solutions.The past decade has seen nongovernmental organizations partner withoil companies like ExxonMobil, discount retailers like Walmart,fast-food chains like McDonald's, and brand manufacturerslike Nike and Coca-Cola. NGOs are courting billionairephilanthropists, branding causes, and turning to consumers aswellsprings of reform. Are "career" activists selling out to pay staff andfund programs? Partly. But far more is going on. Political andsocioeconomic changes are enhancing the power of business tocorporatize activism, including a worldwide crackdown on dissent, astrengthening of consumerism, a privatization of daily life, and ashifting of activism into business-style institutions. Grassrootsactivists are fighting back. Yet, even as protestors march andoccupy cities, more and more activist organizations arecollaborating with business and advocating for corporate-friendly"solutions." This landmark book sounds the alarm aboutthe dangers of this corporatizing trend for the future oftransformative change in world politics.

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Peter Dauvergne

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Political Issues & Behavior Political Science Political Sociology Politikwissenschaft Politische Fragen u. politisches Verhalten Politische Soziologie Sociology Soziologie

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"A gloomy, gripping, book, full of disheartening statistics. The essential message of the book is pretty clear - 'the rich are winning'." The Ecologist "A tremendous book - hard-hitting, passionate, and beautifully written - that deserves to be read by everyone who is interested in social change. The authors investigate how corporate values and behaviors are weakening the impact of global citizen action. We must heed their call." Michael Edwards, Demos, New York, and editor of Transformation "This original and compelling book provides a much needed wake-up call about the creeping de-radicalizing influence of big business on activism in the contemporary world." Michael Maniates, Professor of Social Sciences, Yale-NUS, Singapore "Speaking the truth to power risks leaving you with the truth and them with the power. Much as the corporate model of organizing production affects and infects so much else in modern society, this fine analysis shows how it has done the same to many of its social critics." Richard Wolff, Professor of Economics, University of Massachusetts
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