Corporate Power, Class Conflict, and the Crisis of the New Globalization (eBook)

Ronald W. Cox (Autor)

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2019
190 Seiten
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-0-7391-8768-5 (ISBN)

Infos

This book examines how corporations have expanded their market and political power on a global scale by internationalizing production on terms highly favorable to investors. It also details how corporate profits are increasingly dependent on a global exploitation of labor that has led to the latest crisis of global capitalism.

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Transnational corporations have used their market and political power in the U.S., the European Union and Japan to expand global production on terms that are highly favorable to corporate interests. Through a detailed history of the establishment of global value chains, Ronald W. Cox examines how corporations have internationalized production by working directly with political elites to establish terms of investment and trade that facilitate working class exploitation. He also examines the political implications of the growing gap between the global rich and the working class, including the increasing illegitimacy of corporate-backed governments in the United States and the European Union. The author concludes the book with suggestions for how the global working class can fight for their own interests in the context of the rising threats of far-right extremism and neo-fascist political movements.

Autor

Ronald W. Cox is professor of politics and international relations at Florida International University.

Inhalt

Chapter One: The Political Economy of GlobalizationChapter Two: Transnational Interest Blocs in the U.S., the E.U. and JapanChapter Three: Corporate Power and Global Value ChainsChapter Four: Labor in Global Value ChainsChapter Five: The Crisis of Neoliberal CapitalismChapter Six: Transnational Interest Blocs in Theory and Praxis

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 14.1.2019
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Europäische / Internationale Politik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Makroökonomie
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Wirtschaftspolitik
• Schlagworte: class conflict • Corporate Profits • Global Inequality • Globalization • Global Production • Global Value Chains • Investment Agreements • Labor Exploitation • transnational corporations • Working Class
• ISBN-10: 0-7391-8768-6 / 0739187686
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7391-8768-5 / 9780739187685