Silent Coup

How Corporations Overthrew Democracy

Claire Provost, Matt Kennard (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

312 Seiten

2024
Bloomsbury Academic (Verlag)
978-1-350-46456-8 (ISBN)

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A journalistic exposé of the global takeover of political power by corporations, which increasingly decide how justice is defined, resources are allocated, and territories are governed

As European empires crumbled in the 20th century, the power structures that had dominated the world for centuries were up for renegotiation. Yet instead of a rebirth for democracy, what emerged was a silent coup – namely, the unstoppable rise of global corporate power.

Exposing the origins of this epic power grab as well as its present-day consequences, Silent Coup is the result of two investigative journalists' reports from 30 countries around the world. It provides an explosive guide to the rise of a corporate empire that now dictates how resources are allocated, how territories are governed, and how justice is defined. Now in paperback for the first time, this edition includes a new foreword by Jeremy Corbyn.

Claire Provost is co-founder and codirector of the new non-profit Institute for Journalism and Social Change. She was previously Head of Global Investigations at the independent media outlet openDemocracy, a fellow at the Centre for Investigative Journalism (CIJ) in London, and a data journalist at the Guardian. This is her first book. Matt Kennard is co-founder, and chief investigator, at Declassified UK, a news outlet investigating British foreign policy. He was a fellow and then director at the Centre for Investigative Journalism (CIJ) in London, UK. He has worked as a staff writer for the Financial Times in Washington, DC, New York, and London. He is the author of two acclaimed books: Irregular Army (2012) and The Racket (2015).

Biographies
Acknowledgements

Introduction: The Meeting

Part I. Corporate Justice
1. Democracy on Trial
2. Corporate Courts
3. Secret Insurance
4. Capitalist Magna Carta
5. The Boomerang

Part II. Corporate Welfare
6. Aid-funded Business
7. Financing ‘Development’
8. Buying Power
9. Aiding Elites
10. A New Continent

Part III. Corporate Utopias
11. Fences Up
12. Irish Invasion
13. Rights Suspended
14. Private Cities
15. Finance is King

Part IV. Corporate Armies
16. Peace without Democracy
17. Profits versus Peasants
18. Private Borders
19. Private Protection
20. Lucrative Threats

Epilogue: Ugly Truths

Bibliography
Notes
Index

Erscheinungsdatum	19.09.2024
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Kriminologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
	Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Finanzierung
ISBN-10	1-350-46456-2 / 1350464562
ISBN-13	978-1-350-46456-8 / 9781350464568
Zustand	Neuware