Stories of Globalization : : Transnational Corporations, Resistance, and the State /

Stories of Globalization : : Transnational Corporations, Resistance, and the State / / Douglas H. Constance, Alessandro Bonanno.

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The economic and social outcomes of mid-twentieth-century Fordist capitalism were characterized by a decrease in the significance of distance and a shift in the dynamic of time. This "time-space compression" is one of the defining components of contemporary globalization. In their latest c...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Penn State University Press Complete eBook-Package Pre-2014
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Bonanno, Alessandro,
Constance, Douglas H.,
Place / Publishing House:University Park, PA : : Penn State University Press, , [2022]
©2008
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
Series:Rural Studies
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Physical Description:1 online resource (336 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • PREFACE
  • INTRODUCTION
  • 1 GLOBALIZATION OF THE ECONOMY AND SOCIETY: SALIENT INTERPRETATIONS
  • 2 ENVIRONMENTALISM, INDUSTRY RESTRUCTURING, AND GLOBAL REGULATION: THE TUNA-DOLPHIN CONTROVERSY
  • 3 TRANSNATIONAL CORPORATIONS AND THEIR POWER OVER THE STATE: THE CASE OF FERRUZZI
  • 4 CORPORATE POWER AND THE FREE GLOBAL MARKET: THE LYSINE PRICE-FIXING CASE OF ADM
  • 5 GLOBALIZATION AND RESISTANCE FROM BELOW: INDUSTRIAL CHICKEN PRODUCTION IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS
  • 6 TNCS' COLONIZATION OF THE LOCAL AND RESISTANCE: MEGA HOG FARMS IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE
  • 7 OLD AND NEW SOCIAL MOVEMENTS IN THE GLOBAL ERA: THE CASE OF MAXXAM AND THE HEADWATERS FOREST REDWOODS
  • 8 NGOS UNDER GLOBALIZATION: THE MARINE STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL
  • 9 CHALLENGING THE GLOBALIZATION PROJECT: THE COLLAPSE OF THE MULTILATERAL AGREEMENT ON INVESTMENT
  • CONCLUSION
  • REFERENCES
  • INDEX

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