Over the past two decades the major international corporations have become industrial lobbyists within the European Community, to such an extent that they pose a threat to democracy. In turn the EC has been very receptive to the political agenda of corporate interest groups, in particular to the notion of making Europe a free trade zone. This book provides an insight into the systematic ways in which transnational corporations work through lobby groups to shape EU policy. The authors cover the major players in this anti-democratic practice and analyze the structural and political factors which have enabled corporate political influence in Europe to dominate. They examine: how governments have been persuaded to increase competitiveness by dismantling and privatising public services, deregulating industry and dismantling social and environment protections; the increasing influence of corporate lobby groups on decision makers and the corresponding lack of voice given to small business, organised labour and individual citizens; the impact of the single market and currency; structural adjustment in eastern Europe; and the role of the European industrial lobby groups within the WTO and the important multilateral agreement on investment. The range of case studies include European lobbying within the biotech industry, the PR industry and the UN climate summit.
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The authors are all working with the Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) in Amsterdam. CEO is a research and campaign group targeting the threats to democracy, equity, social justice and the environment posed by the economic and political power of corporations and their lobby groups.
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- The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power by Joel Bakan in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Neoliberalism: A Critical Reader by Alfredo Saad-Filho on page 162
- Towards a Global Polity: Future Trends and Prospects (Warwick Studies in Globalisation) by Richard Higgott in Back Matter
- Holding Corporations Accountable: Corporate Conduct, International Codes, and Citizen Action by Judith Richter in Back Matter
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