Stories of Globalization - Transnational Corporations, Resistance, and the State

Analyses transnational corporations, groups who resist them, and the primary context within which the relationship between transnational corporations and their opponents unfold: the state. Argues that globalization is a contested terrain in which the power of transnational corporations is affected by mounting opposition and internal contradictions.

About the author

Alessandro Bonanno is Professor and Chair of the Department of Sociology at Sam Houston State University.

Summary

Analyses transnational corporations, groups who resist them, and the primary context within which the relationship between transnational corporations and their opponents unfold: the state. Argues that globalization is a contested terrain in which the power of transnational corporations is affected by mounting opposition and internal contradictions.

Product details

• Authors: Alessandro Bonanno, Alessandro (Sam Houston State University) Bonanno, Douglas H. Constance, Douglas H. (Professor Constance
• Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.11.2008
• EAN: 9780271033884
• ISBN: 978-0-271-03388-4
• No. of pages: 336
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 21 mm
• Weight: 626 g
• Illustrations: 0 Illustrations
• Series: Rural Studies; Rural Studies (Hardcover); Rural Studies
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories