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Informationen zum Autor Michael Dreiling is a Professor of Sociology at the University of Oregon, specializing in political and environmental sociology. He is the author of two books and numerous research articles, and is currently working on a comparative study of energy industry networks. Awarded Distinguished University Teaching in 2009, the Martin Luther King, Jr Distinguished Service Award in 2010, and numerous leadership awards in 2015, Professor Dreiling is also active in the nonprofit world to promote nonviolence, environmental care, and an economy that is fair for all. A Bold Peace - a feature documentary film coproduced with Matthew Eddy - depicts that vision of a better world. Derek Darves holds a PhD in sociology from the University of Oregon, where he focused on organizational theory, quantitative methods, religion, and power structure research. Currently he works as a research manager and statistical analyst for a pension fund in New York City. An ordained Episcopal Priest, he has contributed to several empirical reports on trends within the Episcopal Church, and serves part-time at a variety of churches in the dioceses of Newark and New York. Klappentext Through historical narrative, this book explains how neoliberal globalization was actively constructed over decades by both state and class actors. Zusammenfassung Agents of Neoliberal Globalization unveils corporate political signatures in the making of global trade institutions. Using historical narrative and network analysis! it explains how neoliberal globalization was actively constructed over decades by both state and class actors. Network graphs reveal a complex world of sustained political unity among the corporate elite. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; 2. Corporate political unity and class agency; 3. A critical sociology of US trade policy; 4. Forging a neoliberal trade policy network, 1967-94; 5. Inside the state, corporate participation in trade policy; 6. Fusing class agency to a state trade policy apparatus; 7. Conclusion....