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1 online resource (viii, 321 pages). |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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[Rural studies series]
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Rural studies series (University Park, Pa.)
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Series statement from jacket. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-305) and index. |
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"--Provided by publisher. |
Contents |
Globalization of the economy and society : salient interpretations -- Environmentalism, industry restructuring, and global regulation : the tuna-dolphin controversy -- Transnational corporations and their power over the state : the case of Ferruzzi -- corporate power and the free global market : the Lysine Price-fixing case of ADM -- Globalization and resistance from below : the case of Industrial Chicken Production in southeast Texas -- TNCS' colonization of the local and resistance : mega hog farms in the Texas panhndle -- Old and new social movements in the global era : the case of Maxxam and the Headwaters Forest Redwoods -- NGOs under globalization : the marine stewardship council -- Challenging the globalization project : the collapse of the multilateral agreement on investment. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
International business enterprises -- Case studies.
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International business enterprises -- Case studies. |
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International economic integration -- Case studies.
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International economic integration -- Case studies. |
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International economic integration. |
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Globalization -- Case studies.
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Globalization. |
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Case studies.
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Case studies.
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Added Author |
Constance, Douglas.
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Added Title |
Transnational corporations, resistance, and the state |
Other Form: |
Print version: Bonanno, Alessandro. Stories of globalization. University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, ©2008 9780271033891 (DLC) 2008024500 (OCoLC)232256968 |
ISBN |
9780271050911 (electronic book) |
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0271050918 (electronic book) |
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9780271033891 |
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0271033894 |
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9780271033884 |
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0271033886 |
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9780271050188 |
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0271050187 |
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9780271050188 |
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