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Author Allen, Robert, 1956-

Title No global : the people of Ireland versus the multinationals / Robert Allen.

Publication Info. London ; Sterling, Va. : Pluto Press, [2004]
©2004

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 280 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 268-269) and index.
Contents The politics of pollution -- Ballydine: tears in the valley -- Killeagh: power and effluent -- Cork: poison harbour -- Toxic Ireland: polluted -- Carndonagh: anxiety among the women -- Askeaton: in the shadow of the dragon.
Summary Ireland's economy has seen phenomenal growth since the 1990s, as a result of an earlier decision by the state to chase foreign investment, largely from US corporates. As a result, manufacturers of raw chemicals, pharmaceuticals and highly dangerous substances came to Ireland, where they could make toxic products free from the strict controls imposed by other nations. Robert Allen's book reveals the consequences to human health and the environment of the Irish state's love affair with the multinational chemical industry. The cost to Irish society was a series of ecological and social outrages, starting in the 1970s and continuing into the 2000s. No Global is a lesson for countries who seek to encourage multinationals at the expense of the health of their population and the delicate nature of their ecosystems. It is also a heart-warming record of the successful campaigns fought by local people to protect themselves and their environment from polluting industry.
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Subject Chemical industry -- Environmental aspects -- Ireland.
Chemical industry -- Environmental aspects.
Ireland.
Pollution -- Ireland.
Pollution.
International business enterprises -- Ireland.
International business enterprises.
Environmental protection -- Ireland -- Citizen participation.
Environmental protection.
Political participation.
Chronological Term Geschichte 1972-1998
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Allen, Robert, 1956- No global. London ; Sterling, Va. : Pluto Press, ©2004 9780745322117 (DLC) 2003019936 (OCoLC)53019359
ISBN 9781849642309 (electronic book)
1849642303 (electronic book)
1281750352
9781281750358
0745322115
9780745322117