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Author:

Madeley, John.

Title:

Big business, poor peoples : how transnational corporations damage the world's poor / John Madeley.

Edition:

2nd ed.

Publisher:

Distributed by Palgrave Macmillan,

Copyright Date:

2008

Description:

xv, 240 p. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

International business enterprises--Developing countries.
International business enterprises--Social aspects--Developing countries.
Poor--Developing countries.
Developing countries--Economic conditions.

Notes:

Previous ed.: 1999, entitled: Big business, poor peoples : the impact of transnational corporations in the world's poor. Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-231) and index.

Contents:

Introduction: the corporate spread -- Why poor countries 'want' the corporations -- The agri-corporations: from production to trade -- Agri-commodities take their toll -- Health: the poor take the corporate pill -- Water: the corporate tap -- Tourism: the great illusion -- Extracting logs and fish -- Mining the poor -- Manufactured goods: poverty amid the glitz -- Energy: no force for the poor -- The corporate persuaders -- Tackling the power: regulation, bypass, action -- Conclusion.

ISBN:

1848130333 (pbk.)
9781848130333 (pbk.)
1848130325 (hbk)
9781848130326 (hbk)

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)