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Title:

Thinker, faker, spinner, spy : corporate PR and the assault on democracy / edited by William Dinan and David Miller.

Publisher:

Pluto Press,

Copyright Date:

2007

Description:

viii, 324 p. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Corporations--Political aspects.--Political aspects.
Corporations--Social aspects.--Social aspects.
Corporations--Corrupt practices.
Corporate power.
Corporations--Political activity.

Other Authors:

Dinan, William.
Miller, David, 1964-

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction, Killer Coke / Andy Higginbottom. Public relations and the subversion of democracy / David Miller and William Dinan -- Achilles has two heels : crises of capitalists globalisation / Leslie Sklair -- Tour of the United Kingdom's public relations industry / Chris Grimshaw -- Powers behind the throne : Washington's top political strategists / Laura Miller -- Spinning farmed salmon / David Miller -- Exxon's foot soldiers : the case of the International Policy Network / Andy Rowell -- Biotech's fake persuaders / Jonathan Matthews -- Fighting dirty wars : spying for the arms trade / Eveline Lubbers -- Manufacturing a neoliberal climate : recent reform initiatives in Germany / Ulrich Mueller -- Globalising politics : spinning US 'democracy assistance' programmes / Gerald Sussman -- Behind the screens : corporate lobbying and EU audiovisual policy / Granville Williams -- Spinning money : corporate public relations and the London Stock Exchange / Aeron Davis -- Atlantic semantic : New Labour's US connections / William Clark -- Unmasking public relations / Bob Burton -- Corporate power in Europe : the Brussels 'lobbycracy' / Olivier Hoedeman -- Killer Coke / Andy Higginbottom.

ISBN:

9780745324449 (pbk.)
0745324444 (pbk.)
0745324452 (hbk.)
9780745324456 (hbk.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)123113882

Locations:

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