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Canadian Constitutional Lawby Joel BakanISBN 1552390853 (1-55239-085-3)
Hardcover, Montgomery Publications, Limited, Emond
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Corporation, Theby Joel BakanISBN 1845291743 (1-84529-174-3)
Softcover, Constable & Robinson Limited
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The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Powerby Joel BakanISBN 1845290798 (1-84529-079-8)
Hardcover, Constable & Robinson Limited
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Corporation : The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power'Book summary:Over the last 150 years the corporation has risen from relative obscurity to become the world's dominant economic institution. Eminent Canadian law professor and legal theorist Joel Bakan contends that today's corporation is a pathological institution, a dangerous possessor of the great power it wields over people and societies.
In this revolutionary assessment of the history, character, and globalization of the modern business corporation, Bakan backs his premise with the following observations:
- The corporation's legally defined mandate is to pursue relentlessly and without exception its own economic self-interest, regardless of the harmful consequences it might cause to others.
- The corporation's unbridled self-interest victimizes individuals, society, and, when it goes awry, even shareholders and can cause corporations to self-destruct, as recent Wall Street scandals reveal.
- Governments have freed the corporation, despite its flawed character, from legal constraints through deregulation and granted it ever greater authority over society through privatization.
But Bakan believes change is possible and he outlines a far-reaching program of achievable reforms through legal regulation and democratic control.
Featuring in-depth interviews with such wide-ranging figures as Nobel Prize winner Milton Friedman, business guru Peter Drucker, and cultural critic Noam Chomsky, The Corporation is an extraordinary work that will educate and enlighten students, CEOs, whistle-blowers, power brokers, pawns, pundits, and politicians alike. [via]
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- The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power: ISBN 0140290044 (0-14-029004-4)
Softcover, Penguin Group (Canada) - The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power: ISBN 0743247469 (0-7432-4746-9)
Softcover, Free Pr - The Corporation : The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power: ISBN 0743247442 (0-7432-4744-2)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster, Incorporated - The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power: ISBN 0143013874 (0-14-301387-4)
Hardcover, Penguin Group (Canada) - The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power: ISBN 0670889768 (0-670-88976-8)
Hardcover, Penguin Group (Canada) - The Corporation : The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power: ISBN 1845290798 (1-84529-079-8)
Hardcover, Constable & Robinson Limited
- The corporation's legally defined mandate is to pursue relentlessly and without exception its own economic self-interest, regardless of the harmful consequences it might cause to others.
Just Words: Constitutional Rights and Social Wrongsby Joel BakanISBN 0802074804 (0-8020-7480-4)
Softcover, University of Toronto Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Just Words: Constitutional Rights and Social Wrongs'Book summary:The Canadian Charter of Rights is composed of words that describe the foundations of a just society: equality, freedom, and democracy. These words of justice have inspired struggles for civil rights, self-determination, trade unionism, the right to vote, and social welfare. Why is it, then, that fifteen years after the entrenchment of the Charter, social injustice remains pervasive in Canada?
Joel Bakan explains why the Charter has failed to promote social justice, and why it may even impede it. He argues that the Charter's fine-sounding words of justice are 'just words.' Freedom, equality and democracy are fundamental principles of social justice. The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms entrenches them in Canada's highest law, the constitution. Yet the Charter has failed to promote social justice in Canada. In Just Words, Joel Bakan explains why.
Sophisticated in its analyses but clearly written and accessible, Just Words is cutting-edge commentary by one of Canada's rising intellectuals.
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Social Justice and the Constitution Perspectives on a Social Union for Canadaby Joel BakanISBN 088629195X (0-88629-195-X)
Softcover, McGill Queens Univ Pr
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La corporacion/ the Corporationby Joel BakanISBN 8493384984 (84-933849-8-4)
Softcover, Volter
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