The People's Business: Controlling Corporations and Restoring Democracy

Robert W. McChesney, author of The Problem of the Media
"A book that deserves, even demands, the attention of every American regardless of their political views or values."


Charles Derber, author of Corporation Nation and Regime Change Begins At Home
"This book offers the vision and the practical tools to liberate ourselves from our tragic state of corporate occupation."


Frances Fox Piven, Professor of Public Policy and Public Administration, City University of New York Graduate Center
"When we Americans mobilize to take back our democracy… this book will be our road map!"


Larry Mitchell, author of Corporate Irresponsibility
"The authors performed an enormous service by providing an encyclopedia of corporate reform literature and proposals over the last decade."


Book Description
More than ever before, large corporations wield an unjustifiably excessive influence over every aspect of life - economic, political, social, cultural, and environmental - feeding a rabid consumer culture that harms the environment, undermines a shared sense of national prosperity, and threatens ideals of a citizen-powered democracy. A lively and engaging mandate to fight back against corporate dominance, The People's Business examines the very nature of corporate power, presenting a range of strategies to curtail it, and explaining how ordinary people can restore citizen control. Bringing together a coalition of leading authors, activists, scholars, and professionals, this book serves as a vital, clearheaded plan for strengthening individual rights, transforming corporations into engines of public prosperity, and creating a sustainable, life-respecting society where the people have the power. The book features an introduction by Ralph Nader.


About the Author
Lee Drutman is the former Communi¬ca¬tions Director at Citizen Works, a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization founded by Ralph Nader to advance justice by strengthening citizen participation in power. His commentaries have been published in many outlets, including the Los Angeles Times, New York Newsday, and the Providence Journal and online at TomPaine.com, Alternet.org and CommonDreams.org. Charlie Cray is a policy analyst and the director of the Center for Corporate Policy in Washington, D.C. He is the former director of the Campaign for Corporate Reform at Citizen Works and a former associate editor of Multinational Monitor magazine.


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Members of the Citizen Works Corporate Reform Commission describe the power of corporations, the danger that power presents for democracy and civil society, and measures that individual and groups can take to begin diminishing it. Reclaiming the public purpose of the corporation, challenging the corporate claim to constitutional rights, freeing markets from corporate control, and cracking down on corporate crime are among the perspectives. Ralph Nader, also a Commission member, provides a foreword. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR


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