Totalitarian Movements and Political Religions, Vol. 8, No. 1, 153–161, March 2007
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The Totalitarian Corporation?
KEAN BIRCH University of Glasgow KeanBirch Totalitarian 1469-0764 Original Taylor 8102007 Kean.birch@socsci.gla.ac.uk 00000March & Article Francis (print)/1743-9647 Movements 2007Ltd and Political (online)Religions 10.1080/14690760601121739 FTMP_A_212106.sgm and Francis
Joel Bakan, The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power. London: Constable, 2004. pp. 229, £9.99, ISBN 1845290798. The Corporation: DVD. Mark Achbar, Jennifer Abbott, Joel Bakan. Big Picture Media Corporation, 2005. £19.99, B0006NKBXW. Ted Nace, Gangs of America: The Rise of Corporate Power and the Disabling of Democracy. San Francisco, CA: Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2003. pp. 281, £14.99, ISBN 1576752607. David Harvey, A Brief History of Neoliberalism. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005. pp. 247, £14.99, ISBN 0199283265. Frank Dobbin, (ed.), The New Economic Sociology: A Reader. Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2004. pp. 565, £17.95, ISBN 0691049068. As a result of the war, corporations have been enthroned and an era of corruption in high places will follow, and the money power of the country will endeavor to prolong its reign by working upon the prejudices of the people until all wealth is aggregated in a few hands and the Republic is destroyed. I feel at this moment more anxiety for the safety of my country than ever before, even in the midst of war. God grant that my suspicions may prove groundless. Abraham Lincoln, 18641 Introduction Throughout its history as an institution, the corporation has been associated with tyranny of one sort or another, from the early period with the imperialist expeditions of the East India Company – virtual ruler of the Indian subcontinent – to the Correspondence Address: Research Fellow at the Centre for Public Policy for Regions (CPPR), University of Glasgow. Ivy Lodge 63, Gibson Street, Glasgow,G12 8LR. Email: kean.birch@socsci.gla.ac.uk[w1] ISSN 1469-0764 Print/ISSN 1743-9647 Online/07/010153-09 © 2007 Taylor & Francis DOI: 10.1080/14690760601121739