Valerio Volpi

Roots of Contemporary Imperialism

The Founding Fathers, the U.S. Constitution, and 200 Years of Corporate Dictatorship

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book argues that popular repression and business domination are not the result of an authoritarian regression of U.S. politics but rather represent the continuation of an approach that came into existence during the age of the Founding Fathers intending to protect the properties, wealth, and privilege of economic elites.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University Press of America
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Juli 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 309g
• ISBN-13: 9780761846604
• ISBN-10: 0761846603
• Artikelnr.: 26331049

Autorenporträt

Valerio Volpi

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Acknowledgements
Chapter 2 Preface
Chapter 3 Chapter 1: The Founding Father's Political Philosophy
Chapter 4 1. The Origins
Chapter 5 2. The Founding Fathers, Women, and Minorities
Chapter 6 3. The Founding Fathers and the People
Chapter 7 4. The Founding Fathers and Factions
Chapter 8 Chapter 2: The Constitutional Convention
Chapter 9 Introduction
Chapter 10 1. The Convention and Its Members
Chapter 11 2. The Outcome
Chapter 12 Chapter 3: The Constitution
Chapter 13 1. Federalism and Uneven Sovereignty
Chapter 14 2. Slavery
Chapter 15 3. Franchise
Chapter 16 4. Law-making
Chapter 17 5. Liability
Chapter 18 6. Judicial Review
Chapter 19 7. Separation of Powers
Chapter 20 8. The Electoral College
Chapter 21 9. The Powers of Congress and Private Property
Chapter 22 10. The Bill of Rights and Corporate Supremacy
Chapter 23 Chapter 4: Corporations and World Domination
Chapter 24 1. The Rise of the Corporation
Chapter 25 2. Corporations' Best Friend: The Supreme Court
Chapter 26 3. The Corporate Network
Chapter 27 Chapter 5: Conclusions - What is To Be Done?
Chapter 28 Introduction
Chapter 29 1. Political and Constitutional Reforms
Chapter 30 2. The Regulation of the Corporate Institution and of the
Influence of Money in the Political Process
Chapter 31 Bibliography
Chapter 32 Index
Chapter 33 About the Author