Bo Stråth

The Brandt Commission and the Multinationals

Planetary Perspectives

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Set against the backdrop of dramatic world order transformations across the 1970s and 1980s, this book examines the competing planetary perspectives of the Brandt Commission and the multinationals, arguing that the missed opportunities of these decades created a path for contemporary political and economic crises.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 408
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. August 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 617g
• ISBN-13: 9781032332352
• ISBN-10: 1032332352
• Artikelnr.: 71237478

Autorenporträt

Bo Stråth is Emeritus Professor of Nordic, European and World History at the University of Helsinki, Finland. He also taught contemporary history at the European University Institute in Florence, Italy.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction. The Brandt Commission and the Multinationals: Two
Planetary Perspectives and the Great Transformation in the 1970s and 80s 2.
Development vs Dependency 3. Distorters of Development: The Multinational
Corporations 4. The G77 and the NIEO: The Contours of a New World Order 5.
The Great Transformation of the 1970s and 80s 6. A Commission Against World
Poverty 7. A Commission for a New World Order 8. Proposal for a New
Keynesian World Order but Where Are the Multinationals? 9. Cantún: From
Utopia to Apology. The Opening Towards a Neoliberal Global Market Order 10.
The Follow-up Commissions for Planetary Policies and the Final Farce 11.
The Brandt Commission and the Global Corporations Today 12. Planetary
Perspectives: One World to Share. An Interview with Shridath Ramphal