Childhood Under Siege: How Big Business Targets Children
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.67 (989 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0670069078 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 288 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-08-23 |
| Language | : | English |
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His bestselling book The Corporation was made into an award-winning documentary. He lives in Vancouver. JOEL BAKAN is an internationally recognized and award-winning scholar and teacher who has worked on landmark legal cases and government policies.
A journey through a world of unabashed exploitation, clued-out parents, and governments that look the other way, it tells the chilling and at times darkly humorous story of business’s plans to turn kids into obsessive and narcissistic mini-consumers, media addicts, cheap and pliable workers, and chemical industry guinea pigs. Childhood Under Seige reveals big business’s discovery of a new resource to be mined for profit—our children. It’s a winner-takes-all battle for children’s hearts, minds and bodies as corporations pump billions into rendering parents and governments powerless to protect children from their calculated commercial assault and its disturbing toll on their health and well-being.. Not to mention pharmaceutical pill poppers—psychotropic drug consumption by children has increased fivefold since 1980. From the writer of the hit film and
It can be resisted, as Joel Bakan discusses. "The assault on childhood in our corporate-dominated and profit-driven society, painfully dissected in this penetrating study, is a tragedy not only for the immediate victims but for hopes for a better future. And it is urgent not to delay" -- Noam Chomsky "Incredibly well researched and notated Bakan is most powerful when writing about the sinister relationship between multi-billion dollar pharmaceutical companies and the medical profession It is that sneakiness of corporations that is the most shocking element to Childhood Under Siege - we are allowing our kids to be abused right under our noses, and we don't even know it" Independent on Sunday "A truly terrifying book, one that's metic
Vigilant1 said Solid Research Supporting A Worthy Conclusion. The "non-scholar" in me was a bit disappointed that Bakan's "notes" at the end of the volume made up fully one-fourth of the book's total pages. That being said, Bakan has done his homework--no doubt about it. In "Childhood Under Siege" Bakan gives a clarion call of warning as a lawyer, producer, thinker and father. His message in a nutshell:We must protect our children from the bared fangs of corporate greed.. The Corporation is a Sociopath As a small business owner, I am attuned to the impositions of governmental intrusions. I decided to read this book in order to get a more balanced view. Although this author definitely has a bias, he does not come across as overtly fanatical, and has plenty of examples to document his position. The corporation is compared to a sociopath. The sociopathic personality is "irresponsible, manipulating, grandiose, lacking in empathy, has asocial tendencies, refuses to accept responsibility for actions, and cannot feel remorse.Many of the attitudes people adopt and th. A good piece of work The author is to be thanked for his scholarship and clarity in defining the history and the limitations of the modern corporate enterprise. As a businessperson, the limitations of corporate structure to deal with global markets, civil society, and pressing environmental problems, are apparent everyday. Daily business means choosing between environmental, social, and economic outcomes because of the corporation's responsibility to its shareholders, at the expense of all its common stakeholders.In his book, Mr. Bakan outlines the history of the corporation, defin