Corporations are not people [electronic resource] : reclaiming democracy from big money and global corporations Second edition

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서명/저자사항	Corporations are not people [electronic resource]: reclaiming democracy from big money and global corporations / Jeff Clements.
개인저자	Clements, Jeffrey D.
판사항	Second edition.
발행사항	San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler Publishers, [2014].
형태사항	1 online resource.
기타형태 저록	Print version: Clements, Jeffrey D. Corporations are not people. Second edition 9781626562103
ISBN	9781626562127 (electronic bk.) 1626562121 (electronic bk.) 9781626562110 (electronic bk.) 1626562113 (electronic bk.)
서지주기	Includes bibliographical references and index.
요약	NEW EDITION, REVISED AND UPDATEDThe Supreme Court?셲 Citizens United ruling that corporations are people eliminated campaign finance restrictions and dramatically increased corporate power?봟ut attorney Jeff Clements shows how you can fight back.Clements explains the strange history of how the Supreme Court came to embrace a concept that flies in the face of not only all common sense but most of American legal history as well. He shows how unfettered corporate rights will affect public health, energy policy, the environment, and the justice system.In this new edition, Clements details Citizens United?셲 ongoing destructive effects?봣or example, Chevron was able to spend $1.2 million to influence a single local election in a city of 100,000 people. But he also describes the growing movement to reverse the ruling?봲ince the first edition, 16 states, 160 members of Congress, and 500 cities and towns have called for a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United. And in a new chapter, Clements shows how?봲tate by state and community by community?볾mericans are using new strategies and tools to renew democracy and curb unbalanced corporate power.
일반주제명	Business and politics --United States. Corporations --Political aspects --United States. Corporations --Political activity --United States. POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom. POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Advocacy.
분류기호(DDC)	322.30973
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