The bottom line or public health : tactics corporations use to influence health and health policy, and what we can do to counter them

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    • Wiist, William H

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The bottom line or public health : tactics corporations use to influence health and health policy, and what we can do to counter them

edited by William H. Wiist

Oxford University Press, 2010

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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内容説明

When corporations claim the same citizenship rights as human citizens, they exercise an undue influence on health policy and democratic processes. Surprisingly, the same basic repertoire of tactics has been found to be employed by corporations to effect this influence, regardless of the specific industry at work. In this book, authors from around the world reveal the range of tactics used across the corporate world that ultimately favor the bottom line over the greater good. The Bottom Line or Public Health deconstructs some of the most ubiquitous tactics at play, including public relations, political influence, legal maneuvering, and financial power, using the pharmaceutical, food and agriculture, tobacco, alcohol, and motor vehicle industries as illustration. However, there is a growing global movement to counter this corporate force. The book discusses the role of non-governmental organizations, indigenous peoples' groups, health advocates, and social justice activists, and the ways in which they are working to reduce corporate power and put control of policy back in the hands of individuals. The Bottom Line or Public Health is for scholars interested in studying the corporate entity, and for individuals and organizations who want to reclaim democracy for human citizens so that health is placed above the bottom line.

目次

Part 1: Introduction Chapter 1: The Corporation: An overview of what it is, its tactics and what public health can do William H. Wiist Chapter 2: Corporations, Public Health and the Historical Landscape that Defines Our Challenge Shelley K. White Part 2: Corporate Tactics Chapter 3: Limited Liability and the Public's Health Lainie Rutkow and Stephen P. Taret Chapter 4: Public Relations and Advertising Diane Farsetta Chapter 5: Lobbying, the Revolving Door, and Campaign Contributions. The Center for Responsive Politics Chapter 6: The Tobacco Industry Ruth E. Malone Chapter 7: The Pharmaceutical Industry David Egilman & Emily Ardolino Chapter 8: The Motor Vehicle Industry Leon S. Robertson Chapter 9: The Alcohol Industry: Alcohol industry interests, global trade agreements and their impact on public health Donald Zeigler Chapter 10: Food and Agriculture Industry Judith A. Pojda Part 3: Tactics to Counter the Corporation Chapter 11: Using Charters to Redesign Corporations in the Public Interest Charlie Cray Chapter 12: A New Democracy in Action Mari Margil Chapter 13: Legal Strategies: You Are What They Say You Are Eating Stephen Gardner & Kate Campbell Chapter 14: Anti-corporate Social Movements: A Global Phenomenon Thomas E. Mertes Chapter 15: Labour Movement Strategies to Address Corporate Globalisation Jane Lethbridge Chapter 16: Campaigns to Change Health Damaging Corporate Practices Nicholas Freudenberg Chapter 17: Public Health Infrastructure Rene Jahiel Chapter 18: Indigenous Peoples' Movements Raymundo D. Rovillos Chapter 19: The New Politics of Consumption: Promoting Sustainability in the American Market Place M.J. Cohen, A. Comrov, & B. Hoffner Chapter 20: Spiritual Activism and Liberation Spirituality: Pathways To Collective Liberation Claudia Horwitz and Jesse Maceo Vega-Frey Appendix

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