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Disaster capitalism : making a killing out of catastrophe, Antony Loewenstein

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  • "Crisis? What crisis? How powerful corporations make a killing out of disaster Award-winning journalist Antony Loewenstein travels across the US, Britain, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Haiti, Papua New Guinea and Australia to witness the reality of Disaster Capitalism--the hidden world of privatized detention centers and militarized private security, formed to protect corporations as they profit from war zones. He visits Britain's immigration detention centers, tours the prison system in the United States, and digs into the underbelly of the companies making a fortune from them. Loewenstein reveals the dark history of how large multinational corporations have become more powerful than governments, supported by media and political elites"--
  • "Award-winning journalist Antony Loewenstein travels across the US, Britain, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Haiti, Papua New Guinea and Australia to witness the reality of Disaster Capitalism--the hidden world of privatized detention centers and militarized private security, formed to protect corporations as they profit from war zones. He visits Britain's immigration detention centers, tours the prison system in the United States, and digs into the underbelly of the companies making a fortune from them. Loewenstein reveals the dark history of how large multinational corporations have become more powerful than governments, supported by media and political elites"--
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
376 pages
Contents
  • Papua New Guinea: "Break our bones, but you can never break our spirit"
  • Part II
  • 5.
  • The United States: "The land of the free has become a country of prisons"
  • 6.
  • The United Kingdom: "It's the outsourcing of violence"
  • 7.
  • Australia: "If you have a pulse, you have a job at Serco."
  • Part I
  • 1.
  • Pakistan and Afghanistan: "Looking for the new war"
  • 2.
  • Greece: "We are just numbers, not human lives"
  • 3.
  • Haiti: "If anybody here says they've had help, it's a lie"
  • 4.
Isbn
9781784781156
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Disaster capitalism : making a killing out of catastrophe
Title
Disaster capitalism
Title remainder
making a killing out of catastrophe
Statement of responsibility
Antony Loewenstein
Creator
Subject
Language
eng
Summary
  • "Crisis? What crisis? How powerful corporations make a killing out of disaster Award-winning journalist Antony Loewenstein travels across the US, Britain, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Haiti, Papua New Guinea and Australia to witness the reality of Disaster Capitalism--the hidden world of privatized detention centers and militarized private security, formed to protect corporations as they profit from war zones. He visits Britain's immigration detention centers, tours the prison system in the United States, and digs into the underbelly of the companies making a fortune from them. Loewenstein reveals the dark history of how large multinational corporations have become more powerful than governments, supported by media and political elites"--
  • "Award-winning journalist Antony Loewenstein travels across the US, Britain, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Haiti, Papua New Guinea and Australia to witness the reality of Disaster Capitalism--the hidden world of privatized detention centers and militarized private security, formed to protect corporations as they profit from war zones. He visits Britain's immigration detention centers, tours the prison system in the United States, and digs into the underbelly of the companies making a fortune from them. Loewenstein reveals the dark history of how large multinational corporations have become more powerful than governments, supported by media and political elites"--
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Loewenstein, Antony
Dewey number
306.3
Index
index present
LC call number
HD2756
LC item number
.L64 2015
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
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  • International business enterprises
  • Corporate power
  • Social policy
  • POLITICAL SCIENCE
  • POLITICAL SCIENCE
  • SOCIAL SCIENCE
  • Corporate power
  • International business enterprises
  • Social policy
  • Katastrofbistånd
Label
Disaster capitalism : making a killing out of catastrophe, Antony Loewenstein
Link
9781784781156.jpg
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Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
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rdacarrier
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text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • Papua New Guinea: "Break our bones, but you can never break our spirit"
  • Part II
  • 5.
  • The United States: "The land of the free has become a country of prisons"
  • 6.
  • The United Kingdom: "It's the outsourcing of violence"
  • 7.
  • Australia: "If you have a pulse, you have a job at Serco."
  • Part I
  • 1.
  • Pakistan and Afghanistan: "Looking for the new war"
  • 2.
  • Greece: "We are just numbers, not human lives"
  • 3.
  • Haiti: "If anybody here says they've had help, it's a lie"
  • 4.
Control code
ocn899226176
Dimensions
24 cm
Extent
376 pages
Isbn
9781784781156
Lccn
2015017204
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other control number
40025259603
System control number
  • (Sirsi) i9781784781156
  • (OCoLC)899226176
Label
Disaster capitalism : making a killing out of catastrophe, Antony Loewenstein
Link
9781784781156.jpg
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • Papua New Guinea: "Break our bones, but you can never break our spirit"
  • Part II
  • 5.
  • The United States: "The land of the free has become a country of prisons"
  • 6.
  • The United Kingdom: "It's the outsourcing of violence"
  • 7.
  • Australia: "If you have a pulse, you have a job at Serco."
  • Part I
  • 1.
  • Pakistan and Afghanistan: "Looking for the new war"
  • 2.
  • Greece: "We are just numbers, not human lives"
  • 3.
  • Haiti: "If anybody here says they've had help, it's a lie"
  • 4.
Control code
ocn899226176
Dimensions
24 cm
Extent
376 pages
Isbn
9781784781156
Lccn
2015017204
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other control number
40025259603
System control number
  • (Sirsi) i9781784781156
  • (OCoLC)899226176

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