Skip to content
Welcome To Atlantic Books! Upto 75% off Across Various Categories.
Upto 75% off Across Various Categories.

Protest Inc.: The Corporatization of Activism

by Peter Dauvergne , Genevieve LeBaron
Save 30% Save 30%
Original price Rs. 2,206.00
Original price Rs. 2,206.00 - Original price Rs. 2,206.00
Original price Rs. 2,206.00
Current price Rs. 1,544.00
Rs. 1,544.00 - Rs. 1,544.00
Current price Rs. 1,544.00

Estimated Shipping Date

Ships in 1-2 Days

Free Shipping on orders above Rs. 1000

New Year Offer - Use Code ATLANTIC10 at Checkout for additional 10% OFF

Request Bulk Quantity Quote
Book cover type: Paperback
  • ISBN13: 9780745669496
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Subject: Economics
  • Publisher: Wiley
  • Publisher Imprint: Polity Pr
  • Publication Date:
  • Pages: 200
  • Original Price: 24.95 USD
  • Language: English
  • Edition: N/A
  • Item Weight: 295 grams

About the Book Mass protests have raged since the global financial crisis of 2008. Across the world students and workers and environmentalists are taking to the streets. Discontent is seething even in the wealthiest countries, as the world saw with Occupy Wall Street in 2011.<br /> <br /> Protest Inc. tells a disturbingly different story of global activism. As millions of grassroots activists rally against capitalism, activism more broadly is increasingly mirroring business management and echoing calls for market-based solutions. The past decade has seen nongovernmental organizations partner with oil companies like ExxonMobil, discount retailers like Walmart, fast-food chains like McDonald's, and brand manufacturers like Nike and Coca-Cola. NGOs are courting billionaire philanthropists, branding causes, and turning to consumers as wellsprings of reform.<br /> <br /> Are "career" activists selling out to pay staff and fund programs? Partly. But far more is going on. Political and socioeconomic changes are enhancing the power of business to corporatize activism, including a worldwide crackdown on dissent, a strengthening of consumerism, a privatization of daily life, and a shifting of activism into business-style institutions. Grassroots activists are fighting back. Yet, even as protestors march and occupy cities, more and more activist organizations are collaborating with business and advocating for corporate-friendly "solutions." This landmark book sounds the alarm about the dangers of this corporatizing trend for the future of transformative change in world politics.