Shadow Sovereigns

Susan George is a high profile political scholar and activist whose previous books have been widely read and translated. She is currently president of the board of the Transnational Institute, a world-wide fellowship of scholars and activists.

• IntroductionChapter One:  Lobbies, Mega-Lobbies and How To Join ThemChapter Two: Transnational Treaties: Tailored By and For Transnational CorporationsChapter Three: “Regulatory Cooperation”: More Danger AheadChapter Four: Corporate Troops Invade the United NationsChapter Five: Davos: Designer Of The Future?Conclusion

"Susan George’s work has provided deep understanding of the world in which we live. Shadow Sovereigns carries these insights further to the carefully hidden core of global decision-making, a matter of prime significance for those who hope to take their fate into their own hands in times when critical decisions will determine the future of the human experiment."Noam Chomsky, Massachusetts Institute of Technology"Driven by a virulent strain of neoliberalism, the global corporate assault on democracy has now reached unprecedented and planet-cooking extremes. Nobody is better qualified than Susan George to document and dissect the inner workings of this process. The result is a book will galvanize those new to the subject while providing veteran opponents with renewed urgency and fresh insights."Naomi Klein, author of This Changes Everything and The Shock Doctrine"Susan George has found and revealed the blueprint that transnational corporations are using to conquer our political system. In this vital book, written with characteristic rigor and flair, she lifts the veil on the many mechanisms through which corporations buy politicians, manipulate global policy, and in the process render our democracy a farcical pantomime. Most importantly, Shadow Sovereigns hauls corporations out of the dark where they like to operate and shows them to be the frontline troops in the neoliberal assault on public life. George’s diagnosis that the grand Enlightenment tradition is being fatally corrupted by what she calls the Great Neoliberal Regression is chilling. But by shining a light on our new silent rulers and telling us how they work, George replenishes the intellectual armory we need to fight back."Matt Kennard, author of Irregular Army and The Racket