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Lobby Planet Paris just published!
DATELINE: 8/12/09
Among the many tourist guides about Paris, one was missing: the one about lobbies. Lobby Planet Paris highlights the "invisible hand" of the corporate capture of policy decision, free from democratic control.
Lobby Planet Paris offers a practical, playful and documented overview of corporate influence on political decisions in France. Through 52 places and 5 thematic examples, you will discover the methods used by corporations to maintain or expand their markets or to shut their critics up ... You'll also learn about the lobbyists, their methods and their favorite tricks, and how they are linked with policy makers.
Book content:
• 106 pages
• 3 maps
• Facts and specific examples;
• Information about food, energy, communications, water, asbestos lobbies ...
• Efforts to reach for more democracy and transparency.Lobby Planet Paris is a publication of AITEC coming after:
Spinning the wheels - London by Spinwatch: http://www.spinwatch.org Lobby Planet Brussels by Corporate Europe Observatory:
http://www.corporateeurope.org
Planet Berlin Lobby by Lobby Control: http://www.lobbycontrol.deLobby Planet Paris - The invisible hands guiding political decision ISBN 978-2-9535296-0-9
7 euros (postpaid) - Available by mail order (contact@lobbyplanetparis.fr). Distributed in bookstores by Dif'Pop.More information: http://www.lobbyplanetparis.fr
Last modified: Friday, December 11, 2009
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Nick Davies, Bad News: Benn Journalism Lecture 2009
DATELINE: 1/12/09Commercial imperatives are elbowing out truth in the UK media, says Nick Davies who reviewed media lies and the state of journalism in Britain today in the fourth Benn Lecture at Bristol Arnolfini Arts Centre on 26 November.
Bad News, 2009 Benn Lecture - mp3 12M
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