{"product_id":"the-rise-of-the-american-corporate-security-state-isbn-9781626561946","title":"The Rise of the American Corporate Security State","description":"\u003cb\u003e“A vital book about the ridiculously cozy relationship between corporate wealth and government power and how it only seems to be getting worse” (William Cohan, author of \u003ci\u003eMoney and Power\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the United States today we have good reasons to be afraid. Our Bill of Rights has been rendered powerless by ubiquitous surveillance and our freedoms are impaired by government control of information, systemic financial corruption, and unfettered corporate influence in our elections. Behind a thinning veneer of democracy, the Corporate Security State is tipping the balance between the self-interest of a governing corporate elite and the rights of the people to freedom, safety, and fairness.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eRise of The American Corporate Security State\u003c\/i\u003e, Beatrice Edwards examines the real reasons to be afraid in twentyt-first century America, and outlines how we can address them. Our first steps in the right direction may be small, but they are important. They are based on the principle that we have a right to know what our government is doing and to speak openly about it. Creeping censorship, secret courts, and clandestine corporate control are all anathema to democratic practices and must be corrected now—before this last chance to redeem our rights is lost.\u003cb\u003eForeword\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e PART I: THE NATIONAL SECURITY STATE\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eChapter 1: The Government-Corporate Complex: What It Knows About You\u003cbr\u003e Reason to be afraid #1: Average citizens are subject to ever-expanding surveillance and data collection by the government-corporate complex. \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2:  Official Secrets: Absolute Control\u003cbr\u003e Reason to be afraid #2: Control of information by the government-corporate complex is expanding.  \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3: The Constitution Intact; The Bill of Rights Annulled\u003cbr\u003e Reason to be afraid #3: Rights guaranteed by Constitutional Amendments are becoming irrelevant. Reporting a crime may be a crime and informing the public of the truth is treason.  \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePART II: THE CORPORATE SECURITY COMPLEX   \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eChapter 4:  Zombie Law: The Corporate Security Campaign That Will Not Die\u003cbr\u003e Reason to be afraid #4: The government-corporate surveillance complex is consolidating. What has been a confidential but informal collaboration now seeks to legalize its special status.\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 5: Financial Reform: Dead on Arrival\u003cbr\u003e Reason to be afraid #5: Financial reforms enacted after the crisis are inoperable and ineffective because of inadequate investigations and intensive corporate lobbying.\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 6: Prosecution Deferred: Justice Denied\u003cbr\u003e Reason to be Afraid #6: Systemic corruption and a fundamental conflict of interest are driving us toward the precipice of new economic crises. \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 7: The New Regime\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003cbr\u003e About the Author\u003cbr\u003e About GAP\u003c\/b\u003e“Bea Edwards has written a vital book about the ridiculously cozy relationship between corporate wealth and government power and how it only seems to be getting worse. It's up to the rest of us now to do something about it.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e—William Cohan, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times \u003c\/i\u003ereporter and author of \u003ci\u003eMoney and Power: How Goldman Sachs Came to Rule the World\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “A must-read for those who love this country and wish to preserve its fast-fading democracy. Edwards is an extraordinary writer who brilliantly captures the essence of what whistleblowers such as Snowden have sacrificed their careers and jeopardized their personal liberties to convey to each of us. This book has arrived just in time if—and only if—those who are moved by it take concerted practical actions to reverse the silent coup that we suffered in 2001.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e—Daniel Ellsberg, Pentagon Papers whistleblower and Director, Freedom of the Press Foundation\u003c\/b\u003eBeatrice Edwards is both the executive director and the international program director at the Government Accountability Project, which is currently one of Edward Snowden’s legal representatives. She holds a master’s degree in Latin American studies from the University of Texas and a doctorate in sociology from American University.","brand":"Berrett-Koehler Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48233736405221,"sku":"NP9781626561946","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781626561946.jpg?v=1767741249","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/the-rise-of-the-american-corporate-security-state-isbn-9781626561946","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}