Europe Inc.
Regional and Global Restructuring and the Rise of Corporate Power

Shows how transnational corporations use lobby groups to shape EU policy. New updated edition

They examine how governments have been persuaded to increase competitiveness by dismantling and privatising public services, deregulating industry, and dismantling social and environmental protections; the increasing influence of corporate lobby groups on decision makers and the corresponding lack of voice given to small business, organised labour and individual citizens; the impact of the single market and currency; structural adjustment in Eastern Europe; the role of European industrial lobby groups within the WTO, and the important Multilateral Agreement on Investment. Case studies include the biotech industry, the public relations industry and the UN climate summit.

Corporate Europe
1. Welcome To Corporate Europe
2. Laying The Foundations: European PR Agencies And Think-Tanks
3. Writing The Script: The European Roundtable Of Industrialists
4. UNICE: Industry's Well-Oiled Lobby Machine
5. AMCHAM Chimes In With The Brussels Corporate Choir
6. Polishing The EMU: The Association For The Monetary Union Of Europe
7. Doing Business In Amsterdam: The ERT, UNICE And The Treaty Of Amsterdam
8. Oiling The Wheels: Lobbying For European Transport Infrastructure
9. Forcefeeding Europe: The Biotech Lobby
II Going Global
10. Globalisation: Corporate-led, EU-fed
11. The Transatlantic Connection
12. Maigalomania: The Global Corporate Investment Agenda And The Citizens' Movement Opposing It
13. The WTO Millennium Bug: Corporate Control over Global Trade Politics
III Planet Inc.
14. Planet Inc.
15. Global Elite Meetings: The Bilderberg Group, The Trilateral Commission And The World Economic Forum
16. Exploiting Sustainability: The World Business Council For Sustainable Development
17. The Weather Gods: Corporations Profit From Climate Change
18. The Corporate Cooptation Of The United Nations
IV Challenging Corporate Power
19. Challenging Corporate Power
V. Appendices 1. Navigating The Brussels Labyrinth: The European Union And Its Institutions 2. A Condensed History Of The EU 3. List Of ERT Members And Their Companies 4. Glossary Of Abbreviations 5. Resources.