Not a Conspiracy Theory: How Business Propaganda Hijacks Democracy - Softcover

Gutstein, Donald

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1554701910 ISBN 13: 9781554701919

Publisher: Key Porter Books, 2009

Synopsis

Citizens often complain that their politicians are greedy, corrupt, double-talking, and unqualified but the complaint that perhaps rouses the most anger is the most fundamental: the charge that politicians aren’t listening to their constituency. In Not a Conspiracy Theory, Gutstein posits that they may not be. In a deft treatise on the modern political machine, Gutstein describes the prolonged propaganda campaigns mounted by big business to change our minds on fundamental issues of social life. Arguing that politicians are more swayed by the corporate sector than we’d like to believe, Gutstein illuminates a troubling trend in modern politics, making this book a must-read for students of democracy, activists of any stripe, and citizens who want to wrest control of their government from the clutches of the business world.

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About the Author:

DONALD GUTSTEIN teaches in the school of communication at Simon Fraser University and is the author of three acclaimed but controversial books: e.con: How the Internet Undermines, The New Landlords, Democracy and Vancouver Ltd. He has studied the media for more than ten years as co-director of Project Censored and NewsWatch Canada and has written many articles for magazines and online sites devoted to media and social policy. He lives in Vancouver, BC.

About this edition

• Publisher: Key Porter Books
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1554701910
• ISBN 13: 9781554701919
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 376