Sharon Beder Knihy

The book exposes the strategies employed by the international corporate elite to manipulate global politics for their gain. It details the formation of business associations and think tanks in the 1970s that influenced public policy, leading to the privatization of essential services in the following decades. Additionally, it critiques the ongoing efforts to reshape the global economy, warning against the consequences of corporate dominance, such as conflict and environmental degradation. Beder encourages readers to envision and strive for a democratic world that prioritizes people's needs over corporate interests.

Takes a interdisciplinary and analytical approach to the development, implementation and impact of environmental policies that govern our relationship with the environment. This work also covers how principles are applied in real life to a range of issues from persistent chemical pollution to climate change to fishing rights and watershed usage.

Global Spin reveals the sophisticated techniques being used around the world by powerful conservative forces to try to change the way the public and politicians think about the environment. Large corporations are using their influence to reshape public opinion, to weaken gains made by environmentalists, and to turn politicians against increased environmental regulation. Global Spin shows how, in a relentless assault on democracy and its institutions, the massive, covert power of large corporations has enabled corporate agendas to dominate the international debate about the state of the environment and the most effective means of solving environmental problems