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Property, Power and Politics

Why We Need to Rethink the World Power System

By Jean-Philippe Robé

Published

Oct 5, 2020

Page count

416 pages

ISBN

978-1529213171

Dimensions

234 x 156 mm

Imprint

Bristol University Press

Published

Oct 5, 2020

Page count

416 pages

ISBN

978-1529213164

Dimensions

234 x 156 mm

Imprint

Bristol University Press

Published

Oct 5, 2020

Page count

416 pages

ISBN

978-1529213188

Dimensions

Imprint

Bristol University Press

Published

Oct 5, 2020

Page count

416 pages

ISBN

978-1529213188

Dimensions

Imprint

Bristol University Press
Property, Power and Politics

Globalization is an extraordinary phenomenon affecting virtually everything in our lives. And it is imperative that we understand the operation of economic power in a globalized world if we are to address the most challenging issues our world is facing today, from climate change to world hunger and poverty.

This revolutionary work rethinks globalization as a power system feeding from, and in competition with, the state system. Cutting across disciplines of law, politics and economics, it explores how multinational enterprises morphed into world political organisations with global reach and power, but without the corresponding responsibilities.

In illuminating how the concentration of property rights within corporations has led to the rejection of democracy as an ineffective system of government and to the rise in inequality, Robé offers a clear pathway to a fairer and more sustainable power system.

"Robé’s wide-ranging analysis outlines what he calls the “World Power System,” which in his view has both integrated and transcended the bounds of the traditional nation-state." Journal of Law and Political Economy

Jean-Philippe Robé is a member of the Paris and New York Bars. He teaches law at the Sciences Po Law School in Paris and is an equity partner in one of the largest US law firms.

General Introduction;

Part 1 ~ Property;

Introduction to Part 1;

The Meaning of Property;

The Modern Constitutional Mode of Government;

Sovereignty and Property;

From Political Enterprise to the Modern State;

The Mixing of Democracy and Despotism;

Part 2 ~ Firms in the World Power System;

Introduction to Part 2;

Firms;

The Features of Business Corporations;

The Spreading of the Corporate System and Its Consequences;

Coping with Firms;

Towards a Sustainable World Power System.