RISQ | Review of International Social Questions

Critique of Triple Bottom Line Popular

This is a page offering a critique of the "Triple Bottom Line" paradigm. We are in favour of corporate social responsibility, but worry that talking in terms of a "Triple Bottom Line" is unproductive, and indeed potentially dangerous.
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Empire Popular

(2000) by Antonio Negri & Michael Hardt. Full text of the book online!
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Globalization and its Discontents Popular

(2002) by Joseph E. Stiglitz, former Chief Economist of the World Bank, and Winner of the 2001 Nobel Prize in Economics. Review of the book and a bibliography of Stiglitz with links to full text, online publications.
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Network Society Popular

Site devoted to the work of Manuell Castells (partly in Dutch).
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New Scrambles on the Bloc: EU, TNCs & Regionalism Popular

Article written in 2002 by RISQ Associate E.K. Bensah for the Brussels-based NGO ICDA, where he is still working. In the article, he provides an overview of issues/articles on regional trade.
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No Logo Popular

(1999) by Naomi Klein; "The book that became a movement".
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Set the media free Popular

A simple manifest in favour of freedom of expression. This article is published by the French magazine 'Monde Diplomatique', with translations in English.
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The Silent Takeover Popular

(2000) by Noreena Hertz. Review of the book in Socialism Today.
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