by As I've been saying for some time. It's right out of the disaster capitalism playbook. While the conspiracy theories about this are loony, there is a certain truth to them. This is an extension of the neoliberal project for installing global corporatism as the basis of global governance through internationalism, of which international interventionism is a part. Nothing new to see here, really. The tactics have changed with changing conditions. That is all.The idea of stakeholder capitalism and multi-stakeholder partnerships might sound warm and fuzzy, until we dig deeper and realise that this actually means giving corporations more power over society, and democratic institutions less....Instead of corporations serving many stakeholders, in the multi-stakeholder model of global
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As I've been saying for some time.
It's right out of the disaster capitalism playbook. While the conspiracy theories about this are loony, there is a certain truth to them. This is an extension of the neoliberal project for installing global corporatism as the basis of global governance through internationalism, of which international interventionism is a part. Nothing new to see here, really. The tactics have changed with changing conditions. That is all.
The idea of stakeholder capitalism and multi-stakeholder partnerships might sound warm and fuzzy, until we dig deeper and realise that this actually means giving corporations more power over society, and democratic institutions less....
Instead of corporations serving many stakeholders, in the multi-stakeholder model of global governance, corporations are promoted to being official stakeholders in global decision-making, while governments are relegated to being one of many stakeholders. In practice, corporations become the main stakeholders, while governments take a backseat role, and civil society is mainly window dressing.…
Ivan Wecke, a political scientist and writer