Managing Democracy, Managing Dissent: Capitalism, Democracy and the Organisation of Consent

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Managing Democracy, Managing Dissent includes twenty essays–written by writers, academics and activists and edited by Corporate Watch researcher Rebecca Fisher–which collectively argue that genuine democracy and capitalism exist in fundamental contradiction, and explores how this contradiction is sustained via propaganda, manipulation of public opinion, and the co-option, marginalisation and repression of dissent.

This ground-breaking book reveals how despite its inherently anti-democratic nature, global capitalism is dependent upon the manipulation of the concept of democracy to survive. It thus exposes a potential weakness at the heart of capitalism, which activists and campaigners can usefully target in their struggle against oppression and environmental destruction.