Organizing the 1%

William K. Carroll is Professor of Sociology at the University of Victoria, where he participates in the Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Cultural, Social and Political Thought. He is also a research associate at the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives and an associate editor of Socialist Studies. His current research includes a study of networks of corporate power, globally and in “Canada”, a study of anti-corporate globalization protests at the Summit of the Americas (Quebec, 2001) and a theoretical text on social movements. Dr. Carroll participates in the interdisciplinary graduate program in Cultural, Social and Political Thought and also has an active interest in emancipatory methods of social inquiry.J. P. Sapinski is an assistant professor of environmental studies at Université de Moncton. He is interested in how the structures of capitalism and corporate power mediate the social metabolism between human societies and the ecosphere, and how we can transform this relationship to make it just and sustainable. He is currently advancing projects on the carbon extractive industry in Canada, on fossil fuel divestment in universities, and on climate geoengineering, in which he develops a broad critique of ecological modernization and green capitalist perspectives. His work was published in Environmental Sociology, Global Networks, International Sociology, Critical Sociology, and the Journal of World-Systems Research.

• : What on Earth is Corporate Power? Corporations and Capitalism: From the Fur Trade to Big Oil: The Making of Corporate Power: Controlling the Corporation: The Operational Power of Management : Controlling the Capitalist Economy: Strategic Power and Capital Allocation: The Corporate Elite: A Tangled Web of Oligarchic Power: When Ideas Become Common Sense: The Corporate Reach into Culture and Politics: Beyond Corporate Oligarchy: Resistance and Alternatives: Notes: References: Index