In Childhood Under Siege, Joel Bakan reveals the callous and widespread exploitation of children by profit-seeking corporations and society's failure to protect them. The creator of the award-winning film and internationally best-selling book The Corporation, Bakan shows how corporations pump billions of dollars into rendering parents and governments powerless to shield children from a relentless commercial assault designed solely to exploit their unique needs and vulnerabilities.
Focusing on the United States in particular, Bakan demonstrates how:
As governments retreat from their previous roles of protecting children from harm at the hands of corporations, Bakan writes, we, as a society, increasingly neglect children's needs, expose them to exploitation, and thus betray what we, as individuals, cherish most in our lives. Childhood Under Siege is a call to action to reverse these trends, an...
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"If you are an over reactive parent, do not read this book! It is a good book and has great information on how to protect your children but I can see some parents panicing." — Linda (4 out of 5 stars)
"If you are an over reactive parent, do not read this book! It is a good book and has great information on how to protect your children but I can see some parents panicing."
" It's really a 3.5. It's got a lot of good info, but I wish he would have gone into more depth on a number of his major points. It's certainly worth reading in any case. "
" typical agit-prop. A mere collection of examples of coporate excess and exploitation, with very little analysis. "
" An absolute must read for every parent. May God protect our children "
" I was a bit disappointed with this. I believe it is an important topic, but the writing was dry and boring. "
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