{"product_id":"9781529211672-woke-capitalism","title":"Woke Capitalism","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHow Corporate Morality is Sabotaging Democracy\u003cbr\u003eThis book delves into the corporate takeover of public morality, or 'woke capitalism'.  Discussing the political causes that it has adopted, and the social causes that it has not, it argues that this extension of capitalism has negative implications for democracy's future.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE BUSINESS BOOK AWARDS 2022\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDoes ‘woke capitalism’ improve capitalism’s image or does it threaten the future of democracy?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom Nike’s support for Colin Kaepernick, to Gillette’s engagement with the toxic masculinity debate, the 21st century has seen a sharp increase in corporations taking over public morality, a phenomenon which has come to be known as ‘woke capitalism’.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCarl Rhodes takes us on a lively and fascinating history of woke capitalism – from 1950s corporate social responsibility, through 1980s neoliberalism, tracing it alongside the adoption and mutation of the term ‘woke’ from Black American culture – and brings us right up to current-day debates.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy examining the political causes that woke capitalism has co-opted, and the social causes that it has not, he argues that this surreptitious extension of capitalism has serious implications for us all.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40537551339617,"sku":"9781529211672","price":12.91,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_40835825_efe21e61-351e-48f6-94cd-ebb4b2364f54.jpg?v=1776406951","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781529211672-woke-capitalism","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}