Bilderberg People

of the Journal of Management Development and the Corporate Governance journal.

of the dynamics of consensus building among the world elite- fascinating reading - highly recommended!" Dr. Celia Romm Livermore, Editor-in-Chief, International Journal of E-Politics, School of Business Administration, Wayne State University, USA "Bilderberg People deftly probes a transnational, elite network; places this intriguing process in theoretical context; and relates it to current policy issues in Europe, the United States and beyond." James L. Garnett, Professor of Public Policy and Administration, Rutgers University at Camden "What looks like accidental and dispersed forces that shape world politics, might not be so random after all" Prof. Baroness Lutgart Van den Berghe, Executive Director, GUBERNA, The authors of the book "Bilderberg People: Elite Power and Consensus in World Affairs" challenge the fundamental existential problem of the modern world: institutional disharmony between the power relationships at the global scale, from one side, and the ethical imperatives of globalization, from another -- the later still to be formed in the environment dominated by the ideology of neo-liberalism. This book -- informative, analytical and comprehensive -- definitely will be demanded by the community of thinking people. Niko Melikadze, Director, The Strategic Research Center, Georgia This book is an absolute must-read for the globally concerned scholar with an interest in exploring how contemporary politics and the international system of governance seems incapable of creating coherent collective responses to transcendental global problems. The authors ask the critical question of how change can be brought about without destabilising existing, and advantageous, socio-economic establishments? By providing a first time insight to the powerful Bilderberg eltite network, the authors suggest that transnational elite networks provide dynamics of power and consensuses that serve as a critical mechanism for facilitating change in world politics. Acknowledging the obvious lack of democratic governance, this book attempts to bring understanding to the underlying powers, control and direction of this influential subpolitical activity. Professor Mette Morsing - Copenhagen Business School If privatization can be defined as a situation where private standards are turned into public norms without proof of their representativity, Bilderberg People is one of its sources... Prof. Yvon PESQUEUX, CNAM (Conservatoire National des Arts et Metiers) Paris, France "From elite perspectives seeking to control mass behaviour, this exciting study turns the focus back on global elite behaviour itself". Professor Alex Kouzmin, Southern Cross University, Australia "An intelligent, informative and level-headed analysis of the real influence of the worlds' leading "elite networks". Prof. Eric Cornuel, Director General & CEO, EFMD "So many words are said and written about "Bilderberg Group". But the more that is said and written, greater becomes the mystification of this theme and thereafter the savor of society. I dare say that the offered book, the co-author of which is a remarkable academician with singular talent, Mr. Andrew Kakabadse, will clarify this issue and give an answer to those questions" Mirza Davitai, Minister for Diasporia, Georgia A thoughtful and well researched assessment of power elites in the modern age Professor Mitchell Koza, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, USA "Bilderberg People" promises to expand both the theory and data available on the role of elites in shaping international politics. In a globalised world in which elites play a determining role, this book helps understand and influence this role of the elites". George Vassiliou, President of Cyprus - 1988 to 1993