Screen LibraryBusiness power in global governance
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Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc.,
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| Publisher Address: | Boulder |
| Publication Dates: | 2007. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | x, 233 p.: ill. ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9781588264923 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1588264920 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9781588264688 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1588264688 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| Index Number: | F270 |
| CLC: |
F270-05 F276.7-05 |
| Call Number: | F276.7-05/F951 |
| Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-220) and index. Preface -- Exploring the role of business in global governance -- Global governance, business, and the question of power -- The approach -- The structure of the book -- Concluding thoughts -- Globalization and global governance --The setting: a globalizing world -- From globalization to global governance -- Politics in a post-cold war world: global governance -- Concluding thoughts -- Business as an actor in global governance -- Business and politics -- Analyzing power -- The three-dimensional analysis of the power of business in global governance -- Concluding thoughts -- Political mobilization -- Growing instrumental power at the national level -- Expanding instrumental power beyond the national level -- Concluding thoughts -- Structural power: old and new facets -- Channels of the structural power of business -- Codes of conduct as structural power -- Concluding thoughts -- The power of ideas -- Expanding discursive power -- The power of the discursive power of business? -- Concluding thoughts -- Interpreting the power of business in global governance -- The role of business in global governance -- Implications for politics -- Implications for research -- Outlook. Has the political power of big business, particularly transnational corporations (TNCs), increased in our globalizing world? What, if anything, constrains TNCs? Analyzing the role of business in the global arena, this systematic and theoretically grounded book addresses these questions. Fuchs considers the implications of expanded lobbying efforts by businesses and business associations, the impact of capital mobility, and developments in the area of self-regulation and public-private partnerships. She also highlights the role of business in framing policy issues and influencing public debate. Clearly identifying the sources of the marked increase in the political power of TNCs, she also provides ample evidence of the limitations and vulnerabilities that rein them in. About Author: Doris Fuchs is professor of international relations and European integration at the University of Stuttgart. She is author of An Institutional Basis for Environmental Stewardship. |