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The role of business in global governance Corporations as norm-entrepreneurs /

The Role of Business in Global Governance offers an empirically rich analysis of the new political role of corporations in the co-performance of governance functions beyond the state. Within comparative case studies, potential explanations of the political role of transnational corporations are syst...

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Main Authors: Flohr, Annegret, 1981
Group Author: Rieth, Lothar; Schwindenhammer, Sandra; Wolf, Klaus Dieter
Published:
Literature type: Electronic Software eBook
Language: English
Series: Global issues
Subjects:
Business and politics
Corporations > Political aspects
Corporate governance
Political Economy
Development Economics
Economics
Online Access: http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9780230277533
Summary: The Role of Business in Global Governance offers an empirically rich analysis of the new political role of corporations in the co-performance of governance functions beyond the state. Within comparative case studies, potential explanations of the political role of transnational corporations are systematically tested.
Item Description: Electronic book text.
Originally published in: 2010.
Carrier Form: 304 p. : 6 b&w, ill., 31.
ISBN: 9780230243972
9780230277533 :
0230277535 :
CLC: F112.1
Contents: List of Illustrations Foreword and Acknowledgements Notes on the Authors List of Abbreviations PART I: THE RESEARCH CONTEXT Introduction: Corporate Norm-entrepreneurship and Global Governance Basic Concepts and Assumptions PART II: CAUSES OF CORPORATE NORM-ENTREPRENEURSHIP The Social and Political Environment Actor Characteristics Institutional Arrangements Comparisons for Conclusions: Different Paths to Corporate Norm-entrepreneurship PART III: EVALUATING CORPORATE NORM-ENTREPRENEURSHIP The Effectiveness of Transnational Private Governance The Legitimacy Potential of Transnational Private G

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