Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-189) and index.
LIST OF BOXES; LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; 1 Studying Business and Politics; 2 The History of Business and Politics; 3 Organizing Business; 4 Politics and the Giant Multinational Corporation; 5 Small Business and Politics; 6 Business Politics and Party Politics; 7 Business, Politics, and Society; 8 Restless Democracy and Restless Capitalism; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX.
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How much power does business exercise in Britain and the United States? Are giant firms that operate on a global scale beyond the control of elected governments? Are political parties in the pocket of business interests? All these questions go to the heart of the viability of a modern democracy, and have been given increased urgency since the end of 2007 and the economic crisis that has reverberated around the world. Business, Politics, and Society compares business and politics in two of the most important capitalist democracies: the United States and the United Kingdom. It introduces the big.
Business, politics, and society.
9780199202553
Business and politics-- Great Britain.
Business and politics-- United States.
Comparative government.
Business and politics.
Commercial policy.
Comparative government.
Demokratie
Demokratie.
Demokratie.
Einfluss
EU-Staaten.
Großbritannien.
Internationaler Vergleich.
Marktwirtschaft.
Marktwirtschaft.
Ordnungspolitik.
Ordnungspolitik.
POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Political Process-- Political Advocacy.