Politics and the Corporation
Harland . Ed(S): Prechel
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Hardback. Focuses on the ways in which corporations exercise political power, and how changes in the political-legal arrangements in which corporations are embedded affect their organizational behavior. This volume examines the historical and dialectical relationship between the corporation and the state. Editor(s): Prechel, Harland. Series: Research in Political Sociology. Num Pages: 264 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: KJU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 548.
This volume focuses on the ways in which corporations exercise political power, and how changes in the political-legal arrangements in which corporations are embedded affect their organizational behavior. Drawing from a range of theoretical perspectives, the articles in this collection further our understanding of political capitalism, the utilization of political outlets to attain conditions of stability, predictability, and security in the economy and to preserve the social relations in capitalist society. Corporations exercise political and economic power to establish public policies that facilitate rationalization of the economy: creating the political, economic and ideological conditions that are intended to advance their ... Read more
This volume focuses on the ways in which corporations exercise political power, and how changes in the political-legal arrangements in which corporations are embedded affect their organizational behavior. Drawing from a range of theoretical perspectives, the articles in this collection further our understanding of political capitalism, the utilization of political outlets to attain conditions of stability, predictability, and security in the economy and to preserve the social relations in capitalist society. Corporations exercise political and economic power to establish public policies that facilitate rationalization of the economy: creating the political, economic and ideological conditions that are intended to advance their ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Emerald Group Publishing Limited United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Series
Research in Political Sociology
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780762312177
SKU
V9780762312177
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Ref
99-15
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