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The Anthropology of Corporate Social Responsibility
Catherine Dolan (Ed.)
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Description for The Anthropology of Corporate Social Responsibility
Hardback. The collection traces the connections and conflicts between the local politics of corporate engagement and the global movements of CSR, revealing the ways in which social and environmental relations are transformed through the regimes of ethical capitalism. Editor(s): Dolan, Catherine; Rajak, Dinah. Series: Dislocations. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1 illustration. BIC Classification: JHMC; KJG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 160 x 237 x 20. Weight in Grams: 552.
The Anthropology of Corporate Social Responsibility explores the meanings, practices, and impact of corporate social and environmental responsibility across a range of transnational corporations and geographical locations (Bangladesh, Cameroon, Chile, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, India, Peru, South Africa, the UK, and the USA). The contributors examine the expectations, frictions and contradictions the CSR movement is generating and addressing key issues such as the introduction of new forms of management, control, and discipline through ethical and environmental governance or the extent to which corporate responsibility challenges existing patterns of inequality rather than generating new geographies of inclusion ... Read more
The Anthropology of Corporate Social Responsibility explores the meanings, practices, and impact of corporate social and environmental responsibility across a range of transnational corporations and geographical locations (Bangladesh, Cameroon, Chile, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, India, Peru, South Africa, the UK, and the USA). The contributors examine the expectations, frictions and contradictions the CSR movement is generating and addressing key issues such as the introduction of new forms of management, control, and discipline through ethical and environmental governance or the extent to which corporate responsibility challenges existing patterns of inequality rather than generating new geographies of inclusion ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Series
Dislocations
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781785330711
SKU
V9781785330711
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Ref
99-1
About Catherine Dolan (Ed.)
Catherine Dolan is on the faculty of anthropology at SOAS, University of London, and holds fellowships at James Martin Institute, Green Templeton College and Said Business School, all at University of Oxford. Her research centres on contemporary forms of moral capitalism, including Fair Trade, inclusive development and bottom of the pyramid business, in Africa. She is a co-founder of the ... Read more
Reviews for The Anthropology of Corporate Social Responsibility
This is an insightful and original compilation of research on the novel ways in which 'market and society', and underlying dynamics of accumulation and sociality, get entangled and transformed through contemporary corporate practice. The wide range of empirical terrain traversed - in terms of the chapters' diverse ideational, social and regional settings - sets the stage for an illuminating comparative ... Read more