The political economy of the company
By: edited by John Parkinson, Andrew Gamble and Gavin Kelly.
Contributors: Parkinson, J. E.; Kelly, Gavin, 1970-; Gamble, Andrew.
Publisher: Hart; Distributed in the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg by Intersentia, Churchillaan 108
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Oxford; Portland, Or
Language: eng
Number of pages: 311
Subjects: Corporations.; Corporate governance.; Business enterprises.
Description: Theoretical writing on the company and company law has been dominated in recent years by economics. This collection of essays by a distinguished team of authors drawn from a variety of disciplines seeks to build on the insights of this economic analysis and broaden understanding by examining the company in a wider historical,legal, political, and sociological context. Issues discussed include the attitudes of political parties in the UK to the company, the rise of the non-executive director, institutional activism and stakeholder protection, and the evolution of the nexus of contracts theory of the company. There is also a strong comparative theme, with discussions of the political and sociological context of corporate governance in France, Germany, and Japan, together with developments at the European level
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: l; title: 1. Introduction: The Political Economy of the Company; title: ANDREW GAMBLE, GAVIN KELLY, AND JOHN PARKINSON; title: 2. The Politics of the Company; title: ANDREW GAMBLE AND GAVIN KELLY; title: 3. The Labour Party and the Company; title: BEN CLIT, ANDREW GAMBLE, AND MICHAEL IIARRIS; title: 4. The Public Interest and the Company in Germany; title: SHAWN DONNELLY; title: 5. Worker Rights and Responsibilities in the Modern Company; title: ROBERT TAYLOR; title: 6. The Conceptual Foundations of the Company: A Pluralist; title: Approach; title: GAVIN KELLY AND JOHN PARKINSON; title: 7. Defending the Rentier: Corporate Theory and the Reprivatization; title: of the Public Company; title: PADDY IRELAND; title: 8. Corporate Governance in a Political Climate: The Impact of; title: Public Policy Regimes on Corporate Governance in the UK; title: SUE BOWDEN; title: 9. Institutional Investors: What Are Their Responsibilities as; title: Shareholders?; title: G P STAPLEDON; title: 10. Evolution and Policy in Company Law: The Non-Executive; title: Director; title: JOHN PARKINSON; title: 11. Comparative Corporate Governance: Sociological Perspectives; title: GREGORY JACKSON; title: Index.