Corporate Strategy and the Politics of Goodwill
Subtitle: A Political Analysis of Corporate Philanthropy in America (American University Studies Series X, Political Science)
Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing
Published: March 1995
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 202
ISBN-13: 9780820421285
Subjects: Philanthropy & Charity; Corporate Philanthropy; Sociology; Charitable contributions; Corporations; Political activity; United States; Politics/International Relations
Description: One of the more controversial on-going debates in the social sciences concerns the relationship between business, government, and society. This original study makes a significant contribution to that debate by analyzing the relationship between political pressure and corporate philanthropy. Specifically, the effects of public opinion, interest group pressure, regulation, and formalized corporate-government relations along with various economic data are tested.

The author develops compelling and thought-provoking hypotheses and tests them with unique, revealing data and appropriate statistical techniques.