The Political Role of Corporate Citizens

An Interdisciplinary Approach
2013. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-137-02681-1
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 229 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 218 mm, Gewicht: 4139 g

Reihe: Palgrave Studies in Citizenship Transitions

This volume provides an interdisciplinary analysis on the political role of corporations in society by using the analytical device of corporate citizenship. It questions what ideas on corporate citizenship may say about the ongoing publicization of the corporation and the implications of these developments for the public domain and welfare state.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Svedberg Helgesson, Karin

Mörth, U.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Globalisierung, Transformationsprozesse
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Unternehmensorganisation, Corporate Responsibility Unternehmensethik
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Entwicklungsökonomie & Emerging Markets
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Wirtschaftspolitik, politische Ökonomie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Editor Preface Series Editor Preface 1. Introduction: Corporate Citizenship and the Political Role of the Corporation; Karin Svedberg Helgesson and Ulrika Mörth 2. Corporations and Clientelism: The Problem of Democratic Accountability for Corporate Citizenship; Steven Gerencser 3. Citizenship, Identity and the Corporation: Exploring New Avenues of Political Mediation; Andrew Crane, Dirk Matten and Jeremy Moon 4. Inadvertent Citizens: Corporate Citizenship and Moral Actorhood; Boris Holzer 5. Standards, Triple Bottom Lines and Balanced Scorecards: Shaping the Metaphor of Corporate Citizenship with Calculative Infrastructures; Fabrizio Panozzo 6. Revisiting Corporate Citizenship Theory and Practice from the Perspective of Local Communities in Africa: Lessons from Nigeria; Uwafiokun Idemudia 7. Various Corporate Citizenships in Bottom of the Pyramid Markets; Céline Cholez and Pascal Trompette 8. Citizenship, Choice, and Social Equality in Welfare Services; Paula Blomqvist 9. Corporate Citizens and 'the War on Terror'; Karin Svedberg Helgesson and Ulrika Mörth 10. Conclusions: The Political Role of Corporations; Karin Svedberg Helgesson and Ulrika Mörth

Über Autor(innen)

Paula Blomqvist, Uppsala University, Sweden
Pauline Cholez, University of Grenoble, France
Andrew Crane, York University, Canada

Steven Gerencser, Indiana University, USA
Boris Holzer, Bielefeld University, Germany

Uwafiokun Idemudia, York University, Canada
Dirk Matten, York University, Canada
Jeremy Moon, Nottingham University Business School, UK
Fabrizio Panozzo, Ca' Foscari University Venice and Freie Universität Bozen, Italy
Pascale Trompette, University of Grenoble, France