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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454962103321

Autore

Moran Michael <1946->

Titolo

Business, politics, and society [[electronic resource] ] : an Anglo-American comparison / / Michael Moran

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2009

ISBN

1-282-34661-X

9786612346613

0-19-154782-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (225 p.)

Disciplina

322.30941

Soggetti

Business and politics - Great Britain

Business and politics - United States

Comparative government

Electronic books.

Great Britain Commercial policy

Great Britain Politics and government

United States Commercial policy

United States Politics and government

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [173]-189) and index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; LIST OF BOXES; LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; 1 Studying Business and Politics; 2 The History of Business and Politics; 3 Organizing Business; 4 Politics and the Giant Multinational Corporation; 5 Small Business and Politics; 6 Business Politics and Party Politics; 7 Business, Politics, and Society; 8 Restless Democracy and Restless Capitalism; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

How much power does business exercise in Britain and the United States? Are giant firms that operate on a global scale beyond the control of elected governments? Are political parties in the pocket of business interests? All these questions go to the heart of the viability of a modern democracy, and have been given increased urgency since the end of 2007 and the economic crisis that has reverberated around the world. Business, Politics, and Society compares business and politics in



two of the most important capitalist democracies: the United States and the United Kingdom. It introduces the big