03049nam 2200661Ia 450 991045496210332120200520144314.01-282-34661-X97866123466130-19-154782-4(CKB)1000000000807098(EBL)472330(OCoLC)472873214(SSID)ssj0000290683(PQKBManifestationID)11211137(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000290683(PQKBWorkID)10230205(PQKB)10590118(MiAaPQ)EBC472330(Au-PeEL)EBL472330(CaPaEBR)ebr10348653(CaONFJC)MIL234661(EXLCZ)99100000000080709820091106d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBusiness, politics, and society[electronic resource] an Anglo-American comparison /Michael MoranOxford ;New York Oxford University Press20091 online resource (225 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-920256-7 0-19-920255-9 Includes bibliographical references (p. [173]-189) and index.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; INDEXHow 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 bigBusiness and politicsGreat BritainBusiness and politicsUnited StatesComparative governmentGreat BritainCommercial policyGreat BritainPolitics and governmentUnited StatesCommercial policyUnited StatesPolitics and governmentElectronic books.Business and politicsBusiness and politicsComparative government.322.30941Moran Michael1946-231633MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910454962103321Business, politics, and society2161508UNINA