LEADER 04734nam 22007934a 450 001 9910824539003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-4008-1262-3 010 $a1-282-75385-1 010 $a9786612753855 010 $a1-4008-2327-7 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400823277 035 $a(CKB)2670000000044510 035 $a(EBL)617317 035 $a(OCoLC)705527098 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000986379 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11547395 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000986379 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10933822 035 $a(PQKB)10905699 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000252800 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12087453 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000252800 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10185389 035 $a(PQKB)11484743 035 $a(OCoLC)52229881 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse36060 035 $a(WaSeSS)Ind00071632 035 $a(DE-B1597)446212 035 $a(OCoLC)979749347 035 $a(OCoLC)984676789 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781400823277 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL617317 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10031885 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL275385 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC617317 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000044510 100 $a19990312d2000 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aStuck in neutral$b[electronic resource] $ebusiness and the politics of human capital investment policy /$fCathie Jo Martin 205 $aCore Textbook 210 $aPrinceton, New Jersey $cPrinceton University Press$dc2000 215 $a1 online resource (277 p.) 225 1 $aPrinceton studies in American politics 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-691-00960-0 311 $a0-691-00961-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $t Frontmatter -- $tCONTENTS -- $tACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- $tABBREVIATIONS -- $tINTRODUCTION -- $tONE. Business and the Politics of Human Capital Investment -- $tTWO. A Century of Business Involvement in Social Provision -- $tTHREE. Nature or Nurture? Company Preferences for National Health Reform -- $tFOUR. On the Bus: Business Organization in Training and Work-Family Issues -- $tFIVE. The Least-Common-Denominator Business Community: Corporate Engagement with Health Policy -- $tSIX. United We Stand: Corporate Engagement with Training Policy -- $tSEVEN. An Affair to Remember: Small Business and the Republican Party against Family Leave -- $tEIGHT. Implications for Our Economic Future -- $tINDEX 330 $aAccording to conventional wisdom, big business wields enormous influence over America's political agenda and is responsible for the relatively limited scale of the country's social policies. In Stuck in Neutral, however, Cathie Jo Martin challenges that view, arguing that big business has limited involvement in social policy and in many instances desires broader social interventions. Combining hundreds of in-depth interviews with careful quantitative analysis, Martin shows that there is strong support among managers for government-sponsored training, health, work, and family initiatives to enhance workers' skills and productivity. This support does not translate into political action, surprisingly, because big firms are not organized to intervene effectively. Every large company has its own staff to deal with government affairs, but overarching organizations for the most part lobby ineffectively for the collective interests of big business in the social realm. By contrast, small firms, which cannot afford to lobby the government directly, rely on representative associations to speak for them. The unified voice of small business comes through much more clearly in policy circles than the diverse messages presented by individual corporations, ensuring that the small-business agenda of limited social policy prevails. A vivid portrayal of the interplay between business and politics, Stuck in Neutral offers a fresh take on some of the most controversial issues of our day. It is a must read for anyone interested in the past, present, and future of the American welfare state and political economy. 410 0$aPrinceton studies in American politics. 606 $aSocial responsibility of business$zUnited States 606 $aHuman capital$zUnited States 607 $aUnited States$xSocial policy 615 0$aSocial responsibility of business 615 0$aHuman capital 676 $a658.4/08 700 $aMartin$b Cathie J$0127617 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910824539003321 996 $aStuck in neutral$94118279 997 $aUNINA