Corporate social responsibility and the welfare state : the historical and contemporary role of CSR in the mixed economy of welfare / / Jeanette Brejning

• Autore: Brejning Jeanette
• Pubblicazione: Burlington, Vt., : Ashgate, 2012
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (208 p.)
• Disciplina: 658.4/08
• Soggetto topico: Social responsibility of business; Welfare state; Social policy; Globalization - Social aspects
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: List of figures -- Acknowledgments -- List of abbreviations -- Introduction : examining the social dimension of corporate social responsibility -- Theory and concepts -- Theoretical framework : integrating historical institutionalism and the mixed economy of welfare approach -- Corporate social responsibility : making sense of a contested concept -- A history of corporate social responsibility in the mixed economy of welfare -- Connections to nineteenth century philanthropy : CSR in the commercial sector -- CSR as social policy : CSR in the public sector -- CSR, globalization and anti-globalization : CSR and the non-profit sector -- Case study : views from csr practitioners in England and Denmark -- Is there a "social case" for CSR? : views on the social impacts of CSR -- CSR and the changing welfare state : does CSR constitute a roll-back of the state? -- Conclusion: the welfare state, CSR, and the future -- References -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: Based on interviews with a wide spectrum of people who work with CSR in England, Denmark and in the EU Commission, the book argues that when CSR is linked to social exclusion it is a way of renegotiating responsibilities in mixed economies of welfare. By situating CSR within the conceptual framework of the mixed economy of welfare and using Historical Institutionalism as a theoretical perspective to explore and explain the relationship between the welfare state and CSR, this book makes an innovative contribution to critical debates in comparative social policy.
• Titolo autorizzato: Corporate social responsibility and the welfare state
• ISBN: 1-315-57432-2; 1-317-15937-3; 1-317-15936-5; 1-283-36763-7; 9786613367631; 1-4094-2452-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910828604503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II