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Title

The political economy of the company / edited by John Parkinson, Andrew Gamble and Gavin Kelly.

Publication

Oxford ; Portland, Or. : Hart Pub., 2000.

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Additional Authors

• Parkinson, J. E. (John E.)
• Gamble, Andrew.
• Kelly, Gavin, 1970-

Description

viii, 311 p.; 24 cm.

Summary

Theoretical writing on the company and company law has been dominated in recent years by economics. This collection of essays by a distinguished team of authors drawn from a variety of disciplines seeks to build on the insights of this economic analysis and broaden understanding by examining the company in a wider historical,legal, political, and sociological context. Issues discussed include the attitudes of political parties in the UK to the company, the rise of the non-executive director, institutional activism and stakeholder protection, and the evolution of the nexus of contracts theory of the company. There is also a strong comparative theme, with discussions of the political and sociological context of corporate governance in France, Germany, and Japan, together with developments at the European level.

Subject

• Microeconomics
• Corporate governance > Great Britain
• Corporation law > Great Britain

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction: the political economy of the company / Andrew Gamble, Gavin Kelly, and John Parkinson -- The politics of the company / Andrew Gamble and Gavin Kelly -- The Labour Party and the company / Ben Clift, Andrew Gamble, and Michael Harris -- The public interest and the company in Germany / Shawn Donnelly -- Worker rights and responsibilities in the modern company / Robert Taylor -- The conceptual foundations of the company: a pluralist approach / Gavin Kelly and John Parkinson -- Defending the rentier: corporate theory and the reprivatization of the public company / Paddy Ireland --Corporate governance in a political climate: the impact of public policy regimes on corporate governance in the UK / Sue Bowden -- Institutional investors: what are their responsibilities as shareholders? / G P Stapledon -- Evolution and policy in company law: the non-executive director / John Parkinson -- Comparative corporate governance: sociological perspective / Gregory Jackson.

ISBN

1841131202

OCLC

• 59574843
• SCSB-10447397

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library