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Corporate power and social policy in a global economy : British welfare under the influence
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Corporate power and social policy in a global economy : British welfare under the influence / Kevin Farnsworth.
ISBN
9781847425867
9781861344748
Publication
Bristol, UK : Policy Press, 2004.
Manufacture
Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2021
Copyright Notice Date
©2004.
Physical Description
1 online resource (232 pages): illustrations
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Summary
This groundbreaking book investigates and documents corporate influence on social policies at global/regional, national and local levels. It argues that we cannot understand the recent history and present direction of the welfare state unless we focus on the role that business has played in its development.
Variant and related titles
Project MUSE books annual backfile collection 2021.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
July 13, 2023
Contents
Introduction : globalisation, corporate power and social policies
Business and social policy
Globalisation, corporate structural power and social policy
Globalisation, Europeanisation, corporate agency power and social policy
The national level : business and social policy in the UK
Business and local welfare services
The social policies of corporations : occupational welfare and corporate social responsibility
Conclusion : corporate power and social policy in global context.
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