The role of business in global governance: corporations as norm-entrepreneurs

The Role of Business in Global Governance offers an empirically rich analysisof the new political role of corporations in the co-performance of governancefunctions beyond the state. Within comparative case studies, potential explanations of the political role of transnational corporations are systematically tested. INDICE: List of Illustrations - Foreword and Acknowledgements - Notes on the Authors - List of Abbreviations - PART I: THE RESEARCH CONTEXT - Introduction: Corporate Norm-entrepreneurship and Global Governance - Basic Concepts andAssumptions - PART II: CAUSES OF CORPORATE NORM-ENTREPRENEURSHIP - The Socialand Political Environment - Actor Characteristics - Institutional Arrangements - Comparisons for Conclusions: Different Paths to Corporate Norm-entrepreneurship - PART III: EVALUATING CORPORATE NORM-ENTREPRENEURSHIP - The Effectiveness of Transnational Private Governance - The Legitimacy Potential of Transnational Private Governance - Towards a New Institutional Architecture for Global Governance: the Political Role of the Private Sector - Bibliography - Index

• ISBN: 978-0-230-24397-2
• Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 304
• Fecha Publicación: 13/01/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés