Handbook of the international political economy of the corporation / edited by Andreas Nölke and Christian May (Institute of Political Science, Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Nölke, Andreas, 1963- editor.

May, Christian, editor.

Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.

Series:

Handbooks of research on international political economy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economics.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (496 pages).

Place of Publication:

Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar Pub., Incorporated, 2018.

Summary:

Over the past few decades, corporations have been neglected in studies of international political economy (IPE). Seeking to demystify them, what they are, how they behave and their goals and constraints, this Handbook introduces the corporation as a unit of analysis for students of IPE. Providing critical discussion of their global and domestic power, and highlighting the ways in which corporations interact with each other and with their socio-political environment, this Handbook presents a thorough and up-to-date overview of the main debates around the role of corporations in the global political economy. Bringing together international contributors, this Handbook provides a nuanced and global perspective on the IPE of corporations. With a multidisciplinary introduction to corporations from an IPE perspective, this Handbook investigates the role of the corporation in the twenty-first century and highlights the complexities of corporations and the environments in which they exist. Chapters provide insights into corporations' internal structures, how they are embedded in their national environments and how their transnational relations are structured, as well as their position in the global economy. Carefully written and edited to ensure accessibility, the Handbook of the International Political Economy of the Corporation is a crucial resource for students of IPE seeking to deepen their understanding of the discipline as well as for postgraduate scholars who need reference material within which to frame their research.

Contents:

Contents: 1. The delusion of the global corporation: introduction to the handbook / Christian May and Andreas Nölke

Part I The corporation and its stakeholders

2. Corporate governance and accountability / Antoine Rebérioux and Gwenael Roudaut

3. Interlocking directorates and corporate networks / Jean Philippe Sapinski and William K. Carroll

4. Labor in the corporation: the political economy of capital vs. the political economy of labor / Matthias Ebenau

5. Worker cooperatives and other alternative forms of business organization / Sanjay Pinto

6. Corporations, gender equality and women's empowerment: feminism co-opted? / Catia Gregoratti, Adrienne Roberts and Sofie Tornhill

7. The state and public corporations / Judith Clifton and Daniel Diaz-Fuentes

8. Corruption, organizational deviance and corporate compliance / Markus Pohlmann and Julian Klinkhammer

Part II Domestic institutional embedding of the corporation

9. The company in western business systems and national varieties of advanced capitalism / Sandra Eckert

10. The institutional embeddedness of transnational corporations: dependent capitalism in Central and Eastern Europe / Vera Scepanovic and Dorothee Bohle

11. Asian business systems / Michael A. Witt

12. Natural resource corporations and patrimonial capitalism: Russia and the Arab region / Alexandra Vasileva

13. Social embedding of the corporation: family corporations around the world / Diego Finchelstein

14. The varying role of the state in the making of Latin American multinationals / Moisés Villamil Balestro

15. Affirmative action and corporate development in Malaysia and South Africa / Hwok-Aun Lee and Lumkile Mondi

Part III Cross-border investments and negotiations

16. Multinational enterprises: theories, practices, effects and policies / Filip de Beule and Andreja Jaklič

17. Power relations within multinational corporations / Glenn Morgan

18. Host state bargaining with multinationals / Caner Bakir and Judith Woods

19. The corporation and violent conflict: perspectives, policy responses and future trends / Brian Ganson and Achim Wennmann

20. The international regime for investment: a history of failed multilateralism / Tarald Laudal Berge and Helge Hveem

21. The African corporation, "Africapitalism" and regional integration in Africa / Okechukwu C. Iheduru

Part IV The corporation as a global player

22. The corporation as an institution of global governance / Christopher May

23. Corporations and global standards of corporate social responsibility / Daniel Kinderman

24. The modern financial corporation and global policy / Kevin Young

25. Corporations and global trade policy-making in the 21st century / Jappe Eckhardt

26. Value chains and the world economy: genealogies and reformulations / Liam Campling and Benjamin Selwyn

27. The power of corporations in global food sector governance / Tobias Gumbert and Doris Fuchs

28. Global corporations and the governance of standards / Jean-Christophe Graz

Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print record.

ISBN:

9781785362538 (e-book)

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.