Corporate power and the politics of change / Matteo Gotti.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gotti, Matteo, 1995- Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Corporation law.

Corporations--Social aspects.

Corporations.

Corporations--Economic aspects.

Corporation law--Political aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxi, 217 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2026.

Summary:

In Corporate Power and the Politics of Change, Matteo Gatti examines how corporations have taken on roles traditionally reserved for governments - advocating on social issues, setting internal norms, and stepping in where public institutions fall short. This phenomenon, called corporate governing, takes two forms: socioeconomic advocacy, when companies take public stances, and government substitution, when they deliver services or protections the state does not provide. Drawing on legal doctrine and insights from the social sciences, Gatti shows how this shift reflects broader pressures within firms and deep dysfunction outside them. The rise of corporate governing has also triggered political, legal, and cultural backlash that challenges its legitimacy and reach. Clear-eyed and timely, this book offers a framework for understanding how corporate power reshapes policymaking and what that means for business and democracy.

Contents:

Corporations as agents of socioeconomic change where are we now?

Corporations as agents of socioeconomic change why now?

Corporate governing and the law

Normative foundations for assessing corporate governing

The promises and risks of coporate governing

Corproate governance safeguards for safe corporate governing.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 18 Dec 2025).

ISBN:

1-009-70447-8

1-009-70446-X