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Zusatztext 'This timely and important collection addresses many of the critical shortcomings in conventional approaches to CSR by emphasizing issues of power and the role of regulatory governance in promoting corporate responsibility, and restraining acts of corporate irresponsibility.' - Professor Peter Newell, School of International Development, University of East Anglia, UK 'Historically informed, theoretically sophisticated and empirically grounded, this excellent volume brings together an interdisciplinary group of prominent authors to provide a piercing examination of the practices, potential and limitations of CSR.' Professor David L. Levy, Department of Management and Marketing, University of Massachusetts, Boston, USA 'Ongoing and recent crises have raised profound questions about the effectiveness and virtues of corporate social responsibility and deregulation. However, concerns about the difficulties and costs of developing adequate, appropriate and effective regulation continue to command attention. This volume sheds much light on these complex issues.' - Jomo Kwame Sundaram, United Nations Assistant Secretary-General for Economic Development Informationen zum Autor Michael Blowfield, University of Oxford, UKColin Crouch, Warwick Business School, UKRuth Findlay-Brooks, University of Cambridge, UKDoris Fuchs, University of Münster, Germany Catia Gregoratti, Newcastle University, UKPaddy Ireland, University of Kent, UKAgni Kalfagianni, University of Stuttgart, GermanyJosé Carlos Marques, McGill University, USANdangwa Noyoo, National Department of Social Development, South AfricaFlorence Palpacuer, University of Montpellier, FranceRenginee Pillay, University of Surrey, UKNgai-Ling Sum, Lancaster University, UKPeter Utting, United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD)James Van Alstine, University of Leeds, UKRob van Tulder, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The NetherlandsWayne Visser, Mannheim University, GermanyThurstan Wright, University of Cambridge, UK Klappentext This is the first of two volumes that examine the changing nature of state-business relations. This book assesses the potential and limits of CSR in developing countries, by focusing on aspects that are often ignored in the CSR literature: historical experience, theoretical perspectives, and institutional and political dimensions of change. "This timely and important collection addresses many of the critical shortcomings in conventional approaches to CSR by emphasizing issues of power and the role of regulatory governance in promoting corporate responsibility, and restraining acts of corporate irresponsibility." - Peter Newell, University of East Anglia, UK"Historically informed, theoretically sophisticated and empirically grounded, this excellent volume brings together an interdisciplinary group of prominent authors to provide a piercing examination of the practices, potential and limitations of CSR." David L. Levy, University of Massachusetts Boston, USA "Ongoing and recent crises have raised profound questions about the effectiveness and virtues of corporate social responsibility and deregulation. However, concerns about the difficulties and costs of developing adequate, appropriate and effective regulation continue to command attention. This volume sheds much light on these complex issues." - Jomo Kwame Sundaram, United Nations Assistant Secretary-General for Economic Development Zusammenfassung This is the first of two volumes that examine the changing nature of state-business relations. This book assesses the potential and limits of CSR in developing countries, by focusing on aspects that are often ignored in the CSR literature: historical experience, theoretical perspectives, and institutional and political dimensions of change. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Tables and Figures Preface Abbreviat...
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'This timely and important collection addresses many of the critical shortcomings in conventional approaches to CSR by emphasizing issues of power and the role of regulatory governance in promoting corporate responsibility, and restraining acts of corporate irresponsibility.' - Professor Peter Newell, School of International Development, University of East Anglia, UK
'Historically informed, theoretically sophisticated and empirically grounded, this excellent volume brings together an interdisciplinary group of prominent authors to provide a piercing examination of the practices, potential and limitations of CSR.' Professor David L. Levy, Department of Management and Marketing, University of Massachusetts, Boston, USA
'Ongoing and recent crises have raised profound questions about the effectiveness and virtues of corporate social responsibility and deregulation. However, concerns about the difficulties and costs of developing adequate, appropriate and effective regulation continue to command attention. This volume sheds much light on these complex issues.' - Jomo Kwame Sundaram, United Nations Assistant Secretary-General for Economic Development
