Global Governance and Corporate Responsibility in Conflict Zones

Corporations in conflict zones and their provision of security are particularly relevant for understanding whether private actors are increasingly sources of governance contributions that regulate public goods. Feil highlights the discrepancies between political and theoretical expectations of corporate engagement and governance contributions.

List of contents

Introduction Businesses in War and Peace Concepts of Socio-Political Corporate Engagement A Framework of Analysis for Corporate Governance Contributions in Conflict Zones Case Studies from Central Africa Explanations for Corporate Engagement Conclusion Appendices

About the author

MOIRA FEIL is Senior Project Manager at Adelphi Research in Berlin, Germany, where she has worked extensively on interactions of natural resource management and environmental change with development, security and peace-building. Prior to this, she was a researcher at the Peace Research Institute Frankfurt, Germany.

Summary

Corporations in conflict zones and their provision of security are particularly relevant for understanding whether private actors are increasingly sources of governance contributions that regulate public goods. Feil highlights the discrepancies between political and theoretical expectations of corporate engagement and governance contributions.

Product details

• Authors: M Feil, M. Feil, Moira Feil
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.01.2014
• EAN: 9781349338801
• ISBN: 978-1-349-33880-1
• No. of pages: 255
• Series: Global Issues; Global issues series; Global Issues (Palgrave MacMil; Global Issues
• Subjects: Guides > Hobby, home; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Management; B, Peace, Conflict Studies, Corporate Governance, International Relations, Business ethics & social responsibility, Political Economy, Business Ethics, Business ethics and social responsibility, International Organization, International Political Economy, Peace studies & conflict resolution, Palgrave Political & Intern. Studies Collection, International Political Economy’, Peace and Conflict Studies