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Informationen zum Autor Lorraine Talbot is an Associate Professor at Warwick Law School at the University of Warwick. She has written, researched and taught extensively on contextual, historical and critical approaches to company law, corporate governance and business organisations. She is currently writing the second edition of her 2008 book Critical Company Law and has published in many journals including the Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly, Common Law World Review and the Seattle Law Review. Lorraine is general editor of Warwick Law School's working papers and manages Warwick's multi-cultural scholars' programme. Klappentext This book provides a critical and comparative approach to corporate governance, setting out the concept of 'progressive corporate governance'. The book assesses the situation in Anglo-American, European and transitional economies, and considers progressive corporate governance in the light of the recent worldwide economic crises. Zusammenfassung This book provides a critical and comparative approach to corporate governance, setting out the concept of ‘progressive corporate governance’. The book assesses the situation in Anglo-American, European and transitional economies, and considers progressive corporate governance in the light of the recent worldwide economic crises. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1. Progressive Thought and the Historical Emergence of the Company in England 1770-1900 2. Corporate Governance in the United Kingdom in the Twentieth Century including a period of Progressive Governance 3. The United States and Progressive Governance: The Historical Development of the American Corporation 1790-1944 4. The Managerialists' Progressive Corporation and the Rise of Neo-Liberal Corporate Governance 5. The Retreat from Progress: Modern Corporate Governance, Substance and Form 6. The March to anti-progressiveness: Neo-Liberalism and Transition Economies 7. Conclusion: And in Conclusion: Towards a Progressive Corporate Governance ...
