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Quiet Politics and Business Power

Quiet Politics and Business Power Law

Quiet Politics and Business Power

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Does democracy control business, or does business control democracy? This study of how companies are bought and sold in four countries - France, Germany, Japan and the Netherlands - explores this fundamental question. It does so by examining variation in the rules of corporate control - specifically, whether hostile takeovers are allowed. Takeovers have high political stakes: they result in corporate reorganizations, layoffs and the unraveling of compromises between workers and managers. But the public rarely pays attention to issues of corporate control. As a result, political parties and legislatures are largely absent from this domain. Instead, organized managers get to make the rules, quietly drawing on their superior lobbying capacity and the deference of legislators. These tools, not campaign donations, are the true founts of managerial political influence.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
illustrated
Number of Pages:
248
Release Date:
2011-01-20
Publication Date:
2010-11-01
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0521134137
ISBN13:
9780521134132
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
Weight:
383 g
Height:
156 cm
Width:
234 cm
Thickness:
14 cm
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