Introduction : globalisation, corporate power and social policies -- Business and social policy -- Globalisation, corporate structural power and social policy -- Globalisation, Europeanisation, corporate agency power and social policy -- The national level : business and social policy in the UK -- Business and local welfare services -- The social policies of corporations : occupational welfare and corporate social responsibility -- Conclusion : corporate power and social policy in global context
Summary
This groundbreaking book investigates and documents corporate influence on social policies at global/regional, national and local levels. It argues that we cannot understand the recent history and present direction of the welfare state unless we focus on the role that business has played in its development
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-210) and index
