Political power and corporate control [electronic resource] : the new global politics of corporate governance / Peter Alexis Gourevitch and James J. Shinn.
By: Gourevitch, Peter Alexis.
Contributor(s): Shinn, James | ebrary, Inc
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Publisher: Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2005Description: xvii, 344 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.Other title: Political power & corporate control [Other title] | Global politics of corporate governance.Subject(s): Corporate governance | Corporations -- Investor relations | Business and politics | Corporations -- Political activity | International financeGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 338.6 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view | Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Includes statistical evidence from a sample of 39 countries, with detailed narratives of nine specific country cases.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [313]-332) and index.
Introduction and summary argument -- Governance patterns: what causes what? -- Framing incentives: the economics and law tradition -- Politics: preferences and institutions -- Preference cleavages 1: class conflict -- Preference cleavages 2: sectoral conflict -- Preference cleavages 3: transparency, voice, and pensions -- Conclusion : going forward.
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