Quiet politics and business power : corporate control in Europe and Japan / Pepper D. Culpepper.
"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, specific...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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2011.
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| Series: | Cambridge studies in comparative politics.
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| Summary: | "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"--Provided by publisher |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xviii, 221 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-213) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780511858840 0511858841 9780511860584 0511860587 9780511857973 0511857977 9780511760716 051176071X 0511861516 9780511861512 1107213010 9781107213012 1282941933 9781282941939 9786612941931 6612941936 0511859716 9780511859717 0511857101 9780511857102 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/CBO9780511760716 |
| Language: | English. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |