Kindred Strangers
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Kindred Strangers

The Uneasy Relationship between Politics and Business in America

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  2. English
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Kindred Strangers

The Uneasy Relationship between Politics and Business in America

About this book

Notwithstanding the myriad forms of government assistance to American business, the relationship of business to politics in the United States remains a highly antagonistic one, characterized by substantial mutual distrust. This adversarial relationship is both reflected and reinforced not only in American business ideology, but also in America's unique legalistic and confrontational style of regulation, the political strategies of the public interest movement, the American approach to American industrial policy, and the distinctive way Americans think about the subject of business ethics. This volume brings together more than two decades of scholarship on business and politics by one of the leading authorities on this subject.


These essays also explore a number of critical contemporary issues, including the ongoing debate over the scope and extent of business power in America, the growth of shareholder protests and consumer boycotts, the changing politics of consumer and environmental regulation, and the emergence of both public and business interest in business ethics. In addition, they place the contemporary dynamics of American business-government relations in both an historical and comparative context. Finally these essays demonstrate e the importance of integrating the study of business by political scientists with the study of politics by students of management.

Originally published in 1996.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Acknowledgments
  6. Introduction: The Study of Business and Politics
  7. Part One: America in Comparative Perspective
  8. Chapter One: Why Businessmen Distrust Their State: The Political Consciousness of American Corporate Executives
  9. Chapter Two: Cooperative Regulation: Environmental Protection in Great Britain
  10. Chapter Three: The Globalization of Business Ethics: Why America Remains Distinctive
  11. Chapter Four: Government-Industry Relations in the United States: An Overview
  12. Part Two: The Political and Social Environment of Business
  13. Chapter Five: The Public-Interest Movement and the American Reform Tradition
  14. Chapter Six: Lobbying the Corporation: Citizen Challenges to Business Authority
  15. Chapter Seven: The Ethical Roots of Business Ethics
  16. Chapter Eight: When Consumers Oppose Consumer Protection: The Politics of Regulatory Backlash
  17. Part Three: The Dynamics of Business Power
  18. Chapter Nine: Political Science and the Study of Corporate Power: A Dissent from the New Conventional Wisdom
  19. Chapter Ten: The Power of Business in America: A Reappraisal
  20. Chapter Eleven: The Power of Business in Capitalist Societies: A Comparative Perspective
  21. Chapter Twelve: A Case Study of Clean Air Legislation, 1967-1981
  22. Untitled
  23. Index