Social versus Corporate Welfare

Competing Needs and Interests within the Welfare State
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-1-349-32448-4
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 222 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 303 g

The greatest myth of modern times is the suggestion that capitalism and corporations do better with less government. The global economic crisis has certainly put paid to this idea. But the massive emergency state bailouts and interventions put in place from 2008 were unique only in their size and scale. Government programmes, designed to meet the needs of business, are not just everyday, they are everywhere and they are essential. Just as social welfare protects citizens from the cradle to the grave, corporate welfare protects and benefits corporations throughout their life course. And yet, in most countries, corporate welfare is hidden and underresearched. Drawing on comparative data from OECD states, this book seeks to shed light on the size, uses and importance of corporate welfareacross variouswelfare regimes.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Farnsworth, K.

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Wohlfahrtsökonomie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Unternehmensorganisation, Corporate Responsibility Unternehmensethik
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Unternehmensorganisation, Corporate Responsibility Unternehmenskultur, Corporate Governance
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Sozialpolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Wirtschaftssoziologie, Arbeitssoziologie, Organisationssoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Tables List of Figures Preface and Acknowledgements Corporate Welfare Versus Social Welfare: Competing Needs and Interests within the Welfare State The Political Economy of Social-Corporate Welfare: Competing Interests and Competing Needs within Various Capitalisms Globalisation, Competing Interests and Governance Varieties of Support within Various Capitalisms Corporate Welfare Programmes Welfare and the Global Economic Crisis Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

Über Autor(innen)

KEVIN FARNSWORTH Senior Lecturer in Social Policy at the University of Sheffield, UK. He has previously written on corporate power and influence, business and public policy, class struggle and social policies and occupational welfare. His two previous books are and (with Zoe Irving).