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Author | : Mark A. Smith |
Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 257 |
Release | : 2010-01-26 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 0226764656 |
Most people believe that large corporations wield enormous political power when they lobby for policies as a cohesive bloc. With this controversial book, Mark A. Smith sets conventional wisdom on its head. In a systematic analysis of postwar lawmaking, Smith reveals that business loses in legislative battles unless it has public backing. This surprising conclusion holds because the types of issues that lead businesses to band together—such as tax rates, air pollution, and product liability—also receive the most media attention. The ensuing debates give citizens the information they need to hold their representatives accountable and make elections a choice between contrasting policy programs. Rather than succumbing to corporate America, Smith argues, representatives paradoxically become more responsive to their constituents when facing a united corporate front. Corporations gain the most influence over legislation when they work with organizations such as think tanks to shape Americans' beliefs about what government should and should not do.
Author | : André Nijsen |
Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 361 |
Release | : 2008-12-03 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 0387776788 |
For years, businesses have complained about the costs of regulatory compliance. On the other hand, society is becoming increasingly aware of the environmental, safety, health, financial, and other risks of business activity. Government oversight seems to be one of the answers to safeguard against these risks. But how can we deregulate and regulate without jeopardizing our public goals or acting as a brake on economic growth? Many instruments are available to assess the effects of laws regulating business, including the regulatory impact assessment (RIA), which contains cost/benefit analysis, cost-effectiveness analysis, risk analysis, and cost assessments. This book argues that public goals will be achieved more effectively if compliance costs of the enterprises are as low as possible. Highlighting examples from a wide spectrum of industries and countries, the authors propose a new kind of RIA, the business impact assessment (BIA), designed to improve both business and public policy decision making.
Author | : Stephen P. Osborne |
Publisher | : Taylor & Francis |
Total Pages | : 336 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9780415233835 |
Author | : Timothy Werner |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 207 |
Release | : 2012-06-21 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1139510924 |
What are the political motivations behind firms' decisions to adopt policies that self-regulate their behavior in a manner that is beyond compliance with state, federal and local law? Public Forces and Private Politics in American Big Business advances a new understanding of the firm as a political actor that expands beyond the limited conceptualizations offered by economists and organization theorists. Timothy Werner develops a general theory of private politics that is tested using three case studies: the environment, gay rights and executive compensation. Using the conclusions of these case studies and an analysis of interviews with executives at 'Fortune 500' firms, Werner finds that politics can contribute significantly to our understanding of corporate decision-making on private policies and corporate social responsibility in the United States.
Author | : Sarah S. Elkind |
Publisher | : Univ of North Carolina Press |
Total Pages | : 285 |
Release | : 2011 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 0807834890 |
Focusing on five Los Angeles environmental policy debates between 1920 and 1950, Sarah Elkind investigates how practices in American municipal government gave business groups political legitimacy at the local level as well as unanticipated influence over
Author | : Annmarie Hauck Walsh |
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Total Pages | : 436 |
Release | : 1980 |
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Total Pages | : 42 |
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Author | : Luise Weiss |
Publisher | : American Library Association |
Total Pages | : 146 |
Release | : 2011-07-26 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 0838993230 |
Aligning with current difficult economic times, this book helps libraries assist users entering or already involved in the small business community