The Political Economy of the Company.

Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Title verso -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- 1. Introduction: The Political Economy of the Company -- 2. The Politics of the Company -- THE MORAL BASIS OF THE COMPANY -- LIMITED LIABILITY -- OWNERSHIP AND CONTROL -- POLITICAL PARTIES AND THE COMPANY -- SHARES AND STAKES -- CONCLUSION -- THE PUBLIC INTEREST -- 3. The Labour Party and the Company -- LABOUR THINKING ON THE COMPANY -- COMPANY LAW REFORM IN THE 1920S AND 1930S -- THE COHEN COMMITTEE -- THE JENKINS COMMITTEE -- INDUSTRIAL DEMOCRACY -- THE BULLOCK COMMITTEE -- CONCLUSION -- 4. The Public Interest and the Company in Germany -- INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY -- THE PUBLIC INTEREST AND MANAGEMENT CONTROL -- REUNIFICATION, ECONOMIC RENEWAL AND THE SHAREHOLDER -- CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY -- CONCLUSIONS -- 5. Worker Rights and Responsibilities in the Modern Company -- 6. The Conceptual Foundations of the Company: a Pluralist Approach -- JUSTIFICATIONS FOR SHAREHOLDER EXCLUSIVITY -- THE PLURALIST CRITIQUE -- THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE PLURALIST MODEL -- CONCLUSION -- 7. Defending the Rentier: Corporate Theory and the Reprivatisation of the Public Company -- LOCATING CORPORATIONS ON THE PUBLIC-PRIVATE AXIS -- FROM OWNING ASSETS TO OWNING COMPANIES: THE RISE OF ENTITY THEORY -- RADICAL ENTITY THEORY AND THE QUESTION OF CORPORATE OWNERSHIP -- HENRY MANNE AND THE REPRIVATISATION OF THE CORPORATION -- GOVERNANCE AND THE GROWING POWER OF FINANCE -- A PRIORI EFFICIENCY AND THE CONTRACTUALISATION OF THE CORPORATION -- AGENCY THEORY AND THE PROBLEM OF OWNERSHIP -- FROM THE MYTH OF OWNERSHIP TO THE MYTH OF EFFICIENCY: PRIVATE PROPERTY AND THE PUBLIC-PRIVATE DIVIDE -- 8. Corporate Governance in a Political Climate: The Impact of Public Policy Regimes on Corporate Governance in the United Kingdom -- INTRODUCTION.

LONG-RUN ISSUES IN CORPORATE GOVERNANCE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM -- FEARS, THREATS AND PHOBIAS -- TAKE-OVERS AND MERGERS -- THE STAKEHOLDER FIRM: WHAT IS REALLY "NEW" ABOUT "NEW" LABOUR? -- CONCLUSION -- 9. Institutional Investors: What are their Responsibilities as Shareholders? -- INTRODUCTION -- WHY FOCUS ON INSTITUTIONS' LEGAL OBLIGATIONS? -- THE STRUCTURE OF INSTITUTIONAL SHARE OWNERSHIP -- INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS' LEGAL OBLIGATIONS -- REGULATORY OPTIONS -- SELF-HELP -- CONCLUSION -- 10. Evolution and Policy in Company Law: The Non-Executive Director -- INTRODUCTION -- REASONS FOR THE LIMITED EVOLUTION OF BOARD-LEVEL MONITORING -- THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE MONITORING BOARD -- THE BOARD AND MONITORING TODAY: A CASE FOR FURTHER INTERVENTION? -- CONCLUSION -- 11. Comparative Corporate Governance: Sociological Perspectives -- INTRODUCTION -- OWNERSHIP AND CONTROL: A REEXAMINATION -- FIRMS AS HIERARCHIES: EMPLOYEES IN CORPORATE GOVERNANCE -- THE SOCIAL WORLD OF TOP MANAGERS -- NATIONAL CORPORATE GOVERNANCE "MODELS"? -- CONCLUSION -- Index.

These essays seek to broaden understanding by examining the company in a wider historical, legal, political, and sociological context.

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