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The Handbook of Global Companies
Contributor(s): Mikler, John (Editor)
ISBN: 0470673230     ISBN-13: 9780470673232
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
OUR PRICE:   $218.45  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: May 2013
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BISAC Categories:
- Political Science | Public Policy - General
Dewey: 322.3
LCCN: 2012047270
Series: Handbooks of Global Policy
Physical Information: 1.3" H x 6.9" W x 9.8" (2.20 lbs) 544 pages
 
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The Handbook of Global Companies brings together original research addressing the latest theories and empirical analysis surrounding the role of global companies in local, national, and international governance.

  • Offers new insights into the role of global companies in relation to policy and governance at local, national, and international levels
  • Brings together newly-commissioned research by a global team of established and up-and-coming scholars from the fields of international relations, political science, public policy, and beyond
  • Considers the environmental and societal responsibilities of global corporations.
  • Covers topics including the spatial locations of global companies; debate about the power they wield and their role as catalysts in new forms of governance; and the ways in which global companies share authority with the state and international organizations to drive policy processes
  • Speculates on the broader potential and limitations of global governance