The Political Role of Corporate Citizens
In a society where the role of corporations and the state is in flux, this
interdisciplinary volume explores the political role of the corporation. Drawing on cases
from the global south and north the authors use the notion of a citizenship for
corporations as a device for delineating and analysing the on-going publicization and
politicization of corporations. What is the role of the corporate citizen in the public
domain? How does that new role transgress traditional notions of what corporations are and
ought to be? And what are the implications of these developments for the welfare state and
democracy at large?
This book will appeal to a wide range of scholars in political science, organization
and management, business and society, and political economy. Its international
contributors include Paula Blomqvist, Celine Cholez, Andrew Crane, Steven Gerencser, Boris
Holzer, Uwafiokun Idemudia, Dirk Matten, Jeremy Moon, Fabrizio Panozzo and Pascale
Trompette. "The profound re-ordering of the world involves among other things a
shifting and transforming role of corporations. Corporations are expected to act as
citizens and indeed as governments of global society and thus claim and assume substantial
political power and responsibility. This volume provides us with a rich theoretical
understanding and intriguing empirical studies of the political role of corporations
around the world. The Political Role of Corporate Citizens is essential
reading to scholars interested in how corporations add to the transformation of the world
and in the complex and classic issues of relations between state and market." -
Kerstin Sahlin, Professor in Business Administration, Public Management, at Uppsala
University, Sweden.
Editor Preface Series Editor Preface
1
Introduction: Corporate Citizenship and the Political Role of the Corporation; Karin
Svedberg Helgesson and Ulrika Morth
2
Corporations and Clientelism: The Problem of Democratic Accountability for Corporate
Citizenship; Steven Gerencser
3
Citizenship, Identity and the Corporation: Exploring New Avenues of Political
Mediation; Andrew Crane, Dirk Matten and Jeremy Moon
4
Inadvertent Citizens: Corporate Citizenship and Moral Actorhood; Boris Holzer
5
Standards, Triple Bottom Lines and Balanced Scorecards: Shaping the Metaphor of
Corporate Citizenship with Calculative Infrastructures; Fabrizio Panozzo
6
Revisiting Corporate Citizenship Theory and Practice from the Perspective of Local
Communities in Africa: Lessons from Nigeria; Uwafiokun Idemudia
7
Various Corporate Citizenships in Bottom of the Pyramid Markets; Celine Cholez and
Pascal Trompette
8
Citizenship, Choice, and Social Equality in Welfare Services; Paula Blomqvist
9
Corporate Citizens and 'the War on Terror'; Karin Svedberg Helgesson and Ulrika Morth
10
Conclusions: The Political Role of Corporations; Karin Svedberg Helgesson and Ulrika
Morth
246 pages, Hardcover