Global Corporate Power

"Conceptually innovative, topical, and broad ranging.... This distinctive book does an excellent job of helping us to better understand the power of corporations in the international political economy."—Tony Porter, McMaster University

"This valuable book effectively reconceptualizes transnational corporations, examines their role in global governance, and assesses the promise and limitations of the movement for corporate social responsibility."—David P. Rapkin, University of Nebraska

• Introduction—C. May.
• CONCEPTUALIZING THE CORPORATION.
• The Century of the Corporation—J. Harrod.
• Making the Modern Multinational—L. Amoore.
• The Restructuring of Global Value Chains and the Creation of a Cybertariat—U. Huws.
• CORPORATIONS AND GLOBAL GOVERNANCE.
• International Governance and the Private Sector—V. Haufler.
• Shaping International Corporate Taxation—M.C. Webb.
• Commercial Control of Global Electronic Networks—S.D. McDowell.
• The Political Economy of the Firm in Global Environmental Governance—P. Newell and D. Levy.
• CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY.
• Corporate Citizenship—I. Goldman and R. Palan.
• Transnational Business Civilization, Corporations, and the Privatization of Global Governance—A.C. Cutler.
• Instituting the Power to Do Good?—M. Ougaard.
• World Leaders and Bottom Feeders: Divergent Strategies Toward Social Responsibility and Resource Extraction—S. Pegg.
• AFTERWORD.
• Global Corporate Power and the UN Global Compact—C. May.