Politics of the corporation

Veldman, Jeroen 2013. Politics of the corporation. British Journal of Management 24 (S1) , S18-S30. 10.1111/1467-8551.12024

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Abstract

The corporate form and its capacity for agency is recognized in political theory, but not adequately understood. As a result, important shifts in the relative position of the state and the corporate form are not addressed. Starting with a historical exploration of the theory of the corporation, I show that the corporate form relies on multiple theoretical backgrounds, which makes it inconsistent. An important part of this inconsistency is the dominance of a post-1970s theory of the corporate form, which formed the background for New Public Management. This theory supported a reduced status of the state and its regulatory powers and an increase of the relative power of the corporate form. I evaluate some consequences of this inconsistent theory for the contemporary debate with regard to the ‘demise of the state’.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Schools > Business (Including Economics)
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor
Publisher:	Wiley-Blackwell
ISSN:	1045-3172
Last Modified:	19 Mar 2016 09:16
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/51192

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