Date: 2018
Type: Book
Contestants, profiteers, and the political dynamics of marketization : how shareholders gained control rights in Britain, Germany, and France
New York : Oxford University Press, 2018
CALLAGHAN, Helen, Contestants, profiteers, and the political dynamics of marketization : how shareholders gained control rights in Britain, Germany, and France, New York : Oxford University Press, 2018
- https://hdl.handle.net/1814/64507
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Since the early 1980s, governments worldwide have taken many measures to expand the role of markets. Recent political events reflect widespread disenchantment with neoliberal policies, but it remains doubtful whether populist leaders will deliver the market restraints that many of their voters expect. This book explains the resilience of marketization processes by highlighting the role of profiteers- namely those who, like the organizer of a cock fight, benefit from contests regardless of who wins. By setting up shop on the sidelines, profiteers accumulate resources that boost political efforts to maintain and expand the arena of competition. Evidence comes from the evolution of support for shareholder rights relating to takeover bids among key interest groups and political parties in three countries since the late nineteenth century.
Table of Contents:
-- 1 Introduction
-- 2 The Political Dynamics of Marketizing “Corporate Control”
-- 3 Britain
-- 4 Germany
-- 5 France
-- 6 Conclusion
Cadmus permanent link: https://hdl.handle.net/1814/64507
Full-text via DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780198815020.001.0001
ISBN: 9780198815020; 9780191853517
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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