The Inner Circle: Large Corporations and the Rise of Business Political Activity in the U.S. and U.K.

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Oxford University Press, 1986 M03 13 - 257 pages
Driven by declining profits and government regulation, a new form of class-wide business leadership has emerged: a transcorporate network that is giving a new coherence and power to business in both America and Britain. This book delineates the "inner circle" of top executives who play a leading role in this network, advising the highest levels of government and working to promote a political environment favorable to all business.
 

Contents

List of Tables
xi
CHAPTER 1 Organizing Business
3
Corporate Ownership Concentration and Interlocking Directorship
26
CHAPTER 3 Inner Circle Organization
59
CHAPTER 4 The Leading Edge of Business Political Activity
76
CHAPTER 5 Classwide Politics and Corporate DecisionMaking
116
CHAPTER 6 The Challenge of Profits Labor and Government
150
CHAPTER 7 Family Managerial and Institutional Capitalism
172
British and American Corporations Studied
197
Notes
201
References
219
Index
241
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