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  schema location: http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-2.xsd
  title info:
    title: Corporate Power and Regulation
    sub title: Consumers and the Environment in the European Union
  name:
    name part: Eckert, Sandra.
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
    role:
      role term: aut
    role:
      role term: http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut
  name:
    name part: SpringerLink (Online service)
  type of resource: text
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: gw
    date issued: 2019
    edition: 1st ed. 2019.
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: electronic
    form: electronic resource
    reformatting quality: access
    form: remote
    extent: XXIII, 354 p. 19 illus., 1 illus. in color. online resource.
  abstract: "A novel, insightful and provocative foray into the abilities, capacities and limits of corporate power on the one hand and public power and capacities on the other hand. Eckert offers new and refine insights on core issues in the theories of public and private interest regulation." -David Levi Faur, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel "This impressive book breaks important ground in the regulatory governance literature by bringing in a fresh corporate perspective. Based on a set of fascinating case studies of European regulation, Eckert compellingly unpacks key facets of corporate power. A must-read for regulation scholars who often neglect the targets of regulation!" -Burkard Eberlein, York University, Canada "This book offers systematic and empirically fascinating insights into the regulatory power of corporations which unfolds outside the traditional political arenas. Its policy effects have important implications for the target groups of regulation, the general public, and the democratic political process as such. The conceptualization and use of rich empirical sources make for a compelling read." -Adrienne Héritier, European University Institute, Italy This book takes a fresh look at corporate power in the regulatory process. It examines how corporations seek to prevent, shape, make or revoke regulation. The central argument is that in doing so, corporations utilise distinct power resources as experts, innovators and operators. By re-emphasising the proactive role of business, the book complements our acquired knowledge of policymakers' capacity to put pressure on, or delegate power to private actors. Empirically, the book covers European consumer and environmental policies, and conducts case studies on the chemical, paper, home appliance, ICT and electricity industries. A separate chapter is dedicated to the assumption that Brexit will lead to an unprecedented result of EU regulation being lifted, and how this could put corporate power in regulation at ri…
  table of contents: 1 Introduction -- 2 The regulatory power of corporations -- 3 Protecting consumers and the environment in Europe -- 4 The Expert: striving for a circular economy -- 5 The Innovator: boosting resource efficiency -- 6 The operator: providing an essential service -- 7 Brexit: corporate power undone? -- 8 Conclusions.
  note: by Sandra Eckert.
  subject:
    topic: Public policy
  subject:
    topic: Comparative politics
  subject:
    topic: European Union
  subject:
    topic: Great Britain-Politics and government
  subject:
    topic: Corporate governance
  subject:
    topic: Political economy
  subject:
    topic: Public Policy
  subject:
    topic: Comparative Politics
  subject:
    topic: European Union Politics
  subject:
    topic: British Politics
  subject:
    topic: Corporate Governance
  subject:
    topic: International Political Economy
  classification: JF1525.P6
  classification: 320.6
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    title info:
      title: Springer eBooks
  related item:
    title info:
      title: International Series on Public Policy
  identifier: 9783030054632
  identifier: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-05463-2
  record info:
    record creation date: 190524
    record change date: 20191026012227.0
    record identifier: 978-3-030-05463-2