Corporate Power and Regulation Consumers and the Environment in the European Union /

• Main Author: Eckert, Sandra (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: International Series on Public Policy ,
• Subjects: Public policy.; Comparative politics.; European Union.; Great Britain-Politics and government.; Corporate governance.; Political economy.; Public Policy.; Comparative Politics.; European Union Politics.; British Politics.; Corporate Governance.; International Political Economy.

"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...

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.