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Corporate social responsibility and the welfare state : the historical and contemporary role of CSR in the mixed economy of welfare /

Based on interviews with a wide spectrum of people who work with CSR in England, Denmark and in the EU Commission, the book argues that when CSR is linked to social exclusion it is a way of renegotiating responsibilities in mixed economies of welfare. By situating CSR within the conceptual framework...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Brejning, Jeanette
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Farnham, Surrey ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate Pub., ©2012.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • List of figures
  • Acknowledgments
  • List of abbreviations
  • Introduction : examining the social dimension of corporate social responsibility
  • Theory and concepts
  • Theoretical framework : integrating historical institutionalism and the mixed economy of welfare approach
  • Corporate social responsibility : making sense of a contested concept
  • A history of corporate social responsibility in the mixed economy of welfare
  • Connections to nineteenth century philanthropy : CSR in the commercial sector
  • CSR as social policy : CSR in the public sector
  • CSR, globalization and anti-globalization : CSR and the non-profit sector
  • Case study : views from csr practitioners in England and Denmark
  • Is there a "social case" for CSR? : views on the social impacts of CSR
  • CSR and the changing welfare state : does CSR constitute a roll-back of the state?
  • Conclusion: the welfare state, CSR, and the future
  • References
  • Index.