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Corporate governance in the common-law world : the political foundations of shareholder power / Christopher M. Bruner, Washington and Lee University School of Law

Author
Bruner, Christopher M., 1972-
Published
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
Physical Description
xiii, 300 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

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Contents
Machine generated contents note: pt. I SHAREHOLDER ORIENTATION IN THE COMMON-LAW WORLD -- 1.Introduction and Overview -- 2.Comparative Theory and Corporate Governance -- A.Functionalism and Contextualism -- B.Failing Better -- 3.The Corporate Governance Role of Shareholders in Common-Law Jurisdictions -- A.The U.K. Model: Strong Shareholders -- i.Shareholders as Stewards -- ii.Enlightened Shareholder Value -- iii.Contractualism and U.K. Corporate Governance -- B.The U.S. Model: Weak Shareholders -- i.Shareholders as Spectators -- ii.Ambivalence Regarding Shareholder Interests -- iii.Prevailing Theories of U.S. Corporate Governance -- C.Predominance of the U.K. Corporate Governance Model -- i.Australia -- ii.Canada -- D.Shareholder Lawsuits and Corporate Governance -- pt. II A POLITICAL THEORY OF CORPORATE GOVERNANCE IN THE COMMON-LAW WORLD -- 4.Comparative Theories of Corporate Governance -- A.Economics -- B.Politics -- i."Law Matters" -- ii.Social Democracy -- iii.Institutions -- iv."Varieties of Capitalism" and Institutional Complementarities -- v.Coalitions -- vi.Political Parties and Political Salience -- vii.Extra-Corporate Stakeholder Protections -- C.Toward a Political Theory of Corporate Governance in the Common-Law World -- 5.Shareholders, Stakeholders, and Social Welfare Policy -- A.The U.K. Model: State-Based Social Welfare Policy -- B.The U.S. Model: Employer-Based Social Welfare Policy -- C.Predominance of the U.K. Social Welfare Model -- i.Australia -- ii.Canada -- D.Shareholder Orientation, Social Welfare, and Political Equilibrium -- pt. III THE THEORY'S EXPLANATORY DOMAIN -- 6.Stability, Change, and the Future of Corporate Governance in the Common-Law World -- A.Mapping the Explanatory Domain -- B.The Evolving Shareholder Base -- C.Postcrisis Austerity -- D.Postcrisis Coalitions -- 7.Conclusions.
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ISBN
9781107013292 (hbk.)
1107013291 (hbk.)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages xi-xiii) and index.
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