Business and politics in Britain

목차 (Table of Contents)

• CONTENTS
• Preface = xi
• 1 Introduction = 1
• Questions of definition = 3
• Economic globalisation = 4
• The politics of production and of collective consumption = 6
• The comparative context = 9
• A typology of business-government relations = 13
• The political weakness of business = 18
• 2 The Power of Business = 21
• Pluralism = 21
• Corporatism = 28
• Business as a privileged interest = 32
• The perspectives: an assessment = 38
• 3 Government and Business = 46
• The policy relationship = 47
• The structure of government = 51
• Government as a regulator = 48
• Government as a customer = 63
• 4 Banks and the Financial Sector = 66
• Finance and industry = 69
• The political influence of the financial sector = 73
• The Bank-Treasury relationship = 76
• Sectoral financial associations = 78
• Conclusions = 81
• 5 Large Firms and the Political Process = 84
• Forms of political activity by firms = 87
• Government relations divisions = 89
• The limitations of the government relations function = 96
• Political consultants = 99
• 6 Business Associations = 104
• Explaining the pattern of business associability = 105
• The CBI: its strengths and weaknesses = 110
• The CBI's competitors = 116
• Small business associations = 122
• Conclusions = 124
• 7 Business and Party Politics = 125
• The limits of the literature = 125
• The difficult relationship between the Conservative Party and business = 127
• The Labour Party: a disappointed suitor = 134
• Business persons in politics = 140
• Business funding of the Conservative Party = 141
• Conclusions = 145
• 8 Business Associations and Public Policy = 147
• The privatisation of public policy = 148
• Self-regulation in the security industry = 150
• Statutory self-regulation of financial services = 151
• The dairy sector = 155
• Training policy = 159
• Models of business involvement in public policy formation = 163
• 9 Business Interests and the European Community = 166
• How business seeks to influence the EC = 169
• Targets of representation = 185
• Social partnership = 189
• 10 Conclusions = 193
• Changes in business-government relations = 195
• Constitutional change = 199
• Living with the company state = 201
• Guide to Further Reading = 205
• Bibliography = 208
• Index = 219