Politics and the Corporation, Volume 14 (Research in Political Sociology)

Cover......Page 1
Politics and the Corporation......Page 4
Contents......Page 6
List of Contributors......Page 8
Editorial Board......Page 10
Special Reviewers......Page 12
Preface......Page 14
Introduction: Politics and the Corporation......Page 16
Corporate Politics and Social Policy......Page 17
Corporate Politics and Business Policy......Page 19
Corporate Politics and Labor Policies......Page 22
Conclusion......Page 24
References......Page 25
Privatization and Low-Income Housing in the United States Since 1986......Page 30
Introduction......Page 31
Data and Methods......Page 34
Theoretical Issues......Page 35
The Case: The Transformation of Low-Income Housing Development......Page 36
A Political History of the Lihtc......Page 41
Background Conditions and Institutions......Page 42
The Emergence of the LIHTC......Page 44
Interest Groups......Page 47
Selectivity and the LIHTC......Page 52
Discussion......Page 55
Conclusions......Page 59
Notes......Page 60
Acknowledgments......Page 63
References......Page 64
No Room for Compromise: Business Interests and the Politics of Health care Reform......Page 66
Introduction......Page 67
Business, Politics, and Health Policy in an Era of Retrenchment......Page 70
Intra-Class Conflicts and Political Realignment in the Health Care Field......Page 72
Intra-Class Conflicts of Interest......Page 74
Early Corporate Activism: The Washington Business Group on Health......Page 76
The National Leadership Coalition for Health Care Reform......Page 77
The Chamber of Commerce and Health Care Reform......Page 78
Organizing Resistance: The NFIB and the Formation of HEAL......Page 79
The Jackson Hole Group and the Emergence of ‘‘Managed Competition’’......Page 80
Conservative Democrats and ‘‘Managed Competition’’......Page 82
The Clinton Campaign: A ‘‘New Democrat’’ Middle-Way......Page 83
The Politics of Policy Formation in 1993......Page 84
Unveiling the Clinton Plan......Page 86
Initial Reaction to the Clinton Plan by Major Business Organizations......Page 87
The HIAA Offensive......Page 90
The Role of the NFIB......Page 91
Congressional Reaction to the Clinton Plan......Page 92
Reversal of the Chamber of Commerce......Page 94
Rejection by the Business Roundtable......Page 96
Not Health Costs, but ‘‘Big Government,’’ as the Enemy......Page 98
The Demise of Health Care Reform: February to September 1994......Page 99
‘‘Grassroots’’ Pressure and Political Stalemate: The Energy and Commerce Committee......Page 100
Conservative Democrats and the Senate Finance Committee......Page 101
Business Unity and the End of the Reform Effort......Page 102
Corporate Ambivalence over Health Care Reform......Page 104
A ‘‘Market’’ Solution? The Ideological Role of ‘‘Managed Competition’’......Page 106
The ‘‘Reconstruction’’ of Business Interests, 1993–1994......Page 108
Conclusion: The Return of ‘‘Business Unity’’......Page 109
Notes......Page 111
References......Page 116
Public Airwaves, Private Interests: Competing Visions and Ideological Capture in the Regulation of U.S. Broadcasting, 1920–1934......Page 124
Introduction......Page 125
Broadcasting's Formative Years......Page 127
Chaos, Confusion, and the Need for Regulation......Page 128
The Materialist Approach......Page 130
The Cultural Approach......Page 132
Ideological Capture......Page 133
Commercial Broadcasters......Page 137
Non-Profit Broadcasters......Page 138
The National Radio Conferences......Page 142
The Government's View of Broadcasting......Page 147
Commercial Broadcasters and the Public Interest......Page 149
The FRC and the Fate of Radio Broadcasting......Page 153
Discussion and Conclusion......Page 156
Notes......Page 158
References......Page 159
Introduction......Page 164
Current Knowledge......Page 166
Theory......Page 167
Institutional Arrangements Established during the New Deal......Page 169
Economic Competition and the 1980s......Page 170
Banks’ Political Response to Crisis......Page 171
Changes in Bank Behavior......Page 175
Explanatory Variables......Page 177
Control Variables......Page 178
Methodology......Page 179
Acquired Banks......Page 181
Acquiring Banks......Page 185
Discussion......Page 186
Notes......Page 187
References......Page 189
Correlation Matrix of Independent Variables......Page 193
Making Change in Female Supermarket Managerial Representation: Examining the Role of Legal, Institutional, and Political Environments......Page 196
External Regulatory Environment and Change Processes......Page 198
The Litigation Factor......Page 201
Political and Normative Environments......Page 203
Supermarkets and Internal Structuring......Page 204
Hypotheses......Page 206
Data, Models, and Measures......Page 207
Model Specification......Page 208
Legal Pressure......Page 209
Local Normative Environment......Page 210
Control Variables......Page 211
Results......Page 212
Findings......Page 216
Conclusion......Page 218
Notes......Page 220
References......Page 222
Corporate Accountability and the Privatization of Labor Standards: Struggles over Codes of Conduct in the Apparel Industry......Page 226
Introduction......Page 227
Corporate Responsibility and the Rise of Private Regulation: Context and Theoretical Perspectives......Page 228
Methods and Data......Page 231
The Rise of Codes of Conduct: Shields Against Political Pressures......Page 233
Voluntary Codes as Responses to Globalization......Page 235
Codes as a Business Response to Government Intervention......Page 237
Codes as Reputation Protection......Page 238
Shifting Discourse: From Legal Compliance to ‘‘Code Compliance’’......Page 239
The Politics of Joint Liability: Self-Policing as a Shield......Page 241
UNITE's Guess Campaign......Page 243
The Saipan Case......Page 244
Findings......Page 247
Conclusion: Toward an Alternative Approach......Page 248
Notes......Page 251
References......Page 253
About The Authors......Page 260