TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bruner,Christopher M.
TI  - Corporate governance in the common-law world: the political foundations of shareholder power 
SN  - 9781139003964
AV  - K1327 .B78 2013eb
U1  - 346/.0666 23
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Corporate governance
KW  - Law and legislation
KW  - Common law
KW  - Stockholders
KW  - Legal status, laws, etc
KW  - LAW
KW  - Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Gouvernance d'entreprise
KW  - eclas
KW  - Jurisprudence
KW  - Droit des sociétés
KW  - Droit des affaires
KW  - Actionnaires
KW  - Sociétés anonymes
KW  - fast
KW  - Law
KW  - ukslc
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes index; Includes bibliographical references (pages xi-xiii) and index; List of Figures; Acknowledgments; Corporate Governance in the Common-Law World; Part 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 InterestsIII. 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; Part 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 ProtectionsC. 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; Part 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 BaseC. Postcrisis Austerity; D. Postcrisis Coalitions; 7 Conclusions; Index
N2  - Presents a new comparative theory to explain the divergence between governance systems of Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States
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