Neo-liberalising corporate social responsibility: A political economy of corporate citizenship

Geoforum

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 613-622

  Sadler, David ^a   Lloyd, Stuart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corporate social responsibility; Neoliberalism

Indexed keywords

CITIZENSHIP; HEGEMONY; NEOLIBERALISM; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; POLITICAL ECONOMY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 67649989350     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2009.03.008     Document Type: Article

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