Capitalist globalization, corporate social responsibility and social policy

Critical Social Policy

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 472-495

  Sklair, Leslie ^a   Miller, David ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

class; corporate social responsibility; globalization; lobbying; transnationalism

Indexed keywords

CAPITALISM; CLASS; GLOBALIZATION; LOBBYING; NATIONALISM; POLITICAL POWER; SOCIAL POLICY; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

EID: 78649296235     PISSN: 02610183     EISSN: 1461703X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0261018310376804     Document Type: Article

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