Corporate social responsibility and the welfare state : the historical and contemporary role of CSR in the mixed economy of welfare / / Jeanette Brejning.

• Author: ProQuest (Firm); Brejning, Jeanette.
• TeilnehmendeR: ProQuest (Firm)
• Year of Publication: 2012
• Language: English
• Physical Description: vii, 193 p. :; ill.

Table of Contents

List of figures -- Acknowledgments -- List of abbreviations -- Introduction : examining the social dimension of corporate social responsibility -- Theory and concepts -- Theoretical framework : integrating historical institutionalism and the mixed economy of welfare approach -- Corporate social responsibility : making sense of a contested concept -- A history of corporate social responsibility in the mixed economy of welfare -- Connections to nineteenth century philanthropy : CSR in the commercial sector -- CSR as social policy : CSR in the public sector -- CSR, globalization and anti-globalization : CSR and the non-profit sector -- Case study : views from csr practitioners in England and Denmark -- Is there a "social case" for CSR? : views on the social impacts of CSR -- CSR and the changing welfare state : does CSR constitute a roll-back of the state? -- Conclusion: the welfare state, CSR, and the future -- References -- Index.