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.