Corporations and American Democracy / / Naomi R. Lamoreaux, William J. Novak.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2017
• HerausgeberIn: Lamoreaux, Naomi R.,; Novak, William J. ,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2017]; ©2017
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (528 p.) :; 2 halftones, 4 maps, 7 graphs, 9 tables
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Preface --; Corporations and American Democracy: An Introduction --; 1. Early American Corporations and the State --; 2. Corporations and Organizations in the United States aft er 1840 --; 3. The Dissociation of Incorporation and Regulation in the Progressive Era and the New Deal --; 4. The Public Utility Idea and the Origins of Modern Business Regulation --; 5. Corporate Taxation and the Regulation of Early Twentieth- Century American Business --; 6. From Fiscal Triangle to Passing Th rough: Rise of the Nonprofit Corporation --; 7. The Supreme Court's View of Corporate Rights: Two Centuries of Evolution and Controversy --; 8 Corporations and the Fourteenth Amendment --; 9. Two Cheers for Vertical Integration: Corporate Governance in a World of Global Supply Chains --; 10. Citizens United, Personhood, and the Corporation in Politics --; Notes --; Acknowledgments --; Contributors --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780674977686; 9783110540550; 9783110625264; 9783110547764; 9783110543315
• DOI: 10.4159/9780674977686
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Naomi R. Lamoreaux, William J. Novak.

Recent Supreme Court decisions in Citizens United and other high-profile cases have sparked disagreement about the role of corporations in American democracy. Bringing together scholars of history, law, and political science, Corporations and American Democracy provides essential grounding for today's policy debates.