Stuck in Neutral : : Business and the Politics of Human Capital Investment Policy / / Cathie Jo Martin.
According to conventional wisdom, big business wields enormous influence over America's political agenda and is responsible for the relatively limited scale of the country's social policies. In Stuck in Neutral, however, Cathie Jo Martin challenges that view, arguing that big business has...
Saved in:
Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG and UP eBook Package 2000-2015 |
---|---|
VerfasserIn: | |
Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [1999] ©2000 |
Year of Publication: | 1999 |
Edition: | Core Textbook |
Language: | English |
Series: | Princeton Studies in American Politics: Historical, International, and Comparative Perspectives ;
72 |
Online Access: | |
Physical Description: | 1 online resource (264 p.) :; 7 tables |
Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
id |
9781400823277 |
---|---|
ctrlnum |
(DE-B1597)446212 (OCoLC)979749347 |
collection |
bib_alma |
record_format |
marc |
spelling |
Martin, Cathie Jo, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Stuck in Neutral : Business and the Politics of Human Capital Investment Policy / Cathie Jo Martin. Core Textbook Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [1999] ©2000 1 online resource (264 p.) : 7 tables text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Princeton Studies in American Politics: Historical, International, and Comparative Perspectives ; 72 Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- ABBREVIATIONS -- INTRODUCTION -- ONE. Business and the Politics of Human Capital Investment -- TWO. A Century of Business Involvement in Social Provision -- THREE. Nature or Nurture? Company Preferences for National Health Reform -- FOUR. On the Bus: Business Organization in Training and Work-Family Issues -- FIVE. The Least-Common-Denominator Business Community: Corporate Engagement with Health Policy -- SIX. United We Stand: Corporate Engagement with Training Policy -- SEVEN. An Affair to Remember: Small Business and the Republican Party against Family Leave -- EIGHT. Implications for Our Economic Future -- INDEX restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star According to conventional wisdom, big business wields enormous influence over America's political agenda and is responsible for the relatively limited scale of the country's social policies. In Stuck in Neutral, however, Cathie Jo Martin challenges that view, arguing that big business has limited involvement in social policy and in many instances desires broader social interventions. Combining hundreds of in-depth interviews with careful quantitative analysis, Martin shows that there is strong support among managers for government-sponsored training, health, work, and family initiatives to enhance workers' skills and productivity. This support does not translate into political action, surprisingly, because big firms are not organized to intervene effectively. Every large company has its own staff to deal with government affairs, but overarching organizations for the most part lobby ineffectively for the collective interests of big business in the social realm. By contrast, small firms, which cannot afford to lobby the government directly, rely on representative associations to speak for them. The unified voice of small business comes through much more clearly in policy circles than the diverse messages presented by individual corporations, ensuring that the small-business agenda of limited social policy prevails. A vivid portrayal of the interplay between business and politics, Stuck in Neutral offers a fresh take on some of the most controversial issues of our day. It is a must read for anyone interested in the past, present, and future of the American welfare state and political economy. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Aug 2021) BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Development Sustainable Development. Entreprises Responsabilité sociale États-Unis. Human capital United States. Ressources humaines États-Unis. Social responsibility of business United States. POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG and UP eBook Package 2000-2015 9783110638721 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 9783110442502 print 9780691009612 https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400823277 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781400823277 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9781400823277.jpg |
language |
English |
format |
eBook |
author |
Martin, Cathie Jo, Martin, Cathie Jo, |
spellingShingle |
Martin, Cathie Jo, Martin, Cathie Jo, Stuck in Neutral : Business and the Politics of Human Capital Investment Policy / Princeton Studies in American Politics: Historical, International, and Comparative Perspectives ; Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- ABBREVIATIONS -- INTRODUCTION -- ONE. Business and the Politics of Human Capital Investment -- TWO. A Century of Business Involvement in Social Provision -- THREE. Nature or Nurture? Company Preferences for National Health Reform -- FOUR. On the Bus: Business Organization in Training and Work-Family Issues -- FIVE. The Least-Common-Denominator Business Community: Corporate Engagement with Health Policy -- SIX. United We Stand: Corporate Engagement with Training Policy -- SEVEN. An Affair to Remember: Small Business and the Republican Party against Family Leave -- EIGHT. Implications for Our Economic Future -- INDEX |
author_facet |
Martin, Cathie Jo, Martin, Cathie Jo, |
author_variant |
c j m cj cjm c j m cj cjm |
author_role |
VerfasserIn VerfasserIn |
author_sort |
Martin, Cathie Jo, |
title |
Stuck in Neutral : Business and the Politics of Human Capital Investment Policy / |
title_sub |
Business and the Politics of Human Capital Investment Policy / |
title_full |
Stuck in Neutral : Business and the Politics of Human Capital Investment Policy / Cathie Jo Martin. |
title_fullStr |
Stuck in Neutral : Business and the Politics of Human Capital Investment Policy / Cathie Jo Martin. |
title_full_unstemmed |
Stuck in Neutral : Business and the Politics of Human Capital Investment Policy / Cathie Jo Martin. |
title_auth |
Stuck in Neutral : Business and the Politics of Human Capital Investment Policy / |
title_alt |
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- ABBREVIATIONS -- INTRODUCTION -- ONE. Business and the Politics of Human Capital Investment -- TWO. A Century of Business Involvement in Social Provision -- THREE. Nature or Nurture? Company Preferences for National Health Reform -- FOUR. On the Bus: Business Organization in Training and Work-Family Issues -- FIVE. The Least-Common-Denominator Business Community: Corporate Engagement with Health Policy -- SIX. United We Stand: Corporate Engagement with Training Policy -- SEVEN. An Affair to Remember: Small Business and the Republican Party against Family Leave -- EIGHT. Implications for Our Economic Future -- INDEX |
title_new |
Stuck in Neutral : |
title_sort |
stuck in neutral : business and the politics of human capital investment policy / |
series |
Princeton Studies in American Politics: Historical, International, and Comparative Perspectives ; |
series2 |
Princeton Studies in American Politics: Historical, International, and Comparative Perspectives ; |
publisher |
Princeton University Press, |
publishDate |
1999 |
physical |
1 online resource (264 p.) : 7 tables Issued also in print. |
edition |
Core Textbook |
contents |
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- ABBREVIATIONS -- INTRODUCTION -- ONE. Business and the Politics of Human Capital Investment -- TWO. A Century of Business Involvement in Social Provision -- THREE. Nature or Nurture? Company Preferences for National Health Reform -- FOUR. On the Bus: Business Organization in Training and Work-Family Issues -- FIVE. The Least-Common-Denominator Business Community: Corporate Engagement with Health Policy -- SIX. United We Stand: Corporate Engagement with Training Policy -- SEVEN. An Affair to Remember: Small Business and the Republican Party against Family Leave -- EIGHT. Implications for Our Economic Future -- INDEX |
isbn |
9781400823277 9783110638721 9783110442502 9780691009612 |
genre_facet |
Development Sustainable Development. Responsabilité sociale États-Unis. |
geographic_facet |
United States. |
url |
https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400823277 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781400823277 https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9781400823277.jpg |
illustrated |
Not Illustrated |
dewey-hundreds |
600 - Technology |
dewey-tens |
650 - Management & public relations |
dewey-ones |
658 - General management |
dewey-full |
658.4/08 |
dewey-sort |
3658.4 18 |
dewey-raw |
658.4/08 |
dewey-search |
658.4/08 |
doi_str_mv |
10.1515/9781400823277 |
oclc_num |
979749347 |
work_keys_str_mv |
AT martincathiejo stuckinneutralbusinessandthepoliticsofhumancapitalinvestmentpolicy |
status_str |
n |
ids_txt_mv |
(DE-B1597)446212 (OCoLC)979749347 |
carrierType_str_mv |
cr |
hierarchy_parent_title |
Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG and UP eBook Package 2000-2015 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 |
is_hierarchy_title |
Stuck in Neutral : Business and the Politics of Human Capital Investment Policy / |
container_title |
Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG and UP eBook Package 2000-2015 |
_version_ |
1770176619519934464 |
fullrecord |
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><collection xmlns="http://www.loc.gov/MARC21/slim"><record><leader>05407nam a22007935i 4500</leader><controlfield tag="001">9781400823277</controlfield><controlfield tag="003">DE-B1597</controlfield><controlfield tag="005">20210830012106.0</controlfield><controlfield tag="006">m|||||o||d||||||||</controlfield><controlfield tag="007">cr || ||||||||</controlfield><controlfield tag="008">210830t19992000nju fo d z eng d</controlfield><datafield tag="019" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">(OCoLC)984676789</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="020" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">9781400823277</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="024" ind1="7" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">10.1515/9781400823277</subfield><subfield code="2">doi</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="035" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">(DE-B1597)446212</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="035" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">(OCoLC)979749347</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="040" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">DE-B1597</subfield><subfield code="b">eng</subfield><subfield code="c">DE-B1597</subfield><subfield code="e">rda</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="041" ind1="0" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">eng</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="044" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">nju</subfield><subfield code="c">US-NJ</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="072" ind1=" " ind2="7"><subfield code="a">POL016000</subfield><subfield code="2">bisacsh</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="082" ind1="0" ind2="4"><subfield code="a">658.4/08</subfield><subfield code="2">21</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="100" ind1="1" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Martin, Cathie Jo, </subfield><subfield code="e">author.</subfield><subfield code="4">aut</subfield><subfield code="4">http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="245" ind1="1" ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Stuck in Neutral :</subfield><subfield code="b">Business and the Politics of Human Capital Investment Policy /</subfield><subfield code="c">Cathie Jo Martin.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="250" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Core Textbook</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="264" ind1=" " ind2="1"><subfield code="a">Princeton, NJ : </subfield><subfield code="b">Princeton University Press, </subfield><subfield code="c">[1999]</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="264" ind1=" " ind2="4"><subfield code="c">©2000</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="300" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">1 online resource (264 p.) :</subfield><subfield code="b">7 tables</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="336" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">text</subfield><subfield code="b">txt</subfield><subfield code="2">rdacontent</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="337" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">computer</subfield><subfield code="b">c</subfield><subfield code="2">rdamedia</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="338" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">online resource</subfield><subfield code="b">cr</subfield><subfield code="2">rdacarrier</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="347" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">text file</subfield><subfield code="b">PDF</subfield><subfield code="2">rda</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="490" ind1="0" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Princeton Studies in American Politics: Historical, International, and Comparative Perspectives ;</subfield><subfield code="v">72</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="505" ind1="0" ind2="0"><subfield code="t">Frontmatter -- </subfield><subfield code="t">CONTENTS -- </subfield><subfield code="t">ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- </subfield><subfield code="t">ABBREVIATIONS -- </subfield><subfield code="t">INTRODUCTION -- </subfield><subfield code="t">ONE. Business and the Politics of Human Capital Investment -- </subfield><subfield code="t">TWO. A Century of Business Involvement in Social Provision -- </subfield><subfield code="t">THREE. Nature or Nurture? Company Preferences for National Health Reform -- </subfield><subfield code="t">FOUR. On the Bus: Business Organization in Training and Work-Family Issues -- </subfield><subfield code="t">FIVE. The Least-Common-Denominator Business Community: Corporate Engagement with Health Policy -- </subfield><subfield code="t">SIX. United We Stand: Corporate Engagement with Training Policy -- </subfield><subfield code="t">SEVEN. An Affair to Remember: Small Business and the Republican Party against Family Leave -- </subfield><subfield code="t">EIGHT. Implications for Our Economic Future -- </subfield><subfield code="t">INDEX</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="506" ind1="0" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">restricted access</subfield><subfield code="u">http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec</subfield><subfield code="f">online access with authorization</subfield><subfield code="2">star</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="520" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">According to conventional wisdom, big business wields enormous influence over America's political agenda and is responsible for the relatively limited scale of the country's social policies. In Stuck in Neutral, however, Cathie Jo Martin challenges that view, arguing that big business has limited involvement in social policy and in many instances desires broader social interventions. Combining hundreds of in-depth interviews with careful quantitative analysis, Martin shows that there is strong support among managers for government-sponsored training, health, work, and family initiatives to enhance workers' skills and productivity. This support does not translate into political action, surprisingly, because big firms are not organized to intervene effectively. Every large company has its own staff to deal with government affairs, but overarching organizations for the most part lobby ineffectively for the collective interests of big business in the social realm. By contrast, small firms, which cannot afford to lobby the government directly, rely on representative associations to speak for them. The unified voice of small business comes through much more clearly in policy circles than the diverse messages presented by individual corporations, ensuring that the small-business agenda of limited social policy prevails. A vivid portrayal of the interplay between business and politics, Stuck in Neutral offers a fresh take on some of the most controversial issues of our day. It is a must read for anyone interested in the past, present, and future of the American welfare state and political economy.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="530" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Issued also in print.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="538" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="546" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">In English.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="588" ind1="0" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Aug 2021)</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="0"><subfield code="a">BUSINESS &amp</subfield><subfield code="x">ECONOMICS</subfield><subfield code="v">Development</subfield><subfield code="v">Sustainable Development.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Entreprises</subfield><subfield code="v">Responsabilité sociale</subfield><subfield code="v">États-Unis.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Human capital</subfield><subfield code="z">United States.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Ressources humaines</subfield><subfield code="v">États-Unis.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Social responsibility of business</subfield><subfield code="z">United States.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="7"><subfield code="a">POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General.</subfield><subfield code="2">bisacsh</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="773" ind1="0" ind2="8"><subfield code="i">Title is part of eBook package:</subfield><subfield code="d">De Gruyter</subfield><subfield code="t">DG and UP eBook Package 2000-2015</subfield><subfield code="z">9783110638721</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="773" ind1="0" ind2="8"><subfield code="i">Title is part of eBook package:</subfield><subfield code="d">De Gruyter</subfield><subfield code="t">Princeton University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013</subfield><subfield code="z">9783110442502</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="776" ind1="0" ind2=" "><subfield code="c">print</subfield><subfield code="z">9780691009612</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="856" ind1="4" ind2="0"><subfield code="u">https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400823277</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="856" ind1="4" ind2="0"><subfield code="u">https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781400823277</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="856" ind1="4" ind2="2"><subfield code="3">Cover</subfield><subfield code="u">https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9781400823277.jpg</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">978-3-11-044250-2 Princeton University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013</subfield><subfield code="c">2000</subfield><subfield code="d">2013</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">978-3-11-063872-1 DG and UP eBook Package 2000-2015</subfield><subfield code="c">2000</subfield><subfield code="d">2015</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">EBA_BACKALL</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">EBA_CL_SN</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">EBA_EBACKALL</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">EBA_EBKALL</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">EBA_ECL_SN</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">EBA_EEBKALL</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">EBA_ESSHALL</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">EBA_PPALL</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">EBA_SSHALL</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">EBA_STMALL</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">GBV-deGruyter-alles</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">PDA11SSHE</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">PDA12STME</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">PDA13ENGE</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">PDA17SSHEE</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">PDA5EBK</subfield></datafield></record></collection> |