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The Power of Business

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Doris Fuchs  and
Markus ML Lederer
Doris Fuchs
Affiliation:
Stuttgart University
Markus ML Lederer
Affiliation:
University of Potsdam
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Abstract

The introduction to the special issue develops a systematic and theoretically grounded framework for assessing business power in global governance. It is shown that power is said to have shifted from the world of states to the world of business. However, in order to evaluate such a claim first a differentiation of power in its instrumental, structural, and discursive facets is necessary. It is furthermore explained that the strength of such a three-dimensional assessment is that it combines different levels of analysis and considers actor-specific and structural dimensions and their material and ideational sources. Following a short introduction to the more empirical articles is provided summarizing their commonalities and differences.

Keywords

businesspowerdiscursivestructuralinstitutional
Type
Research Article
Information
Business and Politics , Volume 9 , Issue 3: Special Issue: Business Power and Global Governance , December 2007 , pp. 1 - 17
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Copyright © V.K. Aggarwal 2007 and published under exclusive license to Cambridge University Press 

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