The Political Economy of the Company

John Parkinson, who died in 2004, was Professor of Law at the University of Bristol. Gavin Kelly is Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR). Andrew Gamble is Professor of Politics and Director of the Political Economy Research Centre, University of Sheffield.

Introduction - the political economy of the company, Andrew Gamble, Gavin Kelly and John Parkinson; the politics of the company, Andrew Gamble and Gavin Kelly; the Labour party and the company, Ben Clift, Andrew Gamble and Michael Harris; the public interest and the company in Germany, Shawn Donnelly; worker rights and responsibilities in the modern company, Robert Taylor; the conceptual foundations of the company - a pluralist approach, Gavin Kelly and John Parkinson; defending the rentier - corporate theory and the reprivatization of the public company, Paddy Ireland; corporate governance in a political climate - the impact of public policy regimes on corporate governance in the UK, Sue Bowden; institutional investors - what are their responsibilities as shareholders?, G.P. Stapledon; evolution and policy in company law - the non-executive director, John Parkinson; comparative corporate governance - sociological perspectives, Gregory Jackson.