The Political Role of Corporate Citizens: An Interdisciplinary Approach (Palgrave Studies in Citizenship Transitions)

This volume provides an interdisciplinary analysis on the political role of corporations in society by using the analytical device of corporate citizenship. It questions what ideas on corporate citizenship may say about the ongoing publicization of the corporation and the implications of these developments for the public domain and welfare state. In a society where the role of corporations and the state is in flux, this volume explores how the concept of citizenship has been transformed with the entrance and involvement of other actors, primarily corporations and non-governmental organizations, in the protection and provision of citizenship without the nation-state. Examining the economic effects of globalization and citizenship, this interdisciplinary collection questions what ideas on corporate citizenship may say about the ongoing publicization of the corporation. What is the role of the corporate citizen in the public domain? How does that new role transgress traditional notions of what corporations are and ought to be? And what are the implications of these developments for the welfare state and democracy at large? This book uses the notion of a citizenship for corporations as a devise for delineating and analyzing the political role of the corporation in the public domain. It will appeal to a wide range of scholars in political science, organization and management, business and society and political economy. Its international contributors include Paula Blomqvist, Celine Cholez, Andrew Crane, Steven Gerencser, Boris Holzer, Uwafiokun Idemudia, Dirk Matten, Jeremy Moon, Fabrizio Panozzo and Pascal Trompette (site de l'éditeur) Front Matter....Pages i-xv Introduction: Corporate Citizenship and the Political Role of the Corporation....Pages 1-17 Corporations and Clientelism: The Problem of Democratic Accountability for Corporate Citizenship....Pages 18-40 Citizenship, Identity and the Corporation: Exploring New Avenues of Political Mediation....Pages 41-64 Inadvertent Citizens: Corporate Citizenship and Moral Actorhood....Pages 65-83 Standards, Triple Bottom Lines and Balanced Scorecards: Shaping the Metaphor of Corporate Citizenship with Calculative Infrastructures....Pages 84-109 Revisiting Corporate Citizenship Theory and Practice from the Perspective of Local Communities in Africa: Lessons from Nigeria....Pages 110-138 Various Corporate Citizenships in BoP Markets....Pages 139-165 Citizenship, Choice and Social Equality in Welfare Services....Pages 166-189 Corporate Citizens and ‘The War on Terror’....Pages 190-206 Conclusions: The Political Role of Corporations....Pages 207-221 Back Matter....Pages 222-229