How do European states adjust to international markets? Why do French governments of both left and right face a public confidence crisis? In this book, leading experts on France chart the dramatic changes that have taken place in its polity, economy and society since the 1980s and develop an analysis of social change relevant to all democracies.
How do European states adjust to international markets? Why do French governments of both left and right face a public confidence crisis? In this book...
Does democracy control business, or does business control democracy? This study of how companies are bought and sold in four countries France, Germany, Japan, and the Netherlands explores this fundamental question. It does so by examining variation in the rules of corporate control specifically, whether hostile takeovers are allowed. Takeovers have high political stakes: they result in corporate reorganizations, layoffs, and the unraveling of compromises between workers and managers. But the public rarely pays attention to issues of corporate control. As a result, political parties and...
Does democracy control business, or does business control democracy? This study of how companies are bought and sold in four countries France, Germany...
