Brejning, Jeanette.

Corporate social responsibility and the welfare state : the historical and contemporary role of CSR in the mixed economy of welfare / by Jeanette Brejning. - Farnham, Surrey : Burlington, VT : Ashgate Pub., 2012. - 193 p. : ill.

List of figures -- Acknowledgments -- List of abbreviations -- Introduction : examining the social dimension of corporate social responsibility -- Theory and concepts -- Theoretical framework : integrating historical institutionalism and the mixed economy of welfare approach -- Corporate social responsibility : making sense of a contested concept -- A history of corporate social responsibility in the mixed economy of welfare -- Connections to nineteenth century philanthropy : CSR in the commercial sector -- CSR as social policy : CSR in the public sector -- CSR, globalization and anti-globalization : CSR and the non-profit sector -- Case study : views from csr practitioners in England and Denmark -- Is there a "social case" for CSR? : views on the social impacts of CSR -- CSR and the changing welfare state : does CSR constitute a roll-back of the state? -- Conclusion: the welfare state, CSR, and the future -- References -- Index. HKBU library

YT2025 M08

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Social responsibility of business.
Welfare state.
Social policy.
Globalization--Social aspects.

HD60 / B835 C 2012