Corporate Social Responsibility and the Welfare State : The Historical and Contemporary Role of CSR in the Mixed Economy of Welfare.
Title:
Corporate Social Responsibility and the Welfare State : The Historical and Contemporary Role of CSR in the Mixed Economy of Welfare.
Author:
Brejning, Jeanette.
ISBN:
9781409424529
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (208 pages)
Contents:
Cover -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- 1 Introduction -- Why CSR is Relevant to Welfare State Politics and Research -- Investigating the Relationship between CSR and the Welfare State -- The Content of this Book -- Part I Theory and Concepts -- 2 Theoretical Framework -- Introduction -- The Mixed Economy of Welfare -- Historical Institutionalism -- Integrating the Mixed Economy Approach and Historical Institutionalism -- Conclusion -- 3 Corporate Social Responsibility -- Introduction -- Discourses of Corporate Social Responsibility -- Discourses of Social Exclusion -- Conclusion -- Part II A History of Corporate Social Responsibility in the Mixed Economy of Welfare -- Introduction to Part II -- 4 Connections between CSR and Nineteenth-century Philanthropy -- Introduction -- England: Explicit Links between Contemporary and Victorian CSR -- Denmark: Associating Philanthropy with Less Equal Societies -- Further Views from Scandinavia -- France and Germany: Institutional Barriers in Conservative Welfare States -- Conclusion -- 5 CSR as Social Policy -- Introduction -- Denmark: CSR as a New Social Policy -- England: CSR as the Revival of a Lost Tradition -- Germany and France: Emphasizing Social Responsibility for the Employed -- Conclusion -- 6 CSR, Globalization and Anti-globalization -- Introduction -- Globalization and the Emergence of an International CSR Agenda -- England and Denmark: Different Degrees of Institutional Mediation -- Norway and Sweden: Embracing CSR as Part of Internationalization -- Germany and France: Tweaking Globalization CSR towards Employment Issues -- Conclusion -- Conclusion to Part II -- Part III Case Study: Views from CSR Practitioners in England and Denmark -- Introduction to Part III -- 7 Is There a 'Social Case' for Corporate Social Responsibility? -- Introduction.
Measuring the Social Impacts of Corporate Social Responsibility -- Positive Perspectives: CSR as a Contribution to Welfare -- Critical Perspectives on the Social Aspects of CSR -- Conclusion: Navigating the Positive and Critical Voices -- 8 CSR and the Changing Welfare State -- Introduction -- Change, Continuity, Convergence and Divergence in the CSR Unemployment Projects -- CSR Past, Present and Future -- Conclusion -- 9 Conclusion -- The Findings and the Future -- Why Corporate Social Responsibility is Relevant to Welfare State Politics and Studies -- Considerations on the Future of CSR -- List of References -- Index.
Abstract:
Over the past four decades many European welfare states have seen an increasing involvement of the commercial sector in their mixed economies of welfare. One aspect of this development that has yet to be fully understood in social policy analysis is the engagement of businesses to address social problems, such as social exclusion, through activities labelled as 'corporate social responsibility' ('CSR'). Although CSR has gained increasing currency on both national and international policy agendas since the 1990s, it remains a topic which is predominantly researched in business schools and from a business perspective. This book aims to redress this imbalance by focusing on the social aspect of CSR. Based on interviews with a wide spectrum of people who work with CSR professionally in England, Denmark and in the EU Commission, the book argues that when CSR is linked to social exclusion it is a way of renegotiating responsibilities in mixed economies of welfare. The book also offers a comprehensive historical understanding of CSR as it traces the emergence and development of CSR in West European welfare economies as diverse as England, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Germany and France. By situating CSR within the conceptual framework of the mixed economy of welfare and using Historical Institutionalism as a theoretical perspective to explore and explain the relationship between the welfare state and CSR, this book makes an innovative contribution to critical debates in comparative social policy.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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