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.

...a valuable and timely contribution to current debates about the regulation of (large) companies in the United Kingdom. The individual essays are thoughtful and scholarly, and the text is given an overall coherence by the editors introductory chapter, which summarises well the subsequent essays whilst highlighting the principal themes of the text. Chris Riley Legal Studies April 2001 The text offers a valuable collection of reflective essays on the nature, scope and change in the U.K. corporate governance theory. For the North American reader, the collection provides key insights into the development of U.K. company law An easy and interesting read, the book makes a most helpful contribution to the corporate governance debate. Janis Sarra Canadian Business Law Journal April 2001

• 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.