Acknowledgments
Introduction: The Study of Business and Politics 3
Ch. 1 Why Businessmen Distrust Their State: The Political Consciousness of American Corporate Executives 29
Ch. 2 Cooperative Regulation: Environmental Protection in Great Britain 73
Ch. 3 The Globalization of Business Ethics: Why America Remains Distinctive 91
Ch. 4 Government-Industry Relations in the United States: An Overview 113
Ch. 5 The Public-Interest Movement and the American Reform Tradition 141
Ch. 6 Lobbying the Corporation: Citizen Challenges to Business Authority 166
Ch. 7 The Ethical Roots of Business Ethics 195
Ch. 8 When Consumers Oppose Consumer Protection: The Politics of Regulatory Backlash 214
Ch. 9 Political Science and the Study of Corporate Power: A Dissent from the New Conventional Wisdom 239
Ch. 10 The Power of Business in America: A Reappraisal 268
Ch. 11 The Power of Business in Capitalist Societies: A Comparative Perspective 298
Ch. 12 A Case Study of Clear Air Legislation, 1967-1981 323
Appendix 394
Index 397

Notwithstanding the myriad forms of government assistance to American business, the relationship of business to politics in the United States remains a highly antagonistic one, characterized by substantial mutual distrust. This adversarial relationship is both reflected and reinforced not only in American business ideology, but also in America's unique legalistic and confrontational style of regulation, the political strategies of the public interest movement, the American approach to American industrial policy, and the distinctive way Americans think about the subject of business ethics. This volume brings together more than two decades of scholarship on business and politics by one of the leading authorities on this subject.
These essays also explore a number of critical contemporary issues, including the ongoing debate over the scope and extent of business power in America, the growth of shareholder protests and consumer boycotts, the changing politics of consumer and environmental regulation, and the emergence of both public and business interest in business ethics. In addition, they place the contemporary dynamics of American business-government relations in both an historical and comparative context. Finally these essays demonstrate e the importance of integrating the study of business by political scientists with the study of politics by students of management.
Originally published in 1996.
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David Vogel is Professor of Business and Pubic Policy at the Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley, where he also holds the Quist Chair in Business Ethics. A political scientist, he is the author of five books on business-government relations.