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Corporations and American Democracy / Naomi R. Lamoreaux, William J. Novak.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2017]Copyright date: ©2017Description: 1 online resource (528 p.) : 2 halftones, 4 maps, 7 graphs, 9 tablesContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780674972285
  • 9780674977686
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 346.73/066609 23
LOC classification:
  • KF1384 .C67 2017
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Corporations and American Democracy: An Introduction -- 1. Early American Corporations and the State -- 2. Corporations and Organizations in the United States aft er 1840 -- 3. The Dissociation of Incorporation and Regulation in the Progressive Era and the New Deal -- 4. The Public Utility Idea and the Origins of Modern Business Regulation -- 5. Corporate Taxation and the Regulation of Early Twentieth- Century American Business -- 6. From Fiscal Triangle to Passing Th rough: Rise of the Nonprofit Corporation -- 7. The Supreme Court's View of Corporate Rights: Two Centuries of Evolution and Controversy -- 8 Corporations and the Fourteenth Amendment -- 9. Two Cheers for Vertical Integration: Corporate Governance in a World of Global Supply Chains -- 10. Citizens United, Personhood, and the Corporation in Politics -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- Index
Summary: Recent Supreme Court decisions in Citizens United and other high-profile cases have sparked disagreement about the role of corporations in American democracy. Bringing together scholars of history, law, and political science, Corporations and American Democracy provides essential grounding for today's policy debates.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Corporations and American Democracy: An Introduction -- 1. Early American Corporations and the State -- 2. Corporations and Organizations in the United States aft er 1840 -- 3. The Dissociation of Incorporation and Regulation in the Progressive Era and the New Deal -- 4. The Public Utility Idea and the Origins of Modern Business Regulation -- 5. Corporate Taxation and the Regulation of Early Twentieth- Century American Business -- 6. From Fiscal Triangle to Passing Th rough: Rise of the Nonprofit Corporation -- 7. The Supreme Court's View of Corporate Rights: Two Centuries of Evolution and Controversy -- 8 Corporations and the Fourteenth Amendment -- 9. Two Cheers for Vertical Integration: Corporate Governance in a World of Global Supply Chains -- 10. Citizens United, Personhood, and the Corporation in Politics -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- Index

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Recent Supreme Court decisions in Citizens United and other high-profile cases have sparked disagreement about the role of corporations in American democracy. Bringing together scholars of history, law, and political science, Corporations and American Democracy provides essential grounding for today's policy debates.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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