Global Public Policy: Business and the Countervailing Powers of Civil Society

We are living at a critical time in which the public and private spheres of society are redefining themselves and reshaping our world. This incisive new book analyzes the changing roles of business and civil society, delivering an incisive analysis of their fast-changing relationship and how it impacts on all areas of global public policy. New policy arrangements on a global level, together with their patterns of conflict and cooperation are comprehensively tackled by this essential new text. Using theoretical inspirations from a range of traditions, it develops and applies the concepts of policy arrangement and countervailing power to the relations of global business and civil society. The key areas explored include finance, biotechnology, the mining industry, anti-AIDS drugs, climate policy, world economic and social forums.