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Book SynopsisAccording to conventional wisdom, big business wields enormous influence over America's political agenda and is responsible for the relatively limited scale of the country's social policies. This book challenges that view, arguing that big business has limited involvement in social policy and in many instances desires broader social interventions.
Trade Review"Whether big business has been stuck in neutral or just parked beside issues of secondary interest, Martin's book encourages us to review what we think we know about business and the policy process."--Neil J. Mitchell, Governance
Table of ContentsACKNOWLEDGMENTS ix LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS xi Introduction 3 ONE Business and the Politics of Human Capital Investment 20 TWO A Century of Business Involvement in Social Provision 65 THREE Nature or Nurture? Company Preferences for National Health Reform 94 Appendix to Chapter Three FOUR On the Bus: Business Organization in Training and Work-Family Issues 139 FIVE The Least-Common-Denominator Business Community: Corporate Engagement with Health Policy 168 SIX United We Stand: Corporate Engagement with Training Policy 190 SEVEN An Affair to Remember: Small Business and the Republican Party against Family Leave 219 EIGHT Implications for Our Economic Future 240 INDEX 257
