Global Governance and Corporate Responsibility in Conflict Zones

by M. Feil

Overview

Corporations in conflict zones and their provision of security are particularly relevant for understanding whether private actors are increasingly sources of governance contributions that regulate public goods. Feil highlights the discrepancies between political and theoretical expectations of corporate engagement and governance contributions.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781349338801
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	01/01/2012
Series:	Global Issues
Edition description:	1st ed. 2012
Pages:	243
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x (d)

About the Author

MOIRA FEIL is Senior Project Manager at Adelphi Research in Berlin, Germany, where she has worked extensively on interactions of natural resource management and environmental change with development, security and peace-building. Prior to this, she was a researcher at the Peace Research Institute Frankfurt, Germany.

Table of Contents

Introduction Businesses in War and Peace Concepts of Socio-Political Corporate Engagement A Framework of Analysis for Corporate Governance Contributions in Conflict Zones Case Studies from Central Africa Explanations for Corporate Engagement Conclusion Appendices