"It's the politics, stupid!": Reflections on the role of business in contemporary nonfiction

Dirk Matten

doi:10.1177/0007650309337123

"It's the politics, stupid!": Reflections on the role of business in contemporary nonfiction

Dirk Matten

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Abstract

This review essay analyzes the 2007 books of Naomi Klein and Robert B. Reich. Both books identify a political role for the private corporation in contemporary capitalism globally. The review article concludes with some remarks on the implication of both books for a future research agenda in management studies in general and the business and society field in particular.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	565-576
Number of pages	12
Journal	Business and Society
Volume	48
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/0007650309337123
State	Published - Dec 2009

Keywords

Business and politics
Corporate political action
Disaster capitalism
Supercapitalism

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)

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