The Power of Business

@article{Fuchs2007ThePO,
  title={The Power of Business},
  author={Doris Fuchs and Markus Lederer},
  journal={Business and Politics},
  year={2007},
  volume={9},
  pages={1 - 17}
}
The introduction to the special issue develops a systematic and theoretically grounded framework for assessing business power in global governance. It is shown that power is said to have shifted from the world of states to the world of business. However, in order to evaluate such a claim first a differentiation of power in its instrumental, structural, and discursive facets is necessary. It is furthermore explained that the strength of such a three-dimensional assessment is that it combines… 
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