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Corporate power and US economic and environmental policy, 1978--2008

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The analysis here critically evaluates the 'new corporate environmentalism' and elaborates a relational theory of the state to explain policy formation in the US electrical energy industry. There are several findings. Firstly, corporations mobilize politically to advance their economic agendas and weaken environmental policy. Secondly, after state structures are created to enforce public policy, they provide the socio-political legitimacy for corporations to further advance their economic interests. Thirdly, in contrast to neoliberal claims, corporate--state relations during the era of re-regulation resulted in higher energy cost for consumers in several regions. Copyright 2012, Oxford University Press.

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  • Harland Prechel, 2012. "Corporate power and US economic and environmental policy, 1978--2008," Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, Cambridge Political Economy Society, vol. 5(3), pages 357-375.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:cjrecs:v:5:y:2012:i:3:p:357-375
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    1. Min-Dong Paul Lee & Michael Lounsbury, 2015. "Filtering Institutional Logics: Community Logic Variation and Differential Responses to the Institutional Complexity of Toxic Waste," Organization Science, INFORMS, vol. 26(3), pages 847-866, June.
    2. Harland Prechel & George Touche, 2014. "The Effects of Organizational Characteristics and State Environmental Policies on Sulfur-Dioxide Pollution in U.S. Electrical Energy Corporations," Social Science Quarterly, Southwestern Social Science Association, vol. 95(1), pages 76-96, March.
    3. Joshua A. Basseches & Rebecca Bromley-Trujillo & Maxwell T. Boykoff & Trevor Culhane & Galen Hall & Noel Healy & David J. Hess & David Hsu & Rachel M. Krause & Harland Prechel & J. Timmons Roberts & J, 2022. "Climate policy conflict in the U.S. states: a critical review and way forward," Climatic Change, Springer, vol. 170(3), pages 1-24, February.

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