Title Business and governance in South Africa : racing to the top? / edited by Tanua A. Börzel and christian Thauer

Published Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013

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Description 1 online resource Series Governance and limited statehood Governance and limited statehood Contents PART I: INTRODUCTION 1. Business and Governance in Areas of Limited Statehood -- Tanja A. Borzel 2. Business, Governance and Government in South Africa -- The Legacy of Apartheid -- Jana Honke, Nicole Kranz, Anna Kristin Muller-Debus and Christian R. Thauer PART II: FIGHTING HIV/AIDS IN SOUTH AFRICA 3. HIV/AIDS in South Africa -- Anna Kristin Mueller-Debus & Christian R. Thauer 4. Coping with Uncertainty -- The Automotive Industry and the Governance of HIV/AIDS in South Africa -- Christian R. Thauer 5. Between Cause and Cure -- The Mining Industry and HIV/AIDS Governance in South Africa -- Jana Honke 6. Beyond Customer Care -- Does HIV/AIDS Matter to the South African Food and Beverage Sector? -- Nicole Kranz 7. Stuck in the Shadow of Anarchy -- HIV/AIDS Governance and the Textile Sector in South Africa -- Anna Kristin Muller-Debus PART III: FIGHTING ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION IN SOUTH AFRICA 8. Environmental Policy in South Africa -- Nicole Kranz & Jana Honke 9. Upgrading the Periphery? -- The Contribution of Car Companies to Environmental Governance in South Africa -- Christian R. Thauer 10. Cleaning up their act, or more? -- Mining companies and environmental protection in South Africa -- Jana Honke and Nicole Kranz 11. Securing the Production Basis: Environmental Governance in the Food and Beverage Sector -- Nicole Kranz 12 . A Race to the Bottom? -- Environmental Protection and the Textile Industry -- Anna Kristin Muller-Debus PART IV: CONCLUSIONS 13. Racing to the Top? -- Tanja A. Borzel, Christian R. Thauer and Jana Honke Summary The authors identify conditions under which firms seek higher rather than lower regulation in a context of weak regulatory capacities by engaging in self-regulation or partnering up with the government and/or NGOs. They analyse how firms in the automotive, food, textile, and mining sectors fight environmental pollution and HIV/AIDS. Under which conditions do companies engage in the provision of collective goods and services if the state lacks the capacity to do so? To what extent do multinational firms engage in a 'race to the top' fostering rather than undermining regulation? The empirical analyses in the individual chapters look at business responses to some of South Africa's most pertinent governance challenges, HIV/AIDS and environmental pollution. The contributors look at firms in four industry sectors: the automotive industry, the mining industry, the food and beverage industry and the textile industry. These four sectors comprise a significant number of foreign as well as local companies, with or without brand name, which cater to different market segments within South Africa, differ in size and are exposed to varying pressure from NGOs and foreign competitors Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Tanja A. Borzel is Professor of Political Science and holds the Chair for European Integration at the Otto-Suhr-Institute for Political Science, Freie Universitat Berlin, Germany. She is co-coordinator of the Research College "The Transformative Power of Europe" and directs the Jean Monnet Center of Excellence 'Europe and its Citizens'. Her research focus and teaching experience lie in the field of institutional theory and governance, European integration, and comparative regionalism. Christian Thauer is Assistant Professor in International Relations at the Freie Universitat Berlin, Germany, and currently Visiting Fellow at the Jackson School of International Studies at the University of Washington, USA. He holds a PhD from the European University Institute, Italy, and was awarded the International Studies Association International Political Economy Best Dissertation Price 2010-2011. His research and publication activities focus on businesses as political actors and governance providers Epublication based on: 9780230347779, 2013 English Print version record Subject Commercial law -- South Africa Industries -- Self-regulation -- South Africa AIDS (Disease) -- Patients -- Employment -- Law and legislation -- South Africa Pollution -- Law and legislation -- South Africa Automobile industry and trade -- Self-regulation -- South Africa Mineral industries -- Self-regulation -- South Africa Food industry and trade -- Self-regulation -- South Africa Textile industry -- Self-regulation -- South Africa Mineral industries -- South Africa Corporate governance -- Republic of South Africa. Industry & industrial studies -- Republic of South Africa. Central government policies -- Republic of South Africa. Regional government policies -- Republic of South Africa. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- General. Business and Management. AIDS (Disease) -- Patients -- Employment -- Law and legislation Commercial law Industries -- Self-regulation Pollution -- Law and legislation South Africa Form Electronic book Author Borzel, Tanja A Thauer, Christian ISBN 9781137317810 1137317817 1349345059 9781349345052

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