Book Review: Christopher Hodges, Law and Corporate Behaviour: Integrating Theories of Regulation, Enforcement, Compliance and Ethics
| Published date | 01 February 2017 |
| DOI | 10.1177/1478929916666790 |
| Author | Christopher May |
| Date | 01 February 2017 |
| Subject Matter | Book ReviewsGeneral Politics |
126 Political Studies Review 15 (1)
who switches his self to the other and internal-
ises much of the ex-gay literature; ultimately,
because of his empathy about others, he other-
ises his ‘self’ and incurs lots of pain.
This book, which is a compilation of
articles published in Social Movements Studies
in 2012, is a ‘classic’ on the methodological
aspects of ethnographic and fieldwork-ori-
ented research. The authors have been very
genuine and critical in raising some of the
complex issues of social science/social move-
ment studies. This book should be recom-
mended for research students who are working
on inter- and multidisciplinary subjects such
as politics, international relations, sociology/
social work and development studies.
Parvez Alam
(University of Delhi)
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Inclusive Growth, Development and Welfare
Policy: A Critical Assessment by Reza
Hasmath (ed.). Abingdon: Routledge, 2015.
293pp., £90.00 (h/b), ISBN 9781138840799
This edited collection explores themes in the
politics and policy of inclusive growth, devel-
opment and welfare. Chapter 1 introduces the
topic of inclusive growth and welfare. Chapter
2 explores recent trends in the growth of in-
equality across OECD nations, as well as
emphasising the role of institutional reforms in
the trade-off between growth and equality.
Regarding inclusive growth as the core guide-
line throughout the book, the authors criticise
the insufficiencies of older development mod-
els in resolving market failures, social exclu-
sion and a widening social gap. The chapters
that follow (3–6) offer persuasive arguments
about the pressing need to shift towards new
development policies in a range of Asian
examples. Chapters 7–9 further develop the
idea of a ‘social investment welfare state’.
Chapters 10–14 investigate these ideas in the
context of empirical material from a range of
more or less developed countries. The collec-
tion closes with Phillippe van Parijs and
Yannick Vanderborght’s case for a ‘basic
income in a globalized economy’ (chapter 15).
Overall, the book makes a wide-ranging
contribution in building the theoretical frame-
work and policy instruments around the issues
of growth and inequality, which is worthwhile
for policy makers, economists and researchers.
In exploring the interaction of ‘social’ elements
and inclusive growth, the book offers to bridge
the gap between economic growth and social
inclusion. The key trends in the development
and welfare policies are also reflected in detail
with the move from rigid policy prescriptions
to a more flexible and pragmatic approach,
from classic neo-liberalism towards a restored
emphasis on the active role of the state and,
more generally, a shift from ‘social spending to
social investment’ (p. 114).
Given its case study focus, the emphasis
here is still very much on developments
within national borders, even though we are
witnessing unprecedented economic integra-
tion at the global level and an increasing
policy role for international and regional
institutions. And while the authors pick cases
from each of the four groups of nations identi-
fied in chapter 1, there is perhaps an imbal-
ance between more and less advanced
economies. Moreover, the book seems to miss
out the Southeast Asian region which has
been recorded in many lessons about inequal-
ity and poverty reduction. Finally, one of the
most interesting points in the book is the con-
trasting approach in understanding the notion
of ‘citizenship’ in a range of cases and the
ways in which this might affect the outcome
of welfare policies, as seen especially in the
cases of South Africa (chapter 11) and New
Zealand (chapter 13).
Hong Hieu Huynh
(University of Nottingham)
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Law and Corporate Behaviour: Integrating
Theories of Regulation, Enforcement,
Compliance and Ethics by Christopher
Hodges. Oxford and Portland, OR: Hart Publishing,
2015. 800pp., £60.00 (h/b), ISBN 9781849466530
It is difficult to do justice to a large book in a
short review, but by his own admission, after
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