Includes statistical evidence from a sample of 39 countries, with detailed narratives of nine specific country cases.
Introduction and summary argument
Governance patterns: what causes what?
Framing incentives: the economics and law tradition
Politics: preferences and institutions
Preference cleavages 1: class conflict
Preference cleavages 2: sectoral conflict
Preference cleavages 3: transparency, voice, and pensions
Conclusion : going forward.
Political power and corporate control : the new global politics of corporate governance by Peter Alexis Gourevitch. ISBN 9780691122915. Published by Princeton University Press in 2005. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.