Corporate Power and the Politics of Change

Corporate Governing: When Companies Become the State

In Corporate Governing: When Companies Become the State, Matteo Gatti examines how corporations have taken on roles traditionally reserved for governments – advocating on social issues, setting internal norms, and stepping in where public institutions fall short. This phenomenon, called corporate governing, takes two forms: socioeconomic advocacy, when companies take public stances, and government substitution, when they …