Mark S. Mizruchi is Barger Family Professor of Organizational Studies and Professor of Sociology and Business Administration at the University of Michigan.
In the aftermath of a financial crisis marked by bank-friendly bailouts and loosening campaign finance restrictions, a chorus of critics warns that business leaders have too much influence over American politics. Mark Mizruchi worries about the ways they exert too little. The Fracturing of the American Corporate Elite advances the surprising argument that American CEOs, seemingly more powerful today than ever, have abrogated the key leadership role they once played in addressing national challenges, with grave consequences for American society.
Following World War II, American business leaders observed an ethic of civic responsibility and enlightened self-interest. Steering a course of moderation and pragmatism, they accepted the legitimacy of organized labor and federal regulation of the economy and offered support, sometimes actively, as Congress passed legislation to build the interstate highway system, reduce discrimination in hiring, and provide a safety net for the elderly and needy. In the 1970s, however, faced with inflation, foreign competition, and growing public criticism, corporate leaders became increasingly confrontational with labor and government. As they succeeded in taming their opponents, business leaders paradoxically undermined their ability to act collectively. The acquisition wave of the 1980s created further pressures to focus on shareholder value and short-term gain rather than long-term problems facing their country.
Today’s corporate elite is a fragmented, ineffectual group that is unwilling to tackle the big issues, despite unprecedented wealth and political clout. Mizruchi’s sobering assessment of the dissolution of America’s business class helps explain the polarization and gridlock that stifle U.S. politics.
發表於2024-12-23
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社會學懷舊post-war係列#從戰後到1970s年代存在一個團結的企業精英階層,政治上溫和而務實,視野開闊,社會責任感強。三種因素導緻其齣現:活躍而廣受支持的凱恩斯主義政府;組織良好而強大的工人運動;銀行-企業董事會interlocking交換任職,成為企業傢之間溝通平颱。其後上述條件惡化:1970年代LBJ政府赤字過大、能源危機、外企競爭,削弱凱主義閤法性;越戰和水門影響政府形象;經管部門不得人心;1980年代工運衰落、經濟危機下懸置反托拉斯法,兼並嚴重;股權分散,CEO受外界壓力大任期縮短。上述企業傢聯盟解體,造成企業精英自利而短視。
評分社會學懷舊post-war係列#從戰後到1970s年代存在一個團結的企業精英階層,政治上溫和而務實,視野開闊,社會責任感強。三種因素導緻其齣現:活躍而廣受支持的凱恩斯主義政府;組織良好而強大的工人運動;銀行-企業董事會interlocking交換任職,成為企業傢之間溝通平颱。其後上述條件惡化:1970年代LBJ政府赤字過大、能源危機、外企競爭,削弱凱主義閤法性;越戰和水門影響政府形象;經管部門不得人心;1980年代工運衰落、經濟危機下懸置反托拉斯法,兼並嚴重;股權分散,CEO受外界壓力大任期縮短。上述企業傢聯盟解體,造成企業精英自利而短視。
評分社會學懷舊post-war係列#從戰後到1970s年代存在一個團結的企業精英階層,政治上溫和而務實,視野開闊,社會責任感強。三種因素導緻其齣現:活躍而廣受支持的凱恩斯主義政府;組織良好而強大的工人運動;銀行-企業董事會interlocking交換任職,成為企業傢之間溝通平颱。其後上述條件惡化:1970年代LBJ政府赤字過大、能源危機、外企競爭,削弱凱主義閤法性;越戰和水門影響政府形象;經管部門不得人心;1980年代工運衰落、經濟危機下懸置反托拉斯法,兼並嚴重;股權分散,CEO受外界壓力大任期縮短。上述企業傢聯盟解體,造成企業精英自利而短視。
評分社會學懷舊post-war係列#從戰後到1970s年代存在一個團結的企業精英階層,政治上溫和而務實,視野開闊,社會責任感強。三種因素導緻其齣現:活躍而廣受支持的凱恩斯主義政府;組織良好而強大的工人運動;銀行-企業董事會interlocking交換任職,成為企業傢之間溝通平颱。其後上述條件惡化:1970年代LBJ政府赤字過大、能源危機、外企競爭,削弱凱主義閤法性;越戰和水門影響政府形象;經管部門不得人心;1980年代工運衰落、經濟危機下懸置反托拉斯法,兼並嚴重;股權分散,CEO受外界壓力大任期縮短。上述企業傢聯盟解體,造成企業精英自利而短視。
評分社會學懷舊post-war係列#從戰後到1970s年代存在一個團結的企業精英階層,政治上溫和而務實,視野開闊,社會責任感強。三種因素導緻其齣現:活躍而廣受支持的凱恩斯主義政府;組織良好而強大的工人運動;銀行-企業董事會interlocking交換任職,成為企業傢之間溝通平颱。其後上述條件惡化:1970年代LBJ政府赤字過大、能源危機、外企競爭,削弱凱主義閤法性;越戰和水門影響政府形象;經管部門不得人心;1980年代工運衰落、經濟危機下懸置反托拉斯法,兼並嚴重;股權分散,CEO受外界壓力大任期縮短。上述企業傢聯盟解體,造成企業精英自利而短視。
The Fracturing of the American Corporate Elite 2024 pdf epub mobi 電子書 下載