JANUARY 24
Corporate influence in America
JANUARY 31
Mills, The Power Elite.
Recommended readings
"Can Angelina Jolie Really Save the World?" (New York Times, January 31, 2005). [Registration required to read this article.]
FEBRUARY 7
Porter, The Rise of Big Business, 1860-1920.
Scott, Power, chaps. 1-2.
FEBRUARY 14
Cowie, Capital Moves.
Scott, Power, chap. 4, pp. 71-86.
Recommended readings
"Anger Over Tax Cuts as Jobs Leave Town" (New York Times, October 20, 2004). [Registration required to read this article.]
"Corporate Welfare Runs Amok" (editorial column, New York Times, January 30, 2005). [Registration required to read this article.]
Cutting-edge capitalism
FEBRUARY 21
Useem, Investor Capitalism: Introduction, chaps. 1-5, 8.
Scott, Power, chap. 5.
Recommended readings
"Calpers Ouster Puts Focus on How Funds Wield Power" (New York Times, December 2, 2004). [Registration required to read this article.]
"Wall Street's Designs on '05? A Merger Boom" (New York Times, January 2, 2005). [Registration required to read this article]
"Murdoch Will Buy Rest of Shares in $7 Billion Deal" (New York Times, January 10, 2005). [Registration required to read this article]
FEBRUARY 28
Holliday et al, Walking the Talk, chap. 2.
Paul Treanor, "Neoliberalism: origins, theory, definition."
Scott, Power, chap. 3.
In-class film: "Commanding Heights: New Rules of the Game."
MARCH 21
Welch, Jack: Straight from the Gut.
Scott, Power, chap. 7.
MARCH 28
Frank & Mulcahey, Boob Jubilee, chaps. 1-3, 6-14, 16, 18-29.
Scott, Power, chap. 4, pp. 87-91.
Corporate social responsibility
APRIL 4
Holliday et al, Walking the Talk (skip chaps. 3, 5).
Recommended readings
SAM corporate sustainability questionnaire [PDF download]
"Seeing the Forest for the Peace" (William Powers, New York Times, January 2005). [Registration required to read this article.]
APRIL 11
Fort et al, Sickness and Wealth.
Scott, Power, chap. 6.
The future of corporate power?
APRIL 18
Tapscott and Ticoll, The Naked Corporation (skip chaps. 5, 9).
Recommended readings
"On Language: Brand" (William Safire, New York Times Magazine, April 10, 2004). [Registration required to read this article]
"Reform Effort at Businesses Feels Pressure" (New York Times, January 14, 2005). [Registration required to read this article]
APRIL 25
In-class presentations.
In-class presentations.
MAY 11
Term paper due.