| Acknowledgments | |
| Introduction: The Study of Business and Politics | 3 |
| Ch. 1 | Why Businessmen Distrust Their State: The Political Consciousness of American Corporate Executives | 29 |
| Ch. 2 | Cooperative Regulation: Environmental Protection in Great Britain | 73 |
| Ch. 3 | The Globalization of Business Ethics: Why America Remains Distinctive | 91 |
| Ch. 4 | Government-Industry Relations in the United States: An Overview | 113 |
| Ch. 5 | The Public-Interest Movement and the American Reform Tradition | 141 |
| Ch. 6 | Lobbying the Corporation: Citizen Challenges to Business Authority | 166 |
| Ch. 7 | The Ethical Roots of Business Ethics | 195 |
| Ch. 8 | When Consumers Oppose Consumer Protection: The Politics of Regulatory Backlash | 214 |
| Ch. 9 | Political Science and the Study of Corporate Power: A Dissent from the New Conventional Wisdom | 239 |
| Ch. 10 | The Power of Business in America: A Reappraisal | 268 |
| Ch. 11 | The Power of Business in Capitalist Societies: A Comparative Perspective | 298 |
| Ch. 12 | A Case Study of Clear Air Legislation, 1967-1981 | 323 |
| Appendix | 394 |
| Index | 397 |
