Corporations in conflict zones and their provision of security are particularly relevant for understanding whether private actors are increasingly sources of governance contributions that regulate public goods. Feil highlights the discrepancies between political and theoretical expectations of corporate engagement and governance contributions.

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MOIRA FEIL is Senior Project Manager at Adelphi Research in Berlin, Germany, where she has worked extensively on interactions of natural resource management and environmental change with development, security and peace-building. Prior to this, she was a researcher at the Peace Research Institute Frankfurt, Germany.

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Book Title: Global Governance and Corporate Responsibility in Conflict Zones
Authors: Moira Feil
Series Title: Global Issues
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230355392
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Political & Intern. Studies Collection, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2012
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-30789-6Published: 02 December 2011
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-33880-1Published: 01 January 2012
eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-35539-2Published: 02 December 2011
Series ISSN: 2947-8863
Series E-ISSN: 2947-8871
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 243
Topics: International Organization, Conflict Studies, International Political Economy, Business Ethics, International Relations, Corporate Governance

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

Front Matter

Introduction

Business in War and Peace

Concepts of Socio-Political Corporate Engagement

A Framework of Analysis for Corporate Governance Contributions in Conflict Zones

Case Studies from Central Africa

Explanations for Corporate Engagement

Conclusions

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