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Struggles for Regulatory Hardening: Exploring Swedish Politics on Corporate Social Responsibility

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In recent years, the idea of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has undergone a shift towards hardening, illustrated by a wave of new mandatory and state-based regulation. This article aims to understand the dynamic behind this shift, by studying struggles for regulatory hardening in the Swedish Parliament. Drawing on a critical theory of contradictions, it proposes an understanding of CSR as a contradictory social formation, which structures the parliamentary struggles. Moreover, it suggests that although the hardening trend could amount to a crisis of the traditional understanding of CSR, politicians remain embedded in a neoliberal logic of regulation. The article ends with a call for research to continue to explore alternative roads towards minimizing corporate harm in the future.

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  • Elin Jönsson, 2023. "Struggles for Regulatory Hardening: Exploring Swedish Politics on Corporate Social Responsibility," The British Journal of Criminology, Centre for Crime and Justice Studies, vol. 63(5), pages 1184-1198.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:crimin:v:63:y:2023:i:5:p:1184-1198.
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