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| Governing HIV/AIDS in South Africa Mueller-Debus, Anna Kristin |
| Main title | Governing HIV/AIDS in South Africa |
| Subtitle | the role of firms |
| Author | Mueller-Debus, Anna Kristin; Thauer, Christian R.; Börzel, Tanja A. |
| No. of Pages | 46 S. |
| Series | SFB Governance working paper series / Englische Ausgabe ; 20 |
| URL of the original document | URL >> |
| FU dept. or institution | Department of Political and Social Sciences |
| Other affiliation(s) | Sonderforschungsbereich Governance in Räumen begrenzter Staatlichkeit - Neue Formen des Regierens? |
| Year of publication | 2009 |
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| Classification (DDC) | 320 Political science 330 Economics |
| Type of document | Publications |
| Media type or format | Text |
| Abstract | Firms relocating production to countries with lower social standards are regarded as driving force behind the regulatory ‘race to the bottom’. However, there are numerous instances in which the behavior of firms reveals just the opposite: They adhere to self-regulatory standards (CSR) and even pressure governments to issue stricter public regulations. We intend to identify the conditions under which firms contribute to higher regulatory standards in states with weak regulatory capacities, thereby following a ‘race to the top’ rather than a ‘race to the bottom’- logic. Theoretically, we set out to test in how far the existing literature can be utilized to answer this question. Empirically, the assessment concentrates on the textile and automotive industries in South Africa and HIV/AIDS abatement. Only limited state capacities have been involved in fighting HIV/AIDS in South Africa. Under which conditions do firms try to foster state capacities for the fight against the disease? |
| Table of contents | 1. Introduction 7 2. Hypotheses: Under Which Conditions and Why Should Firms Contribute to a Strengthening of State Capacities? 8 3. An Introduction to the Empirical Setting 10 3.1 HIV/AIDS in South Africa 10 3.2 The Automotive and Textile Industries in South Africa 12 3.3 The Automotive Industry in South Africa 13 3.4 The Textile Industry in South Africa 15 4. Case Selection, Operationalization and Empirical Assessment 17 4.1 The Dependent Variable: Public Regulation 17 4.2 Associative Structure Hypothesis (H1) 18 4.2.1 Automotive Components vs. Textile and Clothing Production 19 4.2.2 OEMs vs. Retailers 24 4.3 Home-Country Regulation Hypothesis (H2) 30 4.3.1 The Textile Sector 31 4.3.2 The Automotive Sector 32 4.4 NGO Pressure Hypothesis (H3) 33 4.5 Target Market Hypothesis (H4) 35 5. Conclusions 36 Interviews 38 Literature 40 |
| Language | English |
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| Static URL | http://edocs.fu-berlin.de/docs/receive/FUDOCS_document_000000004709 |
| Created at | 21.01.2010 - 11:48:57 |
| Last changed | 16.05.2012 - 11:04:51 |
