William K. Carroll uses network analysis to explore the social organization of corporate business in Canada in the last quarter of the twentieth century. Arguing that the corporate elite constitutes the leading edge of a ruling class, he traces the three distinct terrains in which its members operate: the organizational field of old boys' networks and finance capital, the spatial field of overlapping regional, national, continental, and global contexts, and the hegemonic field in which business extends its reach into the global public sphere to shape visions and practices beyond the domain of capital accumulation. In a globalizing world, how are these terrains being reconfigured? How do the changing forms of corporate power define and delimit the possibilities for a democratic way of life? Unique in its systematic examination of the Canadian corporate network in the global context, this comprehensive and up-to-date analysis sheds light on issues of concern to scholars and students in a broad range of disciplines: sociological, economic, and political.

Acknowledgements Chapter 1. Surveying the Terrains of Corporate Power Part I. The Organizational Terrain Chapter 2. From Oligarchy to Corporate Governance: The End of the Old Boys' Network? Chapter 3. Strategic Control and Intercorporate Enterprises Chapter 4. Disorganized Capitalism and Transnational Finance Capital Part II. The Spatial Terrain Chapter 5. Westward Drift: The Shifting Geography of Corporate Power Chapter 6. Continental Connections: Toward a North American Corporate Elite? Chapter 7. The Canadian Corporte Elite in the Global Power Structure Part III. The Hegemonic Terrain Chapter 8. Consolidating a Neoliberal Policy Bloc, with Murray Shaw Chapter 9. Integrating Corporate and University Governance for a Globalizing World, with James B. Beaton Part IV. Conclusion Chapter 10. Corporate Power and Neoliberal Democracy Appendix 1: Internet Resources Appendix 2: A Note on Method Appendix 3: Corporate Names and Abbreviations Notes References Index

William Carroll , Professor, Sociology Department, University of Victoria, Canada