Business, Politics and Public Policy: Implications for Inclusive Development

Front Matter....Pages i-xviii
Introduction: Understanding Business Power and Public Policy in a Development Context....Pages 1-29
Organized Business and Social Policy in Comparative Perspective....Pages 30-62
Business Power, Social Policy Preferences and Development....Pages 63-89
Liberalization, Business-State Relations and Labour Policy in India....Pages 90-109
Business Participation in Free Trade Negotiations in Chile: Impacts on Environmental and Labour Regulation....Pages 110-133
Business, Politics and Free Trade Negotiations in Nicaragua: Who Were the Winners and Losers?....Pages 134-159
Corporate Lobbying and Corporate Social Responsibility: Aligning Contradictory Agendas....Pages 160-183
Corporate Rents and the Capture of the Peruvian State....Pages 184-207
The Ascent of Business Associations in Russia: From Capture to Partnership?....Pages 208-241
Lobbying to Reduce the ‘Brazil Cost’: The Political Strategies of Brazilian Entrepreneurs....Pages 242-270
Government-Industry Partnership in South Africa: Social Bias in the Automotive Industry....Pages 271-291
New Standards and Partnerships in Latin America: Implications for Small Producers and State Policy....Pages 292-311
Back Matter....Pages 312-327