Business, Politics and Public Policy

Introduction:Understanding Business Power and Public Policy in a Development Context; J.C.Marques  & P.Utting Organized Business and Social Policy in Comparative Perspective; J.C.Marques Business Power, Social Policy Preferences and Development; K.Farnsworth Liberalization, Business-State Relations and Labour Policy in India; K.Murali Business Participation in Free Trade Negotiations in Chile: Impacts on Environmental and Labour Regulation; B.Bull Business, Politics and Free Trade Negotiations in Nicaragua: Who Were the Winners and Losers?; G.Carrión Corporate Lobbying and Corporate Social Responsibility: Aligning Contradictory Agendas; B.Slob & F.Weyzig Corporative Rents and the Capture of the Peruvian State; F.Durand The Ascent of Business Associations in Russia: From Capture to Partnership?; D.O'Brien Lobbying to Reduce the 'Brazil Cost': The Political Strategies of Brazilian Entrepreneurs; W.P.Mancuso Government-Industry Partnership in South Africa: Social Bias in the Automotive Industry; M.Kaggwa New Standards and Partnerships in Latin America: Implications for Small Producers and State Policy; P.Perez-Aleman Notes Bibliography Index