Perspectives on the Indian Corporate Economy : Exploring the Paradox of Profits

Any person who does any unauthorised act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. Preface xvii tionalists, Keynesians, Neo-Marxists, corporate strategists and a whole range of more eclectic scholars of development. Needless to say, not all of these inquiries are prompted by the necessity to understand empowerment, although a good many of them are. Most are focused on identifying strategies of economic growth and synergies between corporate growth and development. But in exploring these strategies, many of the contributions on comparative capitalism do explore differences in empowerment. The present work is, in the most immediate sense, motivated by the question of empowerment and the related question as to how different strategies of economic growth empower differently. Different strategies of growth in turn are embedded most directly in the processes of capital, i.e., in the profit strategies of large, complex and modern corporations. This is true now perhaps more than ever before. I must mention however, that I have not dealt explicitly with empowerment in this work. That is the subject matter of my on-going work on human development. "Global issues have become an increasingly vital part of environmental debates. They are closely interrelated with problems at local levels. In this wide-ranging study, Robert Boardman argues that investigation of environmental issues raises complex theoretical questions, and requires more sustained links between the natural and social sciences.". "In a closely integrated account of problems in critical ecological theory, Boardman draws extensively on current research in sociology, ecology, economics, the earth sciences and other disciplines. He suggests that ideas from these can be used to expand attention to and the understanding of environmental issues in international relations and international political economy, as well as in social theory more generally.". "The discussion identifies five main theoretical bases for these tasks. These are ecology and earth-system science; constructionist approaches; environmental ethics; micro-level research, particularly perspectives based on rational expectations and on agency; and governance. Connections among these are examined in the context of debates on economics globlization and ecological transformation."--BOOK JACKET. Internationally the trade union movement is finding itself peripheralized by a series of mutually reinforcing processes - the ongoing world economic crisis; the uneven transition from an industrial to an information and service capitalism; the aggressive policies of neoliberalism; the collapse of communism and radical nationalism; the decline of the social-democratic or labour tradition - and by a globalization that undermines the nation-state to which union hopes have long been pinned. The editors argue that this crisis provides an opportunity for labour to recover or reinvent itself. They see this in terms of a labour response to the waves of energy coming from the new global social movements (women, ecology, human rights/democracy, and so on). Front Matter....Pages i-xx Front Matter....Pages 1-1 India in the Post-Interventionist Era: Towards a New Political-Economy?....Pages 3-19 Corporate Structures, Corporate Control, Corporate Power: Some Conceptual Explorations....Pages 20-50 Front Matter....Pages 51-51 Corporate Capital in Colonial India: Genesis, Structure and Transformation....Pages 53-92 Corporate Capitalism in Independent India: the Interventionist Model and its Contradictions....Pages 93-128 Corporate Capitalism in Post-Interventionist India: Paradoxes and More....Pages 129-180 Front Matter....Pages 181-181 The Paradox of Profits: Some Tentative Conclusions....Pages 183-197 Back Matter....Pages 198-228 The authors examine various aspects of Japanese financial markets. This analysis is interspersed with the relevant institutional/historical background on Japanese financial markets necessary for the non-specialist. Principal chapters include: an institutional overview; a chapter on the comparative costs of capital (both internationally and among Japanese firms); causes and implications of the high degree of financial intermediation in Japan; and an invaluable analysis of the most recent trends in the Japanese/Asian financial markets Central to the dynamics of India's post-interventionist era has been the performance of its corporate sector. A lot of hope has been placed on its ability to deliver increased growth rates and levels of 'development'. In the light of this view, the author here examines critically the nature of the Indian corporate sector as a specific socio-historical and political-economic formation. Particular emphasis is placed on the nature of corporate profitability in India, its historical roots and its effects on development. 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