Business and Polity

Dynamics of a Changing Relationship
1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-81-321-0531-2
Verlag: Sage Publications India

Buch, Englisch, 468 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 679 g

Business and Polity explores, through a variety of economic and political formations over the past two and a half millennia, right from the Greco-Roman civilization to present day globalization, the behaviour of two power networks: those who control the levers of political power and those who engage themselves in wealth-generating activities. It traces the dynamics of interdependence between these two powerful networks and what happens when one or the other becomes more powerful.

The rational and logical approach taken by the author reveals the links that our modern state of affairs has with the experience of past civilizations-knowledge that can potentially enhance our ability to make informed decisions to shape the global future. Though the content is academic and interdisciplinary in scope and nature, its lucid presentation will appeal to a wide range of readers who are interested in geopolitical issues and economic, political and business history.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ghosh, D N

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Wirtschafts- und Finanzpolitik
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Wirtschaftssysteme, Wirtschaftsstrukturen
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Wirtschaftspolitik, politische Ökonomie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword Y VENUGOPAL REDDY
Preface
Prologue
Introduction
I: THE MAKING AND UNMAKING OF EMPIRES: DOMINATION OF POLITICAL POWER
Sagacity in Governance: The Greek Exemplar
Governance Culture: Roman Mirror
Tolerant Ambience: India
Resource Raising: Uniqueness of China
An intimidating Colossus: The Arab Miracle
II: THE MEDIEVAL WORLD: 1000-1500 AD
Trade and Politics in the Indian Ocean
Business on Leash: Japan
Emerging out of the Shadows: Europe
In the Limelight: Knights of Commerce
Playing with Power: Merchant Republics
III: THE GREAT TRANSITION: WARFARE TECHNOLOGY: THE CATALYTIC
Sword and Purse: Beginnings of Collaboration
Fiscal Revolution: Grip of Financiers
Economic nationalism: Fusion of the Sword and Purse
IV: A BOILING CAULDRON
Setting the Tone: The Portuguese

Weaving a Pattern: The Spanish Imperial Machine
Showing the Way: The Dutch Interlude
Not in a Fit of absentmindedness: Britain's Forays
V: TOWARDS GLOBAL HEGEMONY
Chinks in the Armour: Empires in the Eurasian Landmass
Pax Britannica: Rise and Fall of British Hegemony
Pillars of US Hegemony

Epilogue
Glossary
Reference List and Select Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Ghosh, D N
D N Ghosh has traversed the worlds of government, the public and private sectors and academia. He has been secretary to the Government of India, Chairman of India’s largest bank, State Bank of India and chairman of several leading companies in the private sector and professor of Development Finance in the Indian Institute of Management, Kolkata. The author of two acclaimed books, Banking Policy in India: an Evaluation and Governance and Accountability, he is at present Chairman of ICRA, a leading credit rating agency of India, the Managing Trustee of Sameeksha Trust that runs the prestigious Economic and Political Weekly and is associated with several companies and organisations as Chairman or Director. His main areas of interest are financial and banking history.