Provides a history of the rise of capitalism since its early days through the industrial revolution. Arguing that globalisation is generally very poorly understood, this book offers a different synthesis of political and economic theory. It also aims to challenge many of the usual preconceptions...

This paper questions when and why state governments oppose (or support) privatization programs initiated by the central government. It examines national privatization initiatives in the 1990s in India and Brazil in the fields of electricity and banking looking at the varying responses of the...