Home Public Policy Choices Research Publications Reviews & Critiques The Idea of India The Idea of India; Sunil Khilnani; Paperback; 264 pages; 2016; Penguin Books; First published July 3, 1997 The book makes us challenge the contemporary trend of looking down upon Jawaharlal Nehru’s achievements. At the same time, it discusses the complicated origins of the…
Home Public Policy Choices Research Publications Reviews & Critiques Chinese Economic Statecraft: Commercial Actors, Grand Strategy, and State Control Chinese Economic Statecraft: Commercial Actors, Grand Strategy, and State Control; William Norris; University Press This gem of a book discusses how state control of the large corporations and asset owners can help the state achieve its longer-term…
Home Public Policy Choices Research Publications Reviews & Critiques Identity – The Demand for Dignity and the Politics of Resentment Book Review: Identity – The Demand for Dignity and the Politics of Resentment by Francis Fukuyama, Farrar, Straus and Giroux; September 2018; Pages 240. The book tries to explain the rise of identity politics, and…
Home Public Policy Choices Research Publications Reviews & Critiques War by Other Means: Geo-Economics & Statecraft War by Other Means: Geoeconomics & Statecraft by Robert D Blackwill and Jennifer M Harris, Harvard University Press, Pages 384, $19.95 “War by Other Means” is a book which the supporters of free-trade and globally integrated markets would find…
Home Organisation Choices Research Information Resources Bibliography Stakeholder Theory: A Short Introduction and Bibliography Stakeholder Theory: Short Introduction and Bibliography The recent rise in corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives by firms globally can be traced back to the rise of Stakeholder Theory. Stakeholder theory stands in contrast to agency view of the firm. While CSR…
Home Organisation Choices Research Publications Reviews & Critiques Book Review: The End of Theory by Richard Bookstaber The End of Theory: Financial Crises, the Failure of Economics, and the Sweep of Human Interaction by Richard Bookstaber, Princeton University Press, 2017, 240 pages; $24.95 The End of Theory is Richard Bookstaber’s second book. Richard Bookstaber is…