1st Edition

Power in Business and the State An Historical Analysis of its Concentration

By Frank Bealey Copyright 2001
240 Pages
by Routledge

240 Pages
by Routledge

240 Pages
by Routledge

It is commonplace that political power is becoming more centralized and remote: faceless people, sometimes in unknown places, determine our circumstances and our opportunities. This ground breaking book argues that this happened through a slow development which began before globalization. Power in Business and the State queries our freedom to make our own history. Current circumstances may be so... Read more
1. Introduction
2. Early intimations of modern times
3. The dynamic state and entrepreneurial capitalism
4. Corporate capitalism, democracy and collectivism
5. Concentration of power in world war and depression: from the collectivist to the interventionist state
6. Centralization of economic leadership and local democracy: from the interventionist to the managerial state
7. Conclusion

Biography

Frank Bealey