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  • Publisher:
    Cambridge University Press
    Publication date:
    26 April 2019
    23 May 2019
    ISBN:
    9781108756662
    9781108485364
    DOI:
    https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108756662
    Dimensions:
    (228 x 152 mm)
    Weight & Pages:
    0.47kg, 264 Pages
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    • Subjects:
    Area Studies, South Asian Government, Politics and Policy, Asian Studies, Political Economy, Politics and International Relations
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    Area Studies, South Asian Government, Politics and Policy, Asian Studies, Political Economy, Politics and International Relations
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    Since the early 2000s, corporate social responsibility (CSR) has rapidly gained significance in India, both among large companies and as a policy instrument formally intended to foster corporate contributions to the country's development goals. This book analyses this phenomenon in relation to broader political and economic changes induced by India's 'pro-business' development strategy. Using a systems-theoretical approach, the analysis shows that 'pro-business' policies have led profit-driven economic processes to increasingly override collective aspirations for social welfare, environmental protection, and democracy. In order to decipher how CSR changes the interplays between profit-making and developmental aspirations, the book provides detailed analyses of CSR in the cement industry and in regulatory policies adopted by the central government. It shows that CSR operates as an 'intermediary institution' which further enhances the autonomy of the economic system, as it makes profit-making more responsive to risks arising from competing collective values and interests.

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