000			01767nam a22001457a 4500
020			_a9781108485364
082			_a174.4 _bKRI.C
100			_aKrichewsky,Damien
245			_aCorporate Social Responsibility and Economic Responsiveness in India
260			_aUnited Kigdom _bCambridge University Press _c2019
300			_a254p.
500			_aSince 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. Provides an original understanding of CSR as an 'intermediary institution' of modern society Based on extensive empirical research in India's industry and policy-making bodies Provides detailed insights into the way CSR changes business organizations and their regulation by the state
650			_aCorporate
942			_cBK
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