Managing The Commanding Heights
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Managing The Commanding Heights
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Author : Forrest D. Colburn
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2024-06-12
Managing The Commanding Heights written by Forrest D. Colburn and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-06-12 with History categories.
Revolutions have often occurred in poor countries. Although triumphant revolutionaries may lack the resources to assume complete responsibility for their country’s economy, they do tend to nationalize what Lenin called the “commanding heights”—those enterprises that meet the strategic needs of the polity. How these enterprises are administered is consequential, and at times decisive, for the course of revolutionary change. In Managing the Commanding Heights, Forrest D. Colburn explores the Sandinistas’ management of Nicaragua’s state enterprises, with an emphasis on the critical agrarian sector. Central to the book are three lively and instructive case studies that provide a penetrating glimpse into life in post-revolutionary Nicaragua. In analyzing these cases, Colburn explains the intentions of the Sandinista elite and links them with choices made at individual enterprises. Colburn argues that state enterprises have been politically useful but economically unsuccessful. Even with the unseen political advantages of state enterprises, the pronounced financial losses of nationalized farms and factories exacerbate the economic—and ultimately political—vulnerability of a regime already weakened by counterrevolution. The evidence demonstrates trenchant limitations to a revolutionary state’s capacity to improve popular welfare. State capacity is undermined by multiple factors: international constraints on the autonomy of post-revolutionary regimes, sheer poverty, the unintended but inevitable political manipulation of the economy, the lack of managerial ability among even well-intentioned elites, and a revolutionary mentalité that erodes rationality. These same difficulties have bedeviled other post-revolutionary regimes, notably those in Africa. Managing the Commanding Heights is essential reading for anyone interested in the dynamics of revolutionary regimes and the possibilities for radical change in poor countries. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1990.
Plenty Of Nothing
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Author : Thomas I. Palley
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2000-07-16
Plenty Of Nothing written by Thomas I. Palley and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-07-16 with Business & Economics categories.
This work offers an alternative to conventional economic wisdom. It aims to provoke debate amongst economists and the general public about the most stubborn problems in the American economy.
Commanding Heights
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Author : Roy Andersen
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2006
Commanding Heights written by Roy Andersen and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Command of troops categories.
Commanding Heights
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Author : Michael Miklaucic
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2010
Commanding Heights written by Michael Miklaucic and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Government publications categories.
The European Council And European Governance
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Author : François Foret
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013-12-04
The European Council And European Governance written by François Foret and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-12-04 with Political Science categories.
In recent years, the failure of the constitutional process, the difficult ratification and implementation of the Lisbon Treaty, as well as the several crises affecting Europe have revitalized the debate on the nature of the European polity and the balance of powers in Brussels. This book explains the redistribution of power in the post-Lisbon EU with a focus on the European Council. Reform of institutions and the creation of new political functions at the top of the European Union have raised fresh questions about leadership and accountability. This book argues that the European Union exhibits a political order with hierarchies, mechanisms of domination and legitimating narratives. As such, it can be understood by analysing what happens at its summit. Taking the European Council as the nexus of European political governance, contributors consider council and rotating presidencies' co-operation, rivalry and opposition. The book combines approaches through events, processes and political structures, issues and the biographical trajectories of actors and explores how the founding compromise of European integration between sovereignty and supranationality is affected by the evolving nature of this new European political model which aims to combine cooperation and integration. The European Council and European Governance will be of strong interest to students and scholars of European studies, political science, political sociology, public policy and international relations.
The Civil War In Nicaragua
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Author : Roger Miranda
language : en
Publisher: Transaction Publishers
Release Date : 1992-03-01
The Civil War In Nicaragua written by Roger Miranda and has been published by Transaction Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992-03-01 with Political Science categories.
"The conflict in Nicaragua is one of the leastunderstood struggles of the Cold War. . . . This account clarifies the central issue and dispelsmany lingering myths." --Zbigniew Breinski,National Security Advisor during the Carter administration
The Third Pillar
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Author : Raghuram Rajan
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2019-02-26
The Third Pillar written by Raghuram Rajan and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-02-26 with Business & Economics categories.
Shortlisted for the Financial Times/McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award From one of the most important economic thinkers of our time, a brilliant and far-seeing analysis of the current populist backlash against globalization. Raghuram Rajan, distinguished University of Chicago professor, former IMF chief economist, head of India's central bank, and author of the 2010 FT-Goldman-Sachs Book of the Year Fault Lines, has an unparalleled vantage point onto the social and economic consequences of globalization and their ultimate effect on our politics. In The Third Pillar he offers up a magnificent big-picture framework for understanding how these three forces--the state, markets, and our communities--interact, why things begin to break down, and how we can find our way back to a more secure and stable plane. The "third pillar" of the title is the community we live in. Economists all too often understand their field as the relationship between markets and the state, and they leave squishy social issues for other people. That's not just myopic, Rajan argues; it's dangerous. All economics is actually socioeconomics - all markets are embedded in a web of human relations, values and norms. As he shows, throughout history, technological phase shifts have ripped the market out of those old webs and led to violent backlashes, and to what we now call populism. Eventually, a new equilibrium is reached, but it can be ugly and messy, especially if done wrong. Right now, we're doing it wrong. As markets scale up, the state scales up with it, concentrating economic and political power in flourishing central hubs and leaving the periphery to decompose, figuratively and even literally. Instead, Rajan offers a way to rethink the relationship between the market and civil society and argues for a return to strengthening and empowering local communities as an antidote to growing despair and unrest. Rajan is not a doctrinaire conservative, so his ultimate argument that decision-making has to be devolved to the grass roots or our democracy will continue to wither, is sure to be provocative. But even setting aside its solutions, The Third Pillar is a masterpiece of explication, a book that will be a classic of its kind for its offering of a wise, authoritative and humane explanation of the forces that have wrought such a sea change in our lives.
Public Enterprise Management And Privatisation
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Author : Laxmi Narain
language : en
Publisher: S. Chand Publishing
Release Date : 2005-01-01
Public Enterprise Management And Privatisation written by Laxmi Narain and has been published by S. Chand Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-01-01 with Law categories.
A number of public enterprise (PE) executives have long felt the need for a book which would provide necessary information and analysis of various dimensions of PE management and privatisation. The book provides at one place, a precise and authoritative account of the concept, policy, and analysis of major issues confronting PEs. Public ownership per se does not make PE performance sub-optimal. The operation of the Government system, of which PE is a sub-system, has not been conducive to performance. During the last six decades, inadequate political will and vested interests have come in the way of freeing PEs from excessive and throttling controls, and demoralising accountability. Not letting the managers manage with the freedom required in the liberalised and globalised set-up is the problem. The multifarious and complex managerial problems of PEs, which get compounded by faltering moves towards privatisation, cannot be wished away. These have been considered in the book at some length. The book, first published in 1980, continues to be a standard work on the subject. This latest edition has been revised by Dr. R.K.Mishra, Director, Institute of Public Enterprise,Hyderabad.
Public Budgeting And Financial Management Indian Experience
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Author : Dhameja Nand
language : en
Publisher: S. Chand Publishing
Release Date : 2014
Public Budgeting And Financial Management Indian Experience written by Dhameja Nand and has been published by S. Chand Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with Business & Economics categories.
Budgeting In India: Developments And Perspectives 2. Planning And Budgetary Process; Budget- Meaning, Principles, Classifications; Mechanism Budgeting In A Commercial Organisation 3. Budgeting In Government: Conventional Budget And Other Formats Of Budget 4. Performance Budgeting: Meaning, Need & Mechanism 4A. 4B. 5. Zero-Base Budgeting: Meaning, Characteristics, Benefits, Zbb Process – Decision Units And Decision Packages 5A. 5B. 6. Zbb: Implementation In India – A Case Study Of Research And Development Organisation 7. Outcome Budgeting 8. Gender Budgeting 9. Fiscal Responsibility And Budget Management: A Step Towards Financial Discipline 10. Accrual Accounting In Government: Concept And Roadmap
The Case For The Corporate Death Penalty
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Author : Mary Kreiner Ramirez
language : en
Publisher: NYU Press
Release Date : 2017-01-31
The Case For The Corporate Death Penalty written by Mary Kreiner Ramirez and has been published by NYU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-01-31 with Law categories.
A critical examination of the wrongdoing underlying the 2008 financial crisis An unprecedented breakdown in the rule of law occurred in the United States after the 2008 financial collapse. Bank of America, JPMorgan, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, and other large banks settled securities fraud claims with the Securities and Exchange Commission for failing to disclose the risks of subprime mortgages they sold to the investing public. But a corporation cannot commit fraud except through human beings working at and managing the firm. Rather than breaking up these powerful megabanks, essentially imposing a corporate death penalty, the government simply accepted fines that essentially punished innocent shareholders instead of senior leaders at the megabanks. It allowed the real wrongdoers to walk away from criminal responsibility. In The Case for the Corporate Death Penalty, Mary Kreiner Ramirez and Steven A. Ramirez examine the best available evidence about the wrongdoing underlying the financial crisis. They reveal that the government failed to use its most powerful law enforcement tools despite overwhelming proof of wide-ranging and large-scale fraud on Wall Street before, during, and after the crisis. The pattern of criminal indulgences exposes the onset of a new degree of crony capitalism in which the most economically and political powerful can commit financial crimes of vast scale with criminal and regulatory immunity. A new economic royalty has seized the commanding heights of our economy through their control of trillions in corporate and individual wealth and their ability to dispense patronage. The Case for the Corporate Death Penalty shows that this new lawlessness poses a profound threat that urgently demands political action and proposes attainable measures to restore the rule of law in the financial sector.