Globalization and liberalization have profoundly altered power relations, institutional arrangements and business strategies…Through conceptual and historical analysis, as well as case studies from Brazil, Chile, India, Mexico, Peru, Russia and South Africa, this collection examines the predominant means by which corporate interests directly and indirectly influence social, labour market and development policy...[Contributors: K. Farnsworth, K. Murali, B. Bull, G. Carrión, B. Slob, F. Weyzig, F. Durand, D. O'Brien, W.P. Mancuso, M.Kaggwa, P.Perez-Aleman]