The Sovereign Entrepreneur

Author : Merrie Gilbert Klapp
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2019-05-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781501745225

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The Sovereign Entrepreneur by Merrie Gilbert Klapp Pdf

Capitalist governments around the world, however strongly they profess free market principles, have become deeply involved in the international market for petroleum. What success have they had as oil entrepreneurs, and what do their achievements and failures tell us about the nature of the state? In The Sovereign Entrepreneur, Merrie Gilbert Klapp develops a compelling comparative logic of state oil entrepreneurship. Drawing upon dozens of interviews with policymakers and company executives in Norway, Britain, Indonesia, and Malaysia, Klapp addresses a little understood determinant of policy—the pivotal bargaining power that domestic and international interests wield in different countries. Advanced capitalist countries, she finds, have generally not achieved their goals in the oil sector; they have been constrained by powerful, well-organized domestic interests. Less developed countries, by contrast, have faced little opposition at home, but the international banks and the multinationals have severely limited their attempts to expand into the global petroleum market. klapp argues that bureaucratic and domestic politics, not just economics, underlie the varying success of different countries in the marketplace.

Author : Courtney Lewis
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2019-04-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781469648606

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Sovereign Entrepreneurs by Courtney Lewis Pdf

By 2009, reverberations of economic crisis spread from the United States around the globe. As corporations across the United States folded, however, small businesses on the Qualla Boundary of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI) continued to thrive. In this rich ethnographic study, Courtney Lewis reveals the critical roles small businesses such as these play for Indigenous nations. The EBCI has an especially long history of incorporated, citizen-owned businesses located on their lands. When many people think of Indigenous-owned businesses, they stop with prominent casino gaming operations or natural-resource intensive enterprises. But on the Qualla Boundary today, Indigenous entrepreneurship and economic independence extends to art galleries, restaurants, a bookstore, a funeral parlor, and more. Lewis's fieldwork followed these businesses through the Great Recession and against the backdrop of a rapidly expanding EBCI-owned casino. Lewis's keen observations reveal how Eastern Band small business owners have contributed to an economic sovereignty that empowers and sustains their nation both culturally and politically.

Author : Courtney Lewis
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : HISTORY
ISBN : 146964861X

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Sovereign Entrepreneurs by Courtney Lewis Pdf

"[A] study of small businesses and small business owners who are members of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI). The EBCI has an especially long history of incorporated, citizen-owned businesses located on their reservation. Many people stop with casinos or natural-resource intensive enterprise when they think of Indigenous-owned businesses, but on Qualla Boundary today, Indigenous entrepreneurship and economic independence extends to art galleries, restaurants, a bookstore, a funeral parlor, and more. Lewis's fieldwork followed these businesses before and after the Great Recession, and against the backdrop of a rapidly expanding Cherokee-owned casino. From this source base, Lewis reveals how these EBCI businesses have contributed to an economic sovereignty that empowers and sustains their nation both culturally and politically. This is a generative concept that helps to define what a distinctly Indigenous form of entrepreneurship looks like"--

Author : Henry Kaestner,J. D. Greear,Chip Ingram
Publisher : Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2021-08
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781496457233

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Faith Driven Entrepreneur by Henry Kaestner,J. D. Greear,Chip Ingram Pdf

"I'm excited about Faith Driven Entrepreneur. Anyone who is following the example of their creator God can find echoes of their work in this book." --Lecrae Entrepreneurship can be a lonely journey. But it doesn't need to be. God has a purpose and a plan for all those entrepreneurial dreams and creative gifts he gave you. The work you do today--the company you've built, the employees you work with, the customers you serve, the shareholders you report to, all of it--serves as an active part of what God wants to accomplish on earth. You are not alone in this journey. Join other faith-driven entrepreneurs as, together, we identify the values, habits, and traits that empower us to successfully build businesses, serve our communities, and faithfully pursue a loving relationship with God; read stories that exemplify how those values, habits, and traits unfold in everyday life; and discover the potential God wants to unleash through our work. Each book purchase includes access to the eight-session Faith Driven Entrepreneur video series, a discussion guide to encourage conversation among peers, and an invitation to join a Faith Driven Entrepreneur Group to meet other like-minded entrepreneurs.

Author : Jean Hampton
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1988-08-26
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781316583258

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Hobbes and the Social Contract Tradition by Jean Hampton Pdf

This major study of Hobbes' political philosophy draws on recent developments in game and decision theory to explore whether the thrust of the argument in Leviathan, that it is in the interests of the people to create a ruler with absolute power, can be shown to be cogent. Professor Hampton has written a book of vital importance to political philosophers, political and social scientists, and intellectual historians.

Author : William James Booth,Patrick James,Hudson Meadwell
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0521435684

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Politics and Rationality by William James Booth,Patrick James,Hudson Meadwell Pdf

A collection of outstanding scholarship applying rational choice theory to three principal fields of political inquiry: comparative politics, international relations and political philosophy.

Author : J. Moses
Publisher : Springer
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2014-11-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781137306814

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Sovereignty and Responsibility by J. Moses Pdf

This book is a critical study of the concept of sovereignty and its relationship to responsibility. It establishes a clear distinction between empirical and normative definitions of sovereignty and examines the implications of these concepts in relation to intervention, international law, and the world state.

Author : Jean Hampton
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2018-02-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780429966750

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Political Philosophy by Jean Hampton Pdf

In this sophisticated yet accessible text, Hampton neatly synthesizes the classical tradition, the giants of the modern period, the dominant topics of the 20th century, as well as the new questions and concerns that are just beginning to rewrite contemporary political philosophy. }Political philosophy, perhaps even more than other branches of philosophy, calls for constant renewal to reflect not just re-readings of the tradition but also the demands of current events. In this lively and readable survey, Jean Hampton has created a text for our time that does justice both to the great traditions of the field and to the newest developments. In a marvelous feat of synthesis, she links the classical tradition, the giants of the modern period, the dominant topics of the twentieth century, and the new questions and concerns that are just beginning to rewrite contemporary political philosophy.Hampton presents these traditions in an engaging and accessible manner, adding to them her own views and encouraging readers to critically examine a range of ideas and to reach their own conclusions. Of particular interest are the discussions of the contemporary liberalism-communitarianism debates, the revival of interest in issues of citizenship and nationality, and the way in which feminist concerns are integrated into all these discussions. Political Philosophy is the most modern text on the topic now available, the ideal guide to what is going on in the field. It will be welcomed by scholars and students in philosophy and political science, and it will serve as an introduction for readers from outside these fields.

Author : Raymond Craib
Publisher : PM Press
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2022-07-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781629639277

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Adventure Capitalism by Raymond Craib Pdf

Imagine a capitalist paradise. An island utopia governed solely by the rules of the market and inspired by the fictions of Ayn Rand and Robinson Crusoe. Sound far-fetched? It may not be. The past half century is littered with the remains of such experiments in what Raymond Craib calls “libertarian exit.” Often dismissed as little more than the dreams of crazy, rich Caucasians, exit strategies have been tried out from the southwest Pacific to the Caribbean, from the North Sea to the high seas, often with dire consequences for local inhabitants. Based on research in archives in the US, the UK, and Vanuatu, as well as in FBI files acquired through the Freedom of Information Act, Craib explores in careful detail the ideology and practice of libertarian exit and its place in the histories of contemporary cap­italism, decolonization, empire, and oceans and islands. Adventure Capitalism is a global history that intersects with an array of figures: Fidel Castro and the Koch brothers, American segregationists and Melanesian socialists, Honolulu-based real estate speculators and British Special Branch spies, soldiers of fortune and English lords, Orange County engineers and Tongan navigators, CIA operatives and CBS news executives, and a new breed of techno-utopians and an old guard of Honduran coup leaders. This is not only a history of our time but, given the new iterations of privatized exit—seasteads, free private cities, and space colonization—it is also a history of our future.

Author : Wim Naudé
Publisher : Springer
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2010-12-08
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780230295155

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Entrepreneurship and Economic Development by Wim Naudé Pdf

Leading international scholars provide a timely reconsideration of how and why entrepreneurship matters for economic development, particularly in emerging and developing economies. The book critically dissects the evolving relationship between entrepreneurs and the state.

Author : Jody S. Kraus
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0521449723

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The Limits of Hobbesian Contractarianism by Jody S. Kraus Pdf

This book is the most comprehensive, rigorous critique of contemporary Hobbesian contractarianism as expounded in the work of Jean Hampton, Gregory Kavka, and David Gauthier. Professor Kraus argues that the attempts by these three philosophers to use Hobbes to answer current political and moral questions fail. The reasons why they fail are related to fundamental problems intrinsic to Hobbesian contractarianism: first, the problem of collective action arising out of the tension in Hobbes' theory between individual and collective rationality; second, the classical problem of explaining the normative force of hypothetical action, a problem that can be traced to the conflicting strategies of hypothetical justification found in Rawls' and Hobbes' theories. Given the deep interest in Hobbesian contractarianism among philosophers, political theorists, game theorists in economics and political science, and legal theorists, this book is likely to attract wide attention and infuse new life into the contractarian debate.

Author : Judith Goldstein,Robert Owen Keohane
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 080148152X

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Ideas and Foreign Policy by Judith Goldstein,Robert Owen Keohane Pdf

Approaches the question of whether ideas--world views, principled beliefs, and causal beliefs--have an impact on political outcomes, and if so, under what conditions. Contributions address such topics as the weight of ideas in decolonization; human rights policies in the US and western Europe; change in Parliament in early Stuart England; and coping with terrorism--norms and internal security in Germany and Japan. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : David R. Mares
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 189 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2022-10-04
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780231554794

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Resource Nationalism and Energy Policy by David R. Mares Pdf

It is widely thought that state ownership of natural resources, oil and natural gas in particular, causes countries to fall under the sway of the “resource curse.” In such cases, governments allegedly display “resource nationalism,” which destabilizes the economy, society, and politics. In this book, David R. Mares dispels these beliefs and develops a powerful new account of the relationship between state resource ownership and energy policy. Mares examines variations in energy policy across a wide range of countries, underscoring the fact that in most of the world outside the United States, subsoil natural resources are owned by the state. He considers the history of Latin American oil and gas policies and provides an in-depth analysis of Venezuela from 1989 to 2016—before, during, and after the presidency of Hugo Chávez. Mares demonstrates that the key factors that influence energy policy are the inclusiveness of the political system, the level of competitiveness within policy making, and the characteristics of individual leaders. Domestic politics, not state ownership, determines the effectiveness and efficiency of energy policies: the “resource curse” is avoidable. Drawing on these findings, Mares reconceptualizes resource nationalism, arguing that government intervention into resource extraction is legitimate as long as the benefits are shared through the provision of public goods. Featuring a sophisticated grasp of both Latin American politics and energy policy, this book sheds new light on why some governments are responsible stewards of natural resources while others appropriate national wealth for partisan or private benefit.

Author : B. E. V. V. Narasimha Murthy
Publisher : Mittal Publications
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Entrepreneurship
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Entrepreneurship in Small Towns by B. E. V. V. Narasimha Murthy Pdf

Author : Ralph Pettman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2015-04-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317474043

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Commonsense Constructivism, or the Making of World Affairs by Ralph Pettman Pdf

Fully accessible to students and scholars alike, this engaging book introduces the constructivist approach to understanding world affairs. In a highly readable and witty way, it shows how people and their social relations are the basis for everything around us -- International Relations included.