This volume presents a comparative and comprehensive discussion of corporate economies in South Asia today. It approaches the theme from a socio-historical perspective that examines corporate economies in relation to the state, state formation, globalization and economic reforms and the nature of corporate ownership. It also looks at some of South Asia's well-known but inadequately understood institutions such as caste, thus questioning some major tenets of the conventional wisdom that shape our thinking about contemporary Asia.

ELISABETTA BASILE Professor of Agricultural Economics, Rome University ALI CHEEMA Assistant Professor in Economics, Lahore University of Management Sciences, Pakistan ANTHONY D'COSTA Associate Professor, University of Washington DON EMBULDENIYA Doctoral Candidate, York University, Canada BARBARA HARRISS-WHITE Professor of Development Studies, Oxford University, UK FAHIMUL QUADIR Assistant Professor of International Development Studies, York University, Canada JAYATI SARKAR Associate Professor, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai, India SUBRATAI SARKAR Associate Professor, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai, India