Four debates have been generated in the political science literature on business and government. One is the Lindblom thesis about structural business power. A second is about whether business has enjoyed unfair advantages in politics. A third is concerned with whether business-government...

Business is one of the major power centres in modern society. The state seeks to check and channel that power so as to serve broader public policy objectives. However, if the way in which business is governed is ineffective or over burdensome, it may become more difficult to achieve desired...