The relationship between business and government is often portrayed as highly conflictual, with businesses and states holding quite different views of the world and each other's role in it. But government needs business to deliver wealth and economic growth, while business needs government to provide economic, legal and physical infrastructure. The globalizing trends of recent years have transformed many aspects of economic and political life - if not as radically as has sometimes been argued. Business, Government and Globalization provides a sober assessment of the evolving relationship between business and government, focusing in particular on: the respective roles of and pressures on business and government, the purpose and limits of government regulation, competition and competitiveness, free trade and protectionism, environmental threats and protection. While it is often assumed that globalization has curtailed the capacity of the nation-state, the authors conclude that both business and government are increasingly responsive to the changed international environment and that, overall, a globalizing world presents opportunities for government and business to forge a more effective partnership. Book jacket.