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U.S. power and the multinational corporation : the political economy of foreign direct investment /

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Basic Books, c[1975]Description: xii, 291 pISBN:
  • 0465089518
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 382.1'0973 GIL
LOC classification:
  • HF1455 .G5
Summary: This book provided an analysis of U.S. foreign economic policy as it pertains to foreign direct investment and its principal allocator, the transnational corporation. It also describes patterns of "reciprocal interaction" between international politics and international economics, and their relationship to important world outcomes. The book is policy-oriented and also presents a conceptual framework for understanding the intersection of economics and politics in international relations. The book provides the an overview of the study of international political economy through descriptions and critical analyses of three "prevailing conceptions" of the nature of economic relations, actors and activity, and the relationship between economics and politics; the three conceptions are "liberalism," "Marxism," and "mercantilism.
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Monograph & others Monograph & others CBN HQ Library General Stacks Non-fiction 382.1'0973 GIL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31008100146568

Includes bibliographical references and index.

This book provided an analysis of U.S. foreign economic policy as it pertains to foreign direct investment and its principal allocator, the transnational corporation. It also describes patterns of "reciprocal interaction" between international politics and international economics, and their relationship to important world outcomes. The book is policy-oriented and also presents a conceptual framework for understanding the intersection of economics and politics in international relations. The book provides the an overview of the study of international political economy through descriptions and critical analyses of three "prevailing conceptions" of the nature of economic relations, actors and activity, and the relationship between economics and politics; the three conceptions are "liberalism," "Marxism," and "mercantilism.

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