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Politics and foreign direct investment / Nathan M. Jensen... [and others].
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Michigan studies in international political economy
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Investments, Foreign--Political aspects.
- Investments, Foreign.
- International business enterprises--Political aspects.
- International business enterprises.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Place of Publication:
- Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2012.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- Michigan Studies in International Political Economy
- Series Editors: Edward Mansfield, University of Pennsylvania; Lisa Martin, University of Wisconsin-Madison; and William Clark, University of Michigan
- For decades, free trade was advocated as the vehicle for peace, prosperity, and democracy in an increasingly globalized market. More recently, the proliferation of foreign direct investment has raised questions about its impact upon local economies and politics. Here, seven scholars bring together their wide-ranging expertise to investigate the factors that determine the attractiveness of a locale to investors and the extent of their political power. Multinational corporations prefer to invest where legal and political institutions support the rule of law, protections for property rights, and democratic processes. Corporate influence on local institutions, in turn, depends upon the relative power of other players and the types of policies at issue. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- 1 Introduction: Multinational Corporations and Governments 1
- 2 Democracy and the Political Risk of Expropriation for International Business 27
- 3 Institutional Determinants of Foreign Direct Investment in the Developing World 53
- 4 Partisan Governments and the Distributive Effects of Foreign Direct Investment 83
- 5 Political Institutions and the Effectiveness of Multinational Lobbying 115
- 6 Conclusion 147.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-199) and index.
- Description based on information from the publisher.
- ISBN:
- 9780472071760
- 9780472051762
- 9780472028375
- Publisher Number:
- 10.3998/mpub.3425019
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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