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Transnational capitalism in East Central Europe's heavy industry : from flagship enterprises to subsidiaries / Aleksandra Sznajder Lee.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sznajder Lee, Aleksandra, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Steel industry and trade--Europe, Eastern--Finance.
- Steel industry and trade.
- Capitalism--Europe, Eastern.
- Capitalism.
- Investments, Foreign--Europe, Eastern.
- Investments, Foreign.
- Post-communism--Europe, Eastern.
- Post-communism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (317 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2016]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Focusing on the steel industry during the post-communist transition from 1989 through 2009, Aleksandra Sznajder Lee traces the transformation of flagship state enterprises in the Czech Republic, Poland, Romania, and Slovakia into the subsidiaries of large, international corporations.
- Contents:
- Contents; List of Abbreviations; Acknowledgments; One. Introduction: From Flagship Enterprises to Subsidiaries ; Two. State Capacity and the Political Economy of Industrial Restructuring ; Three. Putting Reform in Context: Politics of Initial Policy Choice; Four. Restructuring Behemoths: State Capacity and the Enterprise Level in Comparative Perspective; Five. Acting Collectively: Social Dialogue, State Capacity, and Sectoral Restructuring; Six. Rise of Transnational Capitalism: State Capacity and External Pressures; Seven. Conclusion: European Capitalisms in Comparative Perspective
- AppendixesAppendix A: List of Interviews ; Appendix B: Calculation of State Aid to the Steel Sector ; Appendix C: Enterprise List and Ownership Type of Steelworks in the Czech Republic, Poland, Romania, and Slovakia in 1990, 1996, and 2005; Notes; References; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-281) and index.
- Description based on information from the publisher.
- ISBN:
- 9780472121915
- 047212191X
- OCLC:
- 950680117
- Publisher Number:
- 10.3998/mpub.7480364
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