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

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Basic Books, Inc. Publishers, 1975Description: xii, 291 pages : tables and charts ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 0465089518
Other title:
  • United States power and the multinational corporation [Other title]
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 382.1/0973
LOC classification:
  • HF 1455 .G5 1975
Contents:
I. The nature of political economy -- II. The political economy of foreign investment -- III. The British strategy of portfolio investment -- IV. The political order of American direct investment -- V. The American strategy of direct investment: why the multinational corporation? -- VI. Corporate expansionism and American hegemony -- VII. The multinational corporation an the American economy: costs and benefits -- VIII. An alternative strategy to foreign investment -- IX. Three models of the future.
Summary: "The broad purpose of this book is to further an understanding of the relationship between international economics and international politics. Through the examination of the so-called multinational corporation (MNC) and foreign investment, I shall show the reciprocal interaction of economics and politics in today's world... Thus, in order to develop a theory of political economy, I shall analyze the multinational corporation and foreign investment from the general perspective of international relations and show the significance of foreign investment in the larger context of international politics." -- From the introduction.
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BOOKS BOOKS Niebyl-Proctor Marxist Library General Stacks HF 1455 .G5 1975 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not For Loan Contains pencil markings. NPML20020012

Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-280) and index.

I. The nature of political economy -- II. The political economy of foreign investment -- III. The British strategy of portfolio investment -- IV. The political order of American direct investment -- V. The American strategy of direct investment: why the multinational corporation? -- VI. Corporate expansionism and American hegemony -- VII. The multinational corporation an the American economy: costs and benefits -- VIII. An alternative strategy to foreign investment -- IX. Three models of the future.

"The broad purpose of this book is to further an understanding of the relationship between international economics and international politics. Through the examination of the so-called multinational corporation (MNC) and foreign investment, I shall show the reciprocal interaction of economics and politics in today's world... Thus, in order to develop a theory of political economy, I shall analyze the multinational corporation and foreign investment from the general perspective of international relations and show the significance of foreign investment in the larger context of international politics." -- From the introduction.

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