Politics and Foreign Direct Investment

by Edmund Malesky, Pablo Pinto, Joseph Staats, et al.

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0472051768
• ISBN13: 9780472051762
• Release Date: September 2012
• Publisher: University of Michigan Press
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 9.0"