Foreign direct investment, democracy, and development : assessing contours, correlates, and concomitants of globalization / / Indra de Soysa

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910808014703321
• Autore: De Soysa Indra
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2003
• ISBN: 1-134-53218-0; 0-429-23274-8; 1-138-81074-6; 1-280-02209-4; 0-203-47213-6
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (171 p.)
• Collana: Routledge advances in international political economy ; ; 8
• Disciplina: 337
• Soggetti: Investments, Foreign; International trade; International economic integration; Investments, Foreign - Developing countries; Globalization - Economic aspects - Developing countries; Globalization - Social aspects - Developing countries; Democracy - Developing countries; Developing countries Economic conditions 21st century
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [133]-148) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Acknowledgments; List of abbreviations; Introduction; Outline of study; The contours of globalization; The advance of globalization; Trade; Growth of democracy; Growth of income and welfare; Open markets and development; Globalization and development: theory old and new; The neoliberals and development; The neo-Marxist theories of underdevelopment; Causality between FDI and democracy; Globalization and growth empirics; Capital is not capital!; PEN empirics; Controversy; Adjudication: new data and models; Results of new analyses; Democracy and growth: theory old and newRegime type and economic growth; Collusive elite?; Convulsive mass?; Discerning ~good~ democracy from ~bad~: a synthesis; The hypotheses, variables, and data; Empirics of democracy and growth, and growth of democracy; Results and conclusions; Globalization and democracy; Assessing globalization's correlates and concomitants; Data appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The effects of globalization on economy and society are highly contested subjects in academic and political arenas. This study brings an empirical perspective to the crucially important arguments that encapsulate the major debates in this area. Using quantitative data, this book addresses the shape and degree of internationalisation by focussing on the impact of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and democracy on economic development and the effects of economic internationalisation on democracy.The author examines democracy's effects on economic growth and considers the claim that foreign