Increased capital flows in the form of foreign direct investment (FDI) and the growing relevance of multinational corporations are two characteristics of the most recent wave of globalization. This volume extensively discusses how these phenomena are interrelated, what determines FDI flows and...

"A reference book for development economics or the political economy of development in Asia or anywhere else. Unlike other books, first, it deals with all the East Asian countries, including Japan and other Asian countries. Second, it offers some empirical research findings based on surveys...

Long waves of growth & development in the global political economy -- Cultural contradictions of global capitalism -- A global neoliberal social structure of accumulation? -- A transnational corporate social structure of accumulation? -- A global money-trade-production mode of regulation? -- A...