Capital beyond Borders

States and Firms in the Auto Industry, 1960–94

  • Kenneth P. Thomas
Book

Part of the International Political Economy Series book series (IPES)

Table of contents

  1. Front Matter
    Pages i-xviii
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  2. Introduction
    Kenneth P. Thomas
    Pages 1-27
  3. States and Firms in Political Theory and International Relations Theory
    Kenneth P. Thomas
    Pages 28-50
  4. Capital Mobility and Its Growth since World War II
    Kenneth P. Thomas
    Pages 51-74
  5. Structure and Mobility of the Automobile Industry, 1960–94
    Kenneth P. Thomas
    Pages 75-93
  6. Automotive Bargaining in the UK, the US, and Canada
    Kenneth P. Thomas
    Pages 94-134
  7. Conclusion
    Kenneth P. Thomas
    Pages 135-148
  8. Back Matter
    Pages 149-191
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About this book

Introduction

This book challenges the established wisdom regarding the balance of bargaining power between multinational corporations and host governments. Most theories, beginning with Raymond Vernon's, claim that the bargaining power of host states should increase over time. This work shows the opposite is true, at least for the automobile industry in the industrialized world. The reason for this is the growing mobility of production, which undercuts host states' bargaining positions. Capital mobility is thus central to both firm-state relations and IPE generally.

Keywords

capital government growth international relations mobility political theory production state war work World War I World War II

Authors and affiliations

  • Kenneth P. Thomas
    • 1
  1. 1.University of MissouriSt LouisUSA

Bibliographic information

  • DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-25472-9
  • Copyright Information Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 1997
  • Publisher Name Palgrave Macmillan, London
  • eBook Packages Palgrave Political & Intern. Studies Collection
  • Print ISBN 978-1-349-25474-3
  • Online ISBN 978-1-349-25472-9
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