Foreign Direct Investment, Democracy and Development: Assessing Contours, Correlates and Concomitants of Globalization

ISBN-13: 9781138810747 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 172 str.

Indra de Soysa

Opis

Using quantitative data, this book addresses the shape and degree of internationalization by focusing on the impact of foreign direct investment and democracy on economic development and the effects of economic internationalization on democracy.

Spis treści

Chapter 1 The Contours of Globalization
Chapter 2 Globalization and Development: Theory Old and New
Chapter 3 Globalization and Growth Empirics
Chapter 4 Democracy and Growth: Theory Old and New
Chapter 5 Empirics of Democracy and Growth and Growth of Democracy
Chapter 6 Assessing Globalization's Correlates and Concomitants

O autorze

Indra de Soysa is Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Development Research, University of Bonn, Germany and leads a research group on 'Democracy, Rule of Law and Governance'. He has recently published articles in the Journal of Conflict Resolution, American Sociological Review, the Journal of Peace Research, and Global Environmental Politics and a number of book chapters in edited volumes. His research primarily centres on such issues as democratisation, political economy of violence and the effects of globalization on the economy and society.