“Coping with Globalization poses a challenge that cannot be solved or sidestepped. The central point of this coherent set of outstanding essays engages those who insist that globalization is transforming world politics and those who insist that states and corporations are institutions with a broad and deep repertoire of adaptations to new conditions, Prakash and Hart teach us a great deal in this exciting book.” Peter J. Katzenstein, Cornell University
“A valuable contribution to our understanding of the interface between firms and governments in the global economy; rich array of thoughtful essays by scholars of international repute.” John H. Dunning, Rutgers and Reading Universities
“The authors in Coping with Globalization begin the important task of understanding how actors respond to the forces of international economic change. This is one of the most interesting and potentially influential books yet on this ever expanding and increasingly important subject.” David Lake, University of California at San Diego
Globalization is dramatically reshaping policy landscapes, thereby creating new opportunities and threats for governments and firms. Since the resultant restructuring of policy spaces asymmetrically distributes benefits and costs across countries, sectors, firms, and factors of production, there is a need to cope with globalization. This volume examines the strategic options available to firms and governments, the political, institutional, ideational, and economic factors, which lie behind specific coping strategies, and the lessons, which can be distilled and applied to other areas.
Drawing together a panel of international experts, the volume examines issues such as:
This rigorous and original examination of the problems posed by globalization is essential reading for all those interested in globalization, international business and international political economy.
Aseem Prakash is Professor of Political Science at the University of Washington in Seattle. He is the author of Greening the Firm: The Politics of Corporate Environmentalism and coeditor of both Globalization and Governance and Responding to Globalization.Jeffrey A. Hart is Professor of Political Science at Indiana University, Bloomington. His publications include Rival Capitalists, Globalization and Governance (coedited with Aseem Prakash) and Responding to Globalization (coedited with Aseem Prakash).
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Updated on August 14, 2021.