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21%OFFNina Bandelj - From Communists to Foreign Capitalists: The Social Foundations of Foreign Direct Investment in Postsocialist Europe - 9780691129129 - V9780691129129
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From Communists to Foreign Capitalists: The Social Foundations of Foreign Direct Investment in Postsocialist Europe

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Description for From Communists to Foreign Capitalists: The Social Foundations of Foreign Direct Investment in Postsocialist Europe Hardback. Explores the intersections of two momentous changes in the late twentieth century: the fall of Communism and the rise of globalization. This book presents a sociological treatment of the process of foreign direct investment (FDI). It demonstrates how both investors and hosts rely on social networks to make decisions about investment. Num Pages: 312 pages, 5 line illus. 25 tables. BIC Classification: 1D; KCL; KFFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 457.
From Communists to Foreign Capitalists explores the intersections of two momentous changes in the late twentieth century: the fall of Communism and the rise of globalization. Delving into the economic change that accompanied these shifts in central and Eastern Europe, Nina Bandelj presents a pioneering sociological treatment of the process of foreign direct investment (FDI). She demonstrates how both investors and hosts rely on social networks, institutions, politics, and cultural understandings to make decisions about investment, employing practical rather than rational economic strategies to deal with the true uncertainty that plagues the postsocialist environment. The book explores how eleven postsocialist ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Number of Pages
312
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691129129
SKU
V9780691129129
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About Nina Bandelj
Nina Bandelj is assistant professor of sociology and faculty associate at the Center for the Study of Democracy at the University of California, Irvine.

Reviews for From Communists to Foreign Capitalists: The Social Foundations of Foreign Direct Investment in Postsocialist Europe
"While the book is a must read for scholars of postsocialism, it will also be of interest to economic sociologists and scholars and students of globalization, capital mobility and foreign investment, economic change, and economic development."
Christy M. Glass, Labour "Nina Bandelj has produced an outstanding piece of work on the postsocialist transformation in Eastern and Central Europe... The theoretical arguments ... Read more

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