Mediating Globalization: Domestic Institutions And Industrial Policies In The United States And Britain Project Muse Upcc Books

Has globalization fundamentally altered international relations, producing a race to the bottom in which states compete for economic growth and development by adopting similar liberal economic strategies? Mediating Globalization challenges this increasingly dominant perspective, demonstrating that national governments often respond to global competitive pressures with more, not less, economic intervention. Using interviews, archival research, and secondary sources, Andrew P. Cortell explores the strategies adopted by the United States and Britain with regard to one of the world’s most globalized sectors, the semiconductor industry. From the early 1970s through the mid-1990s, he argues, increasing globalization pressures in each country led them to more actively intervene in the evolution of their semiconductor markets, rather than assume a more marginal role. The empirical evidence, moreover, indicates that the two countries adopted similar responses, whether liberal or interventionist, as a consequence of similar domestic institutional incentives rather than constraints identified to emerge from globalization. Has Globalization Fundamentally Altered International Relations, Producing A Race To The Bottom In Which States Compete For Economic Growth And Development By Adopting Similar Liberal Economic Strategies? Mediating Globalization Challenges This Increasingly Dominant Perspective, Demonstrating That National Governments Often Respond To Global Competitive Pressures With More, Not Less, Economic Intervention. Using Interviews Archival Research, And Secondary Sources, Andrew P. Cortell Explores The Strategies Adopted By The United States And Britain With Regard To One Of The World's Most Globalized Sectors, The Semiconductor Industry.--jacket. Globalization And Convergence? : The Domestic Impact Of Globalization -- Globalization, Domestic Institutions, And Industrial Strategies -- Liberal Convergence : The Carter And First Reagan Administrations -- Industry Policy Without Limits? : Reagan's Second Term -- Intervention And Institutional Change : The 1990s -- Emerging Globalization And Intervention : 1970-1980 -- Intervention, Disengagement, And State Transformation : The Conservatives' Turn -- Globalization And Domestic Institutions. Andrew P. Cortell. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 209-231) And Index. Mediating Globalization: Domestic Institutions and Industrial Policies in the United States and Britain......Page 4 Contents......Page 6 Part One The Argument......Page 11 1. Globalization and Convergence? The Domestic Impact of Globalization......Page 14 2. Globalization, Domestic Institutions, and Industrial Strategies......Page 32 Part Two The United States......Page 54 3. Liberal Convergence: The Carter and First Reagan Administrations......Page 56 4. Industrial Policy Without Limits? Reagan’s Second Term......Page 74 5. Intervention and Institutional Change: The 1990s......Page 98 Part Three Britain......Page 122 6. Emerging Globalization and Intervention: 1970–1980......Page 124 7. Intervention, Disengagement, and State Transformation: The Conservatives’ Turn......Page 150 Part Four Conclusion......Page 178 8. Globalization and Domestic Institutions: Conclusions......Page 180 Notes......Page 208 Bibliography......Page 220 C......Page 244 E......Page 245 G......Page 246 I......Page 247 M......Page 248 R......Page 249 S......Page 250 T......Page 251 U......Page 252 Y......Page 254