Multinationals, the State, and Control of the Nigerian Economy (Princeton Legacy Library, 498)

Thomas Biersteker evaluates the sources of Third World economic nationalism and assesses the significance of the changes that have taken place between North and South since the early 1970s. Neo-classical and neo-Marxist approaches to international and comparative political economy are explored to develop methods and select criteria for the assessment of major change.Originally published in 1987.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905. Cover Contents List of Figures List of Tables Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations Introduction 1 Assessments of Indigenization: A Critical Review of Six Theoretical Approaches 2 The State as Collaborator: The First Indigenization Decree 3 Fronting, Commercial Consolidation, and Inequality 4 The State as Initiator: The Second Indigenization Decree 5 Maintaining Control: Multinational Responses to the Second Decree 6 The Control of Finance and the Development of Capitalism in Nigeria 7 The Dialectics of Indigenization: Stagnation and Transformation at Alternative Levels of Analysis Appendix A Research Methods and Sampling of Companies and Individuals Interviewed Appendix B Methodology and Codebook for Data Set Assembled on Incorporated Enterprises in Nigeria Appendix C Microeconomic Data Gathered About the Operations of Manufacturing Firms Appendix D Chronology of Economic Nationalism in Nigeria Bibliography Index Thomas Biersteker evaluates the sources of Third World economic nationalism and assesses the significance of the changes that have taken place between North and South since the early 1970s. Neo-classical and neo-Marxist approaches to international and comparative political economy are explored to develop methods and select criteria for the assessment of major change. Originally published in 1987. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905 In this book Thomas Biersteker evaluates the sources of Third World economic nationalism and assesses the significance of the changes that have taken place between North and South since the early 1970s.

This is an insightful economic analysis of how African economic nationalism takes place in both the regional and international spheres.

Thomas J. Biersteker. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. [327]-335.