Porter Technology, Governance and Political Conflict in International Industries

Erscheinungsjahr 2003
ISBN: 978-1-134-49031-8
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 208 Seiten

Reihe: Routledge Advances in International Political Economy

This book makes an important theoretical contribution to our understanding of international institutions by exploring conceptually and empirically the impact of technology on the governance of international economic activities.
Technology, Governance and Political Conflict in International Industries addresses the current intense interest among scholars in the ways that knowledge can shape the development of international institutions by examining a particularly important type of knowledge - technology. In doing so the book makes a novel contribution to the 'constructivist' approaches that have become popular in the study of International Relations. Moreover, Porter's innovative approach treats the international economy not as a novel and constantly expanding highly competitive market composed of individual firms, but rather as a highly institutionalized set of industries, often dominated by leading firms, in which remarkable centuries-long patterns of continuity and repetition can be identified.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Porter, Tony

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Technik Allgemein Technologie: Soziale & Ethische Aspekte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Theorizing the Role of Technology in the Governance of Global Industries

2. The Cotton Textile Industry: from the Industrial Revolution to Today

3. The Steel Industry: Nationally-Based Cartels and Market-Sharing Arrangements

4. Electrical Machinery: Enduring Complexity and the Longevity of Leading Firms

5. Chemicals: Complex Technologies and Private Governance

6. Automobiles: Assembly Lines and International Investments

7. Semiconductors: Rapid Maturation and Cartel Creation

8. Comparing Across Industries

9. Industry Structures, Systematic Factors, and Implications for the Study of International Relations

Über Autor(innen)

Tony Porter is an Associate Professor of Political Science at McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada. He is the author of States, Markets and Regimes in Global Finance and co-editor, with A. Claire Cutler and Virginia Haufler of Private Authority in International Affairs.