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The Political Economy of Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America

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POSTIMPERIALISM: INTERNATIONAL CAPITALISM AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE LATE TWENTIETH CENTURY. By BECKERDAVID, FRIEDENJEFF, SCHATZSAYRE, and SKLARRICHARD L. (Boulder, Colo.: Lynne Rienner, 1987. Pp. 252. $30.00 cloth, $14.95 paper.)

TRANSNATIONAL CORPORATIONS VERSUS THE STATE: THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF THE MEXICAN AUTO INDUSTRY. By BENNETTDOUGLAS C. and SHARPEKENNETH E. (Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1985. Pp. 300. $42.00.)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 October 2022

Stephan Haggard*
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Harvard University
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Copyright © 1989 by the University of Texas Press

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I wish to thank Emanuel Adler, Jeff Frieden, Eric Ramstetter, and Eliza Willis for their comments.

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