Perils of International Capital

Informationen zum Autor Faisal Z. Ahmed is an assistant professor of politics at Princeton University, New Jersey. His research centers on political economy and international economics. He has published articles in leading journals in economics and political science. Prior to joining the faculty at Princeton, he served as an economist at the Federal Reserve of Chicago and White House Council of Economic Advisors. Klappentext Shows how financial globalization can be perilous, holding the capacity to finance the durability of authoritarian governments. Zusammenfassung Financial capital affects domestic politics! and can finance policies that entrench authoritarian rule. This book presents theoretical foundations! cross-national quantitative analysis! and specific historical examples to challenge existing studies and contribute to important literatures in economics and political science. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. The politics of international capital; 2. International capital and authoritarian survival: a descriptive overview; 3. Foreign rents and rule; 4. Aiding repression; 5. Remittances and autocratic power; 6. Foreign investments in militarism; 7. Conclusion.

Product details

• Authors: Faisal Z Ahmed, Faisal Z. Ahmed, Faisal Z. (Princeton University Ahmed
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9781108488655
• ISBN: 978-1-108-48865-5
• No. of pages: 198
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy, International Relations, Economic Geography, International Economics, Political Economy, Political structures: totalitarianism and dictatorship, Political structures: totalitarianism & dictatorship, International economic & trade law, Public international law: economic and trade