Transnational Corporations versus the State

The Political Economy of the Mexican Auto Industry

Douglas C. Bennett, Kenneth E. Sharpe

• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Year: 2014
• Print ISBN: 9780691611389, 9780691076898
• eBook ISBN: 9781400857807
• Topic: Business
• Subtopic: Business General
• Index: Business

The historical-structural method employed here rejects analyses that are excessively voluntaristic or deterministic. The authors show that while the state was able to mitigate certain adverse consequences of TNC strategies, new forms of dependency continued to limit Mexico's options.

Originally published in 1985.

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Table of contents

• Cover
• Contents
• Tables
• Acknowledgments
• Abbreviations
• 1 Introduction
• 2 The State and Dependency in Mexico
• 3 Transnational Corporations in the World Automobile Industry
• 4 A Framework for Analyzing State-TNC Bargaining
• 5 The First Bargaining Encounter, 1960-1962
• 6 The Consequences of Import Substitution
• 7 The Second Encounter, 1969
• 8 The Consequences of Export Promotion
• 9 The Third Encounter, 1977
• 10 Export Promotion in an Era of Oil and Debt
• 11 Summary and Conclusions
• Postscript
• Appendix A Diplomatic Note from the United States to Mexico, February 7, 1978
• Appendix B Interviewees
• Bibliography
• Index