Transnational Enterprises: Their Impact On Third World Societies And Cultures

✍ Scribed by Krishna Kumar (editor)

Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2019
Tongue: English
Leaves: 350
Edition: 1
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

This book represents the first attempt to conceptualize the social and cultural impact of transnational enterprises on host nations and to provide empirical and analytical material on the subject. Well-known social scientists focus on three critical areas: social inequalities, knowledge systems, and lifestyles and values. Collectively, they advance

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
Half Title
Series Page
Title
Copyright
Contents
List of Tables
Acknowledgments
1 Social and Cultural Impact of Transnational Enterprises: An Overview
PART 1 IMPACT ON SOCIAL CLASSES AND INEQUALITY
Editorial Note
2 Transnational Capitalism and National Disintegration in Latin America
3 A Class Analysis of Multinational Corporate Expansion
4 Women Workers in Multinational Corporations: The Case of the Electronics Industry in Malaysia and Singapore
5 The Multinational Corporations and Inequality of Development
PART 2 IMPACT ON KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS
Editorial Note
6 The Impact of Transnational Book Publishing on Knowledge in Less-Developed Countries
7 The Information Bedazzlement of Latin America
8 The Impact of Transnational Corporations on Educational Processes and Cultural Change: An African Perspective
9 The Role of Multinationals in Vocational Training
PART 3 IMPACT ON CONSUMPTION PATTERNS AND VALUES
Editorial Note
10 Breast-Feeding: The Role of Multinational Corporations in Latin America
11 Sociocultural Investments and the International Political Economy of North-South Relations: The Role of Transnational Enterprises
12 Cultural and Ideological Dependence: Building a Theoretical Framework
PART 4 SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY

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