Producing security
Subtitle: multinational corporations, globalization, and the changing calculus of conflict
By: Stephen G. Brooks.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Princeton, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 316
Subjects: Security, International; International economic relations; Globalization; International business enterprises
Description: "In Producing Security, Stephen Brooks maintains that an overarching focus on the security implications of trade once made sense but no longer does. Trade is no longer the primary means of organizing international economic transactions; rather, where and how multinational corporations (MNCs) organize their international production activities is now the key integrating force of global commerce." "The author shows that the globalization of production has a differential effect on security relations, in part because it does not encompass all countries and industries to the same extent. The book's findings indicate that the geographic dispersion of MNC production acts as a significant force for peace among the great powers. The author concludes that there is no basis for optimism that the globalization of production will promote peace elsewhere in the world. Indeed, he finds that it has a net negative influence on security relations among developing countries."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.