Globalization and the state in Central and Eastern Europe
Subtitle: the politics of foreign direct investment
By: Jan Drahokoupil.
Series: BASEES/Routledge series on Russian and East European studies
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780415466035; 9780203892084
Subjects: Investments, Foreign -- Europe, Eastern; Globalization -- Economic aspects -- Europe, Eastern; Europe, Eastern -- Economic policy -- 1989-; Europe, Eastern -- Foreign economic relations; Europe, Eastern -- Economic conditions -- 1989-
Notes: First published 2008 by Routledge, 2 Park Square Milton Park Abingdon Oxon OX14 4RN.  Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Understanding convergence towards the competition state: the transnational constitution of domestic politics; title: The rise of the competition state: towards the Porterian workfare postnational regime; title: Creating national capitalism against the odds: the internally oriented project in the Czech Republic; title: The internally oriented pathways in the early nineties: by default or by design?; title: The time of the comprador service sector: how Czechs ignited competition for FDI; title: Political support of the competition state: the comprador service sector and its allies; title: The investment promotion machines: everyday politics and the multi-scalar constitution of the competition state.