Japanese Auto Transplants in the Heartland Corporatism and Community

Name: Japanese Auto Transplants in the Heartland Corporatism and Community
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ISBN: 9780202305288

ISBN-10: 0202305287

ISBN-13: 9780202305288

Edition: 1994

Authors: Robert Perrucci

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"During the 1980s six Japanese automobile assembly plants were built in six midwestern states which put up over a billion dollars in incentives to attract the transplants. In turn, the Japanese corporate firms involved in these arrangements invested seven billion dollars to build the plants. Hundreds of automobile supplier firms have come to the region thereby creating a formidable Japanese auto industry that promises jobs and economic growth for many communities." "This book examines the promise of a new form of government-business partnership, which is called corporatism. It also examines the tensions and conflicts between the corporatist project and the host communities in which the…

Book details

List price: $47.95
Copyright year: 1994
Publisher: Aldine Transaction
Publication date: 12/31/1994
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 186
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English



Preface



The Coming of the Transplants: Why Are They Important?



The Global-Local Connection: How the Changing Global Economy Affected States and Communities



Settling in the Heartland: Why the Midwest Corridor?




Selling Growth in Small-Town America: Media Images



Creating a New Worker: Fusing Labor, Community, and Company



In the Heart of the Heart of the Country: Corporatism as Civic Virtue



Capital and Community in Transition: Continuing Corporate Welfare or Nascent Social Economy?


Appendix: A Note on Method


References


Index