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Assembling for Development: The Maquila Industry in Mexico and the United States (U.S.-Mexico Contemporary Perspectives Series ; 5) - Softcover
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First published in 1989, this book focuses upon the phenomenon of export-led industrialisation fuelled by foreign investment and technology.aTheaauthoraconcentrates on Mexico, where US companies have been taking advantage of inexpensive labour to establish maquila factories that assemble US parts for export. Through this detailed study of the maquila industry, Sklair charts the progress from the political imperialism of colonial days to the economic imperialism of today."
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Leslie Sklair teaches sociology, and is responsible for the Ph.D. Research Programme in Sociology, at the London School of Economics and Political Science. He is the author of "Assembling for Development" (second edition, 1993) and "Sociology of the Global System" (second edition, 1995), and the editor of "Capitalism and Development" (1994).
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Assembling for Development: The Maquila Industry in Mexico and the United States (U.S.-Mexico Contemporary Perspectives Series ; 5)
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