INTERNATIONALISATION OF THE STATE IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC: IGNITING THE COMPETITION FOR FOREIGN INVESTMENT IN THE VISEGRAD FOUR REGION

• Authors: Drahokoupil Jan
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This article focuses on a key episode in the Czech political-economic history of the 1990s, the abandonment of 'Czech capitalism', and the switch towards the competition state and an economic model based on foreign investment. The account of the U-turn in the policy approach to foreign investors identifies domestic actors that have had a crucial role in organising political support for the competition state. These actors, which the author calls the 'comprador' service sector, have an important role in mediating the structural power of transnational investors and translating it into other forms of power within the state. These actors also had a major role in shaping the U-turn in policy in the Czech Republic.

Keywords

EN

CLASS; CZECH REPUBLIC; ECONOMIC POLICY; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; STATE

Discipline

• SOCIOLOGY: SOCIOLOGY

• Publisher: Institute of Sociology, Czech Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Sociologický časopis. Czech Sociological Review
• Year: 2009
• Volume: 45
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 549-
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Drahokoupil Jan

• Jan Drahokoupil, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies, Koeln, Germany; http://dlib.lib.cas.cz/4724/

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

09CZAAAA067820