Americanization And Its Limits

Author : Jonathan Zeitlin,Gary Herrigel
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2000-03-23
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780191544651

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Americanization and its Limits by Jonathan Zeitlin,Gary Herrigel Pdf

This book develops a new and conceptually distinctive analysis of Americanization in European and Japanese industry after the Second World War, based on a rich set of sectoral and firm-based studies by an international group of distinguished scholars. The authors highlight the autonomous and creative role of local actors in selectively adapting US technology and management methods to suit local conditions and, strikingly, in creating new hybrid forms that combined indigenous and foreign practices in unforeseen and often remarkably competitive ways. Their findings will be of compelling interest not only to historians and social scientists concerned with the dynamics of post-war economic growth and industrial development, but also to those engaged in contemporary debates about the cross-national transfer and diffusion of productive models.

Author : Jonathan Zeitlin,Gary Herrigel
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0199269041

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Americanization and Its Limits by Jonathan Zeitlin,Gary Herrigel Pdf

An analysis of Americanization in European and Japanese industry after World War II. The contributors analyze the creative role of local actors in selectively adapting US technology and management methods to suit local conditions, and in creating hybrid forms combining foreign and indigenous practices in unforeseen, yet remarkably competitive ways.

Author : Jonathan Zeitlin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 61 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:807510646

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Americanization and Its Limits by Jonathan Zeitlin Pdf

Author : William Thomas Stead
Publisher : Theclassics.Us
Page : 122 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2013-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1230240543

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The Americanization of the World; Or, the Trend of the Twentieth Century by William Thomas Stead Pdf

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1902 edition. Excerpt: ...reason to believe that we are at the present moment in negotiation for the transfer of our jurisRoosevelt's Definition diction over the Mosquito Indian to the Republic of Nicaragua. But it is well to raise this point, in order to show the process by which the Monroe Doctrine attained its present development. The original motive has disappeared. It is not in order to secure the Western Hemisphere for free institutions that the doctrine is maintained. It is in order to exclude European States as European States, whether they be constitutional or monarchical. The nature of their Governments has nothing to do with it, and a formula originally invented to put limits upon the spread of despotism, is now invoked in the first place as a measure of self-protection for the United States of America; in the second, in order to exclude Europe from America. This may be right, or it may be wrong. It is not the original doctrine. President Roosevelt's inaugural message supplied the world with a clear, explicit and authoritative exposition of what the Americans mean when they speak of the Monroe Doctrine. The passage is so important that it is well to quote it in full. "This doctrine should be the cardinal feature of the foreign policy of all nations of the two Americas. It is in no wise intended to be hostile to any nation of the Old World, and still less is it intended to give cover to any aggression by one of the New World at the expense of another. It is simply a long step towards assuring the universal peace of the world by securing the possibility of permanent peace in this hemisphere. "During the century other influences have established Roosevelt's Definition a permanence of independence among the smaller States of Europe, through a...

Author : Harm G. Schröter
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2005-12-05
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781402029349

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Americanization of the European Economy by Harm G. Schröter Pdf

One of the main features of the world economy since the late nineteenth century has been the growing dominance of the American economy in both quantitative and qualitative terms. Aspects of this development - e.g. rationalization or the world-wide diffusion of Coca-Cola - have been researched, but largely in isolation. Americanization of the European Economy provides a comprehensive yet compact survey of the growth of American economic influence in Europe since the 1880s. Three distinct but cumulative waves of Americanization are identified. Americanization was (and still is) a complex process of technological, political, and cultural transfer, and this overview explains why and how the USA and the American model of industrial capitalism came to be accepted as the dominant paradigm of political economy in today's Europe. Americanization of the European Economy summarizes the ongoing discussion by business historians, sociologists, and political scientists and makes it accessible to all types of readers who are interested in political and economic development.

Author : Radina Vučetić
Publisher : Central European University Press
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2018-06-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9789633862018

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Coca-Cola Socialism by Radina Vučetić Pdf

This book is about the Americanization of Yugoslav culture and everyday life during the nineteen-sixties. After falling out with the Eastern bloc, Tito turned to the United States for support and inspiration. In the political sphere the distance between the two countries was carefully maintained, yet in the realms of culture and consumption the Yugoslav regime was definitely much more receptive to the American model. For Titoist Yugoslavia this tactic turned out to be beneficial, stabilising the regime internally and providing an image of openness in foreign policy. Coca-Cola Socialism addresses the link between cultural diplomacy, culture, consumer society and politics. Its main argument is that both culture and everyday life modelled on the American way were a major source of legitimacy for the Yugoslav Communist Party, and a powerful weapon for both USA and Yugoslavia in the Cold War battle for hearts and minds. Radina Vučetić explores how the Party used American culture in order to promote its own values and what life in this socialist and capitalist hybrid system looked like for ordinary people who lived in a country with communist ideology in a capitalist wrapping. Her book offers a careful reevaluation of the limits of appropriating the American dream and questions both an uncritical celebration of Yugoslavia’s openness and an exaggerated depiction of its authoritarianism.

Author : Natan Sznaider,Rainer Winter
Publisher : Liverpool University Press
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2004-03-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781781386668

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Global America? by Natan Sznaider,Rainer Winter Pdf

Many contemporary issues cannot be readily or fully understood at the level of the nation state and the concept of globalization is used to develop understanding through the analysis of global (transnational) processes. This volume explores the phenomenon of Americanization, and its worldwide impact, and the cultural consequences of globalization.

Author : Mel van Elteren
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2006-09-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780786427857

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Americanism and Americanization by Mel van Elteren Pdf

With the current state of foreign affairs, the terms "Americanism" and "Americanization" sometimes take on an unexpected--and an unflattering--connotation. Americanism essentially involves values, beliefs, ideals, goods and practices in local settings outside the United States that are in some way related or attributed to American influence. While the validity of this influence may be under scrutiny, it requires a detailed historical--and sometimes cultural--analysis to understand all the dynamics and implications of Americanization. A variety of factors contributes to this influence, including the preoccupation and reception of the relevant culture itself. For instance, many European countries have at times demonstrated a preoccupation with all things American which was not necessarily swayed by any action of America itself. The overall actualization of Americanization, however, encompasses a number of societal dimensions, including power differentials in the exchange processes concerned. Informed by a history of relevant developments since the early nineteenth century, this volume presents an in-depth critical analysis of the Americanization process. Beginning with a survey of early European preoccupations with things American, the book goes on to discuss European concerns regarding American influence after World War II. The work then looks at Americanism and its influence within the United States itself, especially regarding developments during the New Deal and beyond. The primary goal of the analysis is the construction of an interpretative framework, allowing for a more balanced approach to the study of Americanism abroad. Written from a critical, social-emancipatory perspective, the author's approach blends economic, military, social, political, cultural and psychological dimensions as well as an examination of the ways in which these areas interact. Finally, Americanism is examined as part of a U.S.-style corporate globalization at the current juncture. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.

Author : Jan Stievermann,Oliver Scheiding
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2015-06-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9780271063003

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A Peculiar Mixture by Jan Stievermann,Oliver Scheiding Pdf

Through innovative interdisciplinary methodologies and fresh avenues of inquiry, the nine essays collected in A Peculiar Mixture endeavor to transform how we understand the bewildering multiplicity and complexity that characterized the experience of German-speaking people in the middle colonies. They explore how the various cultural expressions of German speakers helped them bridge regional, religious, and denominational divides and eventually find a way to partake in America’s emerging national identity. Instead of thinking about early American culture and literature as evolving continuously as a singular entity, the contributions to this volume conceive of it as an ever-shifting and tangled “web of contact zones.” They present a society with a plurality of different native and colonial cultures interacting not only with one another but also with cultures and traditions from outside the colonies, in a “peculiar mixture” of Old World practices and New World influences. Aside from the editors, the contributors are Rosalind J. Beiler, Patrick M. Erben, Cynthia G. Falk, Marie Basile McDaniel, Philip Otterness, Liam Riordan, Matthias Schönhofer, and Marianne S. Wokeck.

Author : Matthias Kipping,Ove Bjarnar
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2002-09-11
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781134693733

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The Americanisation of European Business by Matthias Kipping,Ove Bjarnar Pdf

This book examines the mechanisms and channels through which American managerial know-how and US management models were transferred to Europe after 1945, as well as the actual influence on European industries, companies and regions in the 1950s and 1960s. It explores the role of the European Productivity Agency, business leaders, US multinationals, regional networks and institutions, as well as the actual transfer process and potential political, cultural and institutional barriers. The final section contains the cases of three European companies which adopted American Management methods to a considerable extent during the 1950s and 1960s.

Author : Robert Seltzer,Norman J. Cohen
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 492 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1995-02
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780814780015

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The Americanization of the Jews by Robert Seltzer,Norman J. Cohen Pdf

Assesses the current state of American Jewish life, drawing on the research and thinking of scholars from a variety of disciplines and diverse points of view.

Author : Jessica C. E. Gienow-Hecht
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 430 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN : 1845452054

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Decentering America by Jessica C. E. Gienow-Hecht Pdf

This is an introduction for academics, students, and poltical analysts to some of the latest trends in the study and state of culture and international history: modernity, NGOs, internationalism, cultural violence, the 'Romance of Resistance', and the culture of diplomacy.

Author : Alan Scott
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 373 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2013-01-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781134845842

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The Limits Of Globalization by Alan Scott Pdf

Both the force and the limitations of the globalizing forces operating in the world today can best be understood through an analysis of their concrete manifestations. Using examples from the people's art of Potsdammer Platz to the ways in which Western cultural icons are reinterpreted in Asian magazines, this collection of essays unpicks the rhetoric of globalization in political analysis, cultural theory and urban and economic sociology and exposes the myth of the global society as in many cases a dangerous exaggeration.

Author : Josh Whitford
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2005-11-03
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780199286010

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The New Old Economy by Josh Whitford Pdf

Josh Whitford examines the issues behind the crisis in American manufacturing, and describes the massive restructuring that has occured over the last quarter of a century. He engages with theoretical literatures concerned with the Network Organization and Institutional Analysis.

Author : Miguel Martinez Lucio
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2013-12-10
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781446296776

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International Human Resource Management by Miguel Martinez Lucio Pdf

An innovative and thought-provoking resource designed to support the study of International and Human Resource Management and Employment Relations. Written by an internationally renowned team of experts and underpinned by cutting-edge research, International Human Resource Management tackles a broad range of controversial and often marginalised issues associated with globalisation and its impact on multinational companies and employees. Prepare to be gripped by fascinating and sometimes shocking revelations about the darker realities of a more globalised context and to emerge fully aware of these issues in the workplace and in employment generally. A truly global range of case studies and examples within the book plus carefully selected journal articles online will further enhance your learning experience and outcomes. Visit the companion website for PowerPoint slides, additional case studies, online journal articles and web links related to topics covered in the book.