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Globalization is characterized by increasing flows of capital and labor across the boundaries of nation-states. This study assesses the role of foreign investment in the primary and secondary sectors on the level of international emigration from less-developed countries. Contemporary theoretical explanations of international migration are reviewed, and a theory of the relationship between foreign investment and international migration is posited. We use random-effects regression models that control for unobserved heterogeneity to analyze an unbalanced cross-national panel data set of 59 cases between 1975 and 2000, and control for other relevant variables. The central findings are that foreign investment in the primary sector increases the level of net emigration over a ten-year period, while foreign investment in the secondary sector has no consistent effect. The implications of the findings are discussed in the context of contemporary migration policies. ..PAT.-Unpublished Manuscript [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The goal of this paper is to connect the macro-level processes of the global economy to the local processes of civil society. More specifically, we explore the impact of certain dimensions of "globalization" on two aspects of civil society; corruption and civil unrest. We begin with a theoretical discussion of the mechanisms by which these global and local processes are linked. Next, a series of quantitative cross-national analyses are presented that find both beneficial and deleterious effects of these global processes on civil society. We close with case studies of two countries, Argentina and Thailand, which give substance to these cross-national findings. ..PAT.-Unpublished Manuscript [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This research moves the world?s great cities to the center of contemporary debates about globalization. We use a social network approach, viewing cities as important nodes in a worldwide web of exchanges. Our central questions include: Which cities are more central in the network of world cities? Which are peripheral? Is the network of cities growing more tightly integrated over recent time? Do cities? roles in the global network reflect those of the nations in which they are located, or are they becoming independent of national trajectories? Finally, how is social life within cities influenced by their role in the global network? The research will use formal network techniques to analyze data on flows of airline passengers and air cargo between all pairs of some 150-200 cities, comparing patterns in 1990 to those in 2000. The study will evaluate untested theoretical claims about the social consequences of global positioning of cities on social structural change within them. It will contribute to scholarly as well as popular debates about globalization. At the same time, it will begin to build a world city network database that will be available to other scholars. We also hope to contribute to a number of important public policies debates, as well. The data and results should be relevant to discussions of and nation-based strategies for global economic competitiveness, the role for ?the state? in promoting development, possible trade offs between growth and polarization/ inequality, and long-term challenges presented by emergent patterns and processes of globalization at the beginning of the 21st century. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This research evaluates the empirical evidence of an emerging transnational corporate community over the past twenty-five years. In a study of the Fortune Global 500 between 1983 and 1998, we find a dramatic increase in the number of transnational interlocking directorates. We also find that these global firms are more likely to form networks with other large transnational companies irrespective of geographical location, rather than forming domestically based networks. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper examines the impact of macro-structural dynamics of the global economy on internal political violence in less developed countries, focusing on the pivotal roles of income inequality and political corruption in this process. A structural equatio ..PAT.-Unpublished Manuscript [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Previous research has studied the effect of foreign investment on economic development in terms of the dollar value of these investments. This paper explores the impact of foreign investment on development from an organizational perspective, by examining the role of foreign subsidiaries in the economic growth of less developed countries between 1970 and 2000. Two aspects of foreign subsidiaries are considered. The first is the total number of foreign subsidiaries located in a given country. The second dimension is "foreign subsidiary concentration", the percentage of foreign subsidiaries located in a given country owned by corporations headquartered in a single country. Several findings emerge from structural equation models of 41 to 70 less developed countries between 1970 and 2000. First, overall growth of foreign subsidiaries between 1970 and 200 has a positive effect on economic growth in less developed countries. Second, relatively high levels of foreign subsidiary concentration in 1970 inhibit this expansion of foreign subsidiaries. Two other aspects of foreign investment, foreign investment concentration and foreign capital dominance, also retard the expansion of foreign subsidiaries. Further analyses suggest that political corruption may, in part, mediate these relationships. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This research identifies a previously unmeasured organizational aspect of globalization and examines its impact on economic development. I refer to this new variable as "foreign subsidiary concentration", which is defined as the highest percentage of foreign subsidiaries in a host country whose corporate headquarters are geographically located in the same country of origin. I include only foreign subsidiaries of the world's 100 largest industrial firms. In a cross-national panel regression analysis of 60 countries between 1980 and 1998, I find that foreign subsidiary concentration retards the growth of GNP per capita, net of control variables. I argue that foreign subsidiary concentration inhibits the host state's ability to formulate and implement economic policies in its own interests, for at least two reasons. First, a relatively large number of foreign subsidiaries from a single country has a greater likelihood of eliciting the headquarter country's intervention in the host country's internal economy policies on their behalf. Second, high foreign subsidiary concentration is likely to result in the emergence of a local elite with common interests that are more closely allied with those of the foreign subsidiaries than to those of the host country. These local elites also intervene to influence economic policies on behalf of these foreign firms. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]