A History of Cold War Industrialisation: Finnish Shipbuilding between East and West Contributor(s): Matala, Saara (Author) |
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ISBN: 0367482495 ISBN-13: 9780367482497 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $171.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 2021 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Economic History - Business & Economics | Economics - General - Business & Economics | Industries - Manufacturing |
Physical Information: 0.63" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.17 lbs) 234 pages |
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Publisher Description: This monograph explores the economic consequences of the Cold War, a polarised world order which politicised technology and shaped industrial development. It provides a detailed archival-based history of the Finnish shipbuilding industry (1952-1996), which f lourished, thanks to the special relationship between Finland and the Soviet Union. Overall, it shows how a small country, Finland, gained power during the Cold War through international economic and technological cooperation. The work places Finland in a firmly international context and assesses the state-industry relationship from five different angles: technopolitics, trade infrastructure, techno-scientific cooperation, industrial reorganisation, and state aid. It presents a novel way to analyse industrialisation as an interaction between institutional stabilisation and f luctuation within a techno-economic system. In so doing, it makes empirical, theoretical, and methodological contributions to the history of industrial change. A History of Cold War Industrialisation will be of interest to advanced students and scholars in economic history, maritime history, Cold War history, and international political economy. |