Review of: R.J Barber The American Corporation: Its Power, Its Money, Its Politics
Strange, Susan. “Review of: R.J Barber The American Corporation: Its Power, Its Money, Its Politics.” International Journal 27, no. 2 (1972): 308-309.
Strange feels that the author overstates the political power and influence of multinational in themselves. She identifies a close connection between the US government and larger corporations. Interestingly this is a position that she gradually moves away from in subsequent work, identifying transnational firms as actors in their own right by 67), arguing for their major importance as actors in the international political economy.
Keywords: Corporations; Hegemony; Transnational Corporations