A History of Cold War Industrialisation: Finnish Shipbuilding between East and West

Author:   Saara Matala
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:  

9780367482497


Pages:   234
Publication Date:   01 July 2021
Format:   Hardback
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A History of Cold War Industrialisation: Finnish Shipbuilding between East and West


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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.

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Author:   Saara Matala
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.489kg
ISBN:  

9780367482497


ISBN 10:   0367482495
Pages:   234
Publication Date:   01 July 2021
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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The book aims to open up and provide a new interpretation to the black box of the East-Westst trade during the Cold War by using the Finnish shipbuilding industry as a case study. By means of examining procedures and practices provided by archival sources, the author attempts to explain how a small peripheral country like Finland could develop into a noteworthy shipbuilding country and industrialise fairly quickly in the postwar period. The author's approach is both innovative and illuminating for readers who are not yet experts in the East-West trade.Timo Myllyntaus, Turku School of Economics, Finland An ambitious, elegant, and enjoyable analysis of how an industry and a small state successfully navigate through the muddy waters of the Cold War.Maiju Wuokku


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Saara Matala is Post-doctoral Fellow in the Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden.

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