Normative Constructions of the Corporate Role of Multilatinas and Multiasians

Abstract

This chapter analyzes how, historically, international institutions such as the World Bank and the International Monetary fund issued normative constructions that defined institutionally the evolution of corporations on the global south, particularly multiasians and multilatinas. The chapter carries out a single historical case study to analyze how within selected periods of the 20th century, normative interventions on development excerpted on customary official publications of both institutions, defined the character, role, and overall influence of multilatinas and multiasians on selected sectors of a global highly deregulated economy. The chapter sheds lights on how thematization and the evolution of ideological representations of the of the corporate role of multinational corporations in defined regions can be found noticeably within selected periods of time of the study.