Global shift : mapping the changing contours of the world economy / Peter Dicken
- Bib ID:
- 3916974
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Dicken, Peter
- Edition:
- 5th ed.
- Description:
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- London : SAGE, 2007
- xxiii, 599 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
- ISBN:
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- 9781412929547
- 9781412929554
- Full contents:
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- Pt. 1. The shifting contours of the global economy
- 1. Questioning 'globalization'
- 2. Global shift : the changing global economic map
- Pt. 2. Processes of global shift
- 3. Technological change : 'gales of creative destruction'
- 4. Transnational corporations : the primary 'movers and shapers' of the global economy
- 5. 'Webs of enterprise' : the geography of transnational production networks
- 6. 'The state is dead ... long live the state'
- 7. 'Doing it their way' : variations in state economic policies
- 8. Dynamics of conflict and collaboration : the uneasy relationship between TNCs and states
- Pt. 3. The picture in different sectors
- 9. 'Fabric-ating fashion' : the clothing industries
- 10. 'Wheels of change' : the automobile industry
- 11. 'Chips with everything' : the semiconductor industry
- 12. 'We are what we eat' : the agro-food industries
- 13. 'Making the world go round' : financial services
- 14. 'Making the connections, moving the goods' : the logistics and distribution industries
- Pt. 4. Winning and losing in the global economy
- 15. Winning and losing : an introduction
- 16. Good or bad? : evaluating the impact of TNCs on home and host economies
- 17. Making a living in developed countries : where will the jobs come from?
- 18. Making a living in developing countries : sustaining growth, enhancing equity, ensuring survival
- 19. Making the world a better place.
- Notes:
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- Previous ed.: 2003.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 555-583) and index.
- Subject:
- Copyright:
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