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Author(s): Peter Dicken
ISBN(s): 9781609180065, 1609180062
Edition: 6th
File Details: PDF, 22.04 MB
Year: 2011
Language: english
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ISBN 10: 1609180062

ISBN 13: 9781609180065

Author: Peter Dicken

Widely adopted throughout the world, this definitive text comprehensively examines how the global economy works and its effects on people and places. Peter Dicken provides a balanced yet critical analysis of globalization processes and debates. The text synthesizes a wealth of data on production, distribution, consumption, and innovation, including detailed case studies of key global industries. Students learn how the global economic map is being shaped and reshaped by dynamic interactions among transnational corporations, states, consumers, labor, and civil society organizations. Useful features include nearly 250 quick-reference figures and tables. The companion website offers PowerPoint slides of the figures and tables, additional case studies and questions, annotated Web links, and more. New to This Edition*Revised throughout to incorporate the latest ideas in the field; gives increased attention to global production networks as a major organizing principle.*Addresses the current global financial crisis.*Chapter on environmental impacts of global production networks.*Case study chapter on the extractive industries.*Fully updated empirical data; additional maps and charts.

Table of contents:

Part One: The Shifting Contours of the Global Economy

  • Chapter 1: Introduction: Questioning ‘Globalization’

  • Chapter 2: Global Shift: Changing Geographies of the Global Economy

Part Two: Processes of Global Shift

  • Chapter 3: Tangled Webs: Unravelling Complexity in the Global Economy

  • Chapter 4: Technological Change: ‘Gales of Creative Destruction’

  • Chapter 5: Transnational Corporations: The Primary ‘Movers and Shapers’ of the Global Economy

  • Chapter 6: The State Really Does Matter

  • Chapter 7: The Uneasy Relationship Between TNCs and States: Dynamics of Conflict and Collaboration

Part Three: The Picture in Different Economic Sectors

  • Chapter 8: ‘Making Holes in the Ground’: The Extractive Industries

  • Chapter 9: ‘We Are What We Eat’: The Agro-Food Industries

  • Chapter 10: ‘Fabric-ating Fashion’: The Clothing Industries

  • Chapter 11: ‘Wheels of Change’: The Automobile Industry

  • Chapter 12: ‘Making the World Go Round’: Advanced Business Services Especially Finance

  • Chapter 13: ‘Making the Connections, Moving the Goods’: Logistics and Distribution Services

Part Four: Winning and Losing in the Global Economy

  • Chapter 14: ‘Capturing Value’ Within Global Production Networks

  • Chapter 15: ‘Destroying Value’: Environmental Impacts of Global Production Networks

  • Chapter 16: Winning and Losing: Where You Live Really Matters

  • Chapter 17: Making the World a Better Place

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