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Global shift : mapping the changing contours of the world economy / Peter Dicken.

By: Publisher: Los Angeles, California : SAGE, 2015Edition: Seventh editionDescription: xxix, 618 pages : illustrations (colour), maps (colour) ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1446282104
  • 9781446282106
  • 1446282090
  • 9781446282090
  • 9781462519644
  • 1462519644
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: ebook version:: No titleDDC classification:
  • 338.09051 23 D548
Other classification:
  • 83.40
Contents:
What in the world is going on? -- The changing contours of the global economy. The centre of gravity shifts : transforming the geographies of the global economy -- Processes of global shift. Tangled webs : unravelling complexity in the global economy -- Technological change : 'Gales of creative destruction' -- Transnational corporations : the primary 'movers and shapers' of the global economy -- The state really does matter -- Winning and losing in the global economy. The uneasy relationship between transnational corporations and states : dynamics of conflict and collaboration -- 'Capturing value' within global production networks -- Destroying value? environmental impacts of global production networks -- Winning and losing : where you live really matters -- Making the world a better place -- The picture in different sectors. 'Making holes in the ground' : the extractive industries -- 'We are what we eat' : the Argo-food industries -- 'Fabric-ating fashion' : the clothing industries -- 'Wheels of change' : the automobile industry -- 'Making the world go round' : advanced business services -- 'Making the connections, moving the goods' : logistics and distribution services.
Summary: Peter Dicken's Global Shift has been the definitive work on economic globalization for almost 30 years now. It is a tried, trusted and unrivalled resource for undergraduates, postgraduates and researchers across the social sciences.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

What in the world is going on? -- The changing contours of the global economy. The centre of gravity shifts : transforming the geographies of the global economy -- Processes of global shift. Tangled webs : unravelling complexity in the global economy -- Technological change : 'Gales of creative destruction' -- Transnational corporations : the primary 'movers and shapers' of the global economy -- The state really does matter -- Winning and losing in the global economy. The uneasy relationship between transnational corporations and states : dynamics of conflict and collaboration -- 'Capturing value' within global production networks -- Destroying value? environmental impacts of global production networks -- Winning and losing : where you live really matters -- Making the world a better place -- The picture in different sectors. 'Making holes in the ground' : the extractive industries -- 'We are what we eat' : the Argo-food industries -- 'Fabric-ating fashion' : the clothing industries -- 'Wheels of change' : the automobile industry -- 'Making the world go round' : advanced business services -- 'Making the connections, moving the goods' : logistics and distribution services.

Peter Dicken's Global Shift has been the definitive work on economic globalization for almost 30 years now. It is a tried, trusted and unrivalled resource for undergraduates, postgraduates and researchers across the social sciences.