Geographies of Globalization

ISBN-13: 9780415567619 / Angielski / Twarda / 2014 / 484 str.

Warwick Murray

Opis

Geographies of Globalization 2nd edition offers an animated and fully-updated exposition of the geographical impacts of globalization and the contribution of human geography to studies and debates in this area. Energetic and engaging, this book:

Illustrates how the core principles of human geography such as space and scale lead to a better understanding of the phenomenon

Debates the historical evolution of globalized society

Analyses the interconnected economic, political and cultural geographies of globalization

Examines the impact of global transformations on the ground using examples from six continents

Discusses the three global crises currently facing the world inequality, the environment and unstable capitalism most recently manifested in the Great Recession

Articulates a human geographical framework for progressive globalization and approaching solutions to the problems we face

Boxed sections highlight key concepts and innovative work by geographers as well as topical and lively debates concerning current global trends. The book is also generously illustrated with a wide range of Figures, photographs, and maps. "

Spis treści

Part I: Globalization in Three Dimensions – Place, Time and Space  1. Globalization and Place – Geography is Dead?  2. Globalization and Crisis – Three World Challenges  3. Globalization, Time and Space – History and Theory  Part II: Globalization in Three Spheres – Economic, Cultural and Political   4. Globalizing Economic Geographies  5. Globalizing Cultural Geographies  6. Globalizing Political Geographies  Part III: Globalization and Three Crises – Development, Environment and Uneven Capitalism  7. Inequality, Development and Globalization  8. Environment, Sustainability and Globalization  9. Uneven capitalism, globalization and recession  10. Progressive Globalization – Long Live Geography