Globalization and Social Change : People and Places in a Divided World

ISBN-13: 9780415266956 / Angielski / Twarda / 2004 / 376 str.

Diane Perrons

Opis

Detailed comparative and illuminating case studies from a wide range of countries document and explain how and why different people in different places are affected by and in turn affect these processes. The book concludes that contemporary inequalities are widening, that divisions by social class, ethnicity and gender are in some ways becoming more significant than divisions between nations, suggesting that new systems of governance are necessary for social tranquility in the new millennium.

Recenzje

‘a fresh, new approach… overall, the book offers a welcome addition to the existing literature on globalization.’ - Journal of Economic & Social Geography

Spis treści

1. Analyzing Globalization and Social Change  Part 1: Measuring and Theorizing Inequality and Uneven Development  2. Uneven Geographical Development within the Global Economy  3. Theorizing Uneven Development  Part 2: Economic Integration, New Divisions of Labour and Gender Relations  4. The Global Division of Labour and the Feminization of Employment  5. The New Global Division of Labour and the Old Industrial Regions: Uneven Regional Development in the UK  Part 3: The New Economy, Globalization and Geography  6. The New Economy and the Digital Divide: Global and Social Divisions  7. Living and Working in Superstar Regions  Part 4: Shaping Development  8. Social Reproduction and the State  9. Globalization, Participation and Empowerment  10. Conclusion: Challenging the Divided World

O autorze

Diane Perrons is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Geography and Environment and a Fellow of the Gender Institute at the London School of Economics.