The Changing Economic Geography of Globalization

ISBN-13: 9780415353984 / Angielski / Twarda / 2006 / 250 str.

Giovanna Vertova

Opis

The Changing Economic Geography of Globalization examines the effects that recent developments in capitalism have had on shaping the global map as well as analyzing the effect on people and places which occupy different positions in the global economic system.
An international team of scholars are bought together to assess, both theoretically and empirically, the effects of globalization over space and to critically examine the prevailing debates. Collectively the essays in this volume challenge the belief that Globalization shrinks time an space and leads to a homogenized global market.
This book explores the relationship between globalization, capitalist development, local competitive distinction, local economies, regional innovation systems, European regional inequalities and growth.

Spis treści

Introduction: 'Reinventing Space' Part 1: Theoretical Perspectives  1. Lost in Space? The Geographical and Political Dimension of Uneven Capitalist Development  2. Positionality and Globalization in Economic Geography  3. A Systemic Approach to Territorial Studies: Deconstructing Territorial Competitiveness  4. Place is What We Think With or Spatial History, Intellectual Capital and Competitive Distinction  Part 2: Empirical Evidence  5. The Boom and the Bombshell: The New Economy Bubble and the San Francisco Bay Area  6. The Role of Regional Innovation Systems in a Globalizing Economy: Comparing Knowledge Bases and Institutional Frameworks of Nordic Clusters  7. Spatial Externalities and Local Employment Dynamics  8. Accessibility and Regional Growth in Europe: The Role of ICT Policies  9. Regional Inequalities and EU Enlargement: The Macrospatial Dimension

O autorze

Vertova, Giovanna