The changing economic geography of globalization : reinventing space / edited by Giovanna Vertova.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Vertova, Giovanna, 1966-

Series:

Studies in global competition ; v. 27.

Studies in global competition ; v. 27

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International economic relations.

Globalization.

Capitalism.

Regional economic disparities.

Space in economics.

Physical Description:

xvi, 250 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2006.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Introduction: "Reinventing space" / Giovanna Vertova 1

Globalization: a questionable phenomenon 3

Space in the global economy 6

Part I Theoretical perspectives 21

1 Lost in space? The geographical and political dimension of uneven capitalist development / Riccardo Bellofiore, Giovanna Vertova 23

The dead ends of the neoclassical tradition 24

The Marxian alternative 31

The integration of Marx with Schumpeter and Keynes 33

Space and the end of Fordism 36

Labour in current globalisation 38

The remaking of the working class 41

2 Positionality and globalization in economic geography / Eric Sheppard 45

Positionality and globalization 46

Positionality and contemporary globalization 53

Implications: geographies of trade 60

3 A systemic approach to territorial studies: deconstructing territorial competitiveness / Sergio Conti, Paolo Giaccaria 73

A narrative about complexity 73

Territorial systemic interactions 76

Toward productive territorial local systems: different kinds of territorialization 82

Organizative territorialization: the territory as productive territorial local system 83

Distinguishing organization and structure: an institutional approach 86

Some epistemological and theoretical implications for economic geography: the case of territorial competitiveness 90

Conclusions: needs for rethinking local development 95

4 Place is what we think with: or spatial history, intellectual capital and competitive distinction / G. M. Peter Swann 101

The four ages of place 102

Competitive survival 106

Dimensions of product space 109

Place in the fourth age 110

Place is what we think with 111

Part II Empirical evidence 119

5 The boom and the bombshell: the New Economy bubble and the San Francisco Bay Area / Richard A. Walker 121

Ground Zero of the New Economy 122

The financial tidal wave hits the bay shore 125

Riding the NASDAQ 126

Rocketing real estate 130

Reconfiguring the urban landscape 133

The rubble of the bubble 138

6 The role of regional innovation systems in a globalising economy: comparing knowledge bases and institutional frameworks of Nordic clusters / Bjorn T. Asheim, Lars Coenen 148

Providing context: the learning economy, industrial knowledge bases and institutional settings 149

Regional innovation systems and clusters: differences and connections 153

Comparison of Nordic clusters 156

7 Spatial externalities and local employment dynamics / Raffaele Paci, Stefano Usai 166

Some theoretical and empirical issues 167

The data and the descriptive analysis 170

The estimation framework 175

The econometric results 181

8 Accessibility and regional growth in Europe: the role of ICT policies / Roberta Capello, Alessia Spairani 192

Accessibility in spatial economic theory 193

Accessibility and regional growth: empirical evidence 195

Alternative ICT policy options 200

Preconditions for ICT policy exploitation 209

9 Regional inequalities and EU enlargement: the macrospatial dimension / Marinella Terrasi 216

The spatial effects of economic integration 217

Regional inequalities during consecutive phases of European integration: 1960-97 219

The change in regional inequalities after the new enlargement 227

The determinants of regional productivity inequalities 230

Appendix 9.1 Delimitation of macroregions 236

Appendix 9.2 Theil index 238

Appendix 9.3 Sector definitions 239.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

041535398X

OCLC:

60931356

Publisher Number:

9780415353984 (hbk.)