Geographies of globalization : a critical introduction / Andrew Herod.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Herod, Andrew, 1964-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Globalization.

International economic integration.

Human geography.

Physical Description:

xv, 278 pages : illustrations, maps, plans ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Malden, MA ; Oxford : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009.

Summary:

Challenging such neoliberal assumptions as the `death of distance' and suggestions that geography no longer matters within a shrinking globe. Geographies of Globalization is a critical introduction to the concepts and realities surrounding what has become the leitmotif of our contemporary world.

The book shows that whatever else they may be, the contemporary processes that are impacting on the world economy and which are variously represented as `globalization' and/or `internationalization' are fundamentally geographical processes, for they are tying the planet together in new and different ways.

Exploring a wide range of issues, from the integration of the world economy to how contemporary processes are shaping and shaped by nation-states and how workers are organizing transnationally in response to ongoing transformations in the planet's economic geography. Geographies of Globalization illuminates the many, often contradictory, facets of globalization.

Contents:

Introduction

Envisioning global visions

Interpreting globalization

Talking globalization

Globalizing empires

Manufacturing globalization

Governing globalization

Globalizing labor

Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [234]-262) and index.

ISBN:

1405110910

9781405110525

140511052X

9781405110914

OCLC:

228701302

Publisher Number:

99954262650