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The changing economic geography of globalization : reinventing space / edited by Giovanna Vertova.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Vertova, Giovanna
- Series:
- Studies in global competition ; v. 27.
- Studies in global competition ; v. 27
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Capitalism.
- Globalization.
- International economic relations.
- Regional economic disparities.
- Space in economics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (268 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Taylor & Francis 2006
- New York : Routledge, 2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The process of globalization has had profound, often destabilizing, effects on space, at all levels (i.e. local, regional, national, international). This revealing book analyzes, both theoretically and empirically, the effects of globalization over space. It considers, through a dialogue among different paradigms, the ways in which space has become more important in the global economy. Globalization has been advocated as a way of shrinking time and space which will lead to a homogenized global market; a suggestion challenged in differing ways and with a variety of approaches b
- Contents:
- Book Cover; Half-Title; Series-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Lost in space?; 2 Positionality and globalization in economic geography; 3 A systemic approach to territorial studies; 4 Place is what we think with; 5 The boom and the bombshell; 6 The role of regional innovation systems in a globalising economy; 7 Spatial externalities and local employment dynamics; 8 Accessibility and regional growth in Europe; 9 Regional inequalities and EU enlargement; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- CC BY-NC-ND
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9786610377435
- 9781134259311
- 113425931X
- 9781134259328
- 1134259328
- 9781280377433
- 1280377437
- 9780203000403
- 0203000404
- OCLC:
- 65666210
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