| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 250 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
| Series |
Studies in global competition ; v. 27 |
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Studies in global competition ; v. 27.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| 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 |
Chapter Introduction -- part Part I Theoretical perspectives -- chapter 1 Lost in space? -- chapter 2 Positionality and globalization in economic geography -- chapter 3 A systemic approach to territorial studies -- chapter 4 Place is what we think with -- part Part II Empirical evidence -- chapter 5 The boom and the bombshell -- chapter 6 The role of regional innovation systems in a globalising economy -- chapter 7 Spatial externalities and local employment dynamics -- chapter 8 Accessibility and regional growth in Europe -- chapter 9 Regional inequalities and EU enlargement. |
| Subject |
International economic relations.
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Globalization.
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Capitalism.
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Regional economic disparities.
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Space in economics.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economic History.
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Capitalism. (OCoLC)fst00846425
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Globalization. (OCoLC)fst00943532
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International economic relations. (OCoLC)fst00976891
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Regional economic disparities. (OCoLC)fst01093083
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Space in economics. (OCoLC)fst01127736
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Vertova, Giovanna, 1966-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Changing economic geography of globalization. London ; New York : Routledge, 2006 041535398X (DLC) 2005019374 (OCoLC)60931356 |
| Standard No. |
9780415353984 (hbk.) |
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10.4324/9780203000403 doi |
| ISBN |
0203000404 (electronic bk.) |
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9780203000403 (electronic bk.) |
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9786610377435 |
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661037743X |
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041535398X |
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9780415353984 |
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9781134259311 |
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113425931X |
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041535398X (Cloth) |
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9780415353984 (hbk.) |
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