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Geographies of Globalization: A Critical Introduction
Andrew Herod
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Paperback. 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. Series: Critical Introductions to Geography. Num Pages: 296 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: RG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 171 x 17. Weight in Grams: 514.
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 transformations in the planet’s economic geography, Geographies of Globalization is a critical examination of what has become the leitmotif of our contemporary world.
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 transformations in the planet’s economic geography, Geographies of Globalization is a critical examination of what has become the leitmotif of our contemporary world.
- Challenges neoliberal assumptions on the nature of globalization
- Provides a conceptual overview of how globalization is a spatial process and of its relation to capitalism
- Explores whether we are in fact living in a more ‘globalized’ world or only in a more ... Read more
- Considers arguments concerning whether ‘globalization’ is a new phenomenon or simply the latest manifestation of processes many hundreds of years in the making
- Focuses on how nation-states have shaped, and been shaped by, contemporary processes of ‘globalization’, how ‘globalization’ has been imagined discursively, and how workers are responding to such processes
- Explores how workers are creating new organizing strategies in response to ‘globalization’
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Series
Critical Introductions to Geography
Number of Pages
294
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United States
ISBN
9781405110914
SKU
V9781405110914
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About Andrew Herod
Andrew Herod is Professor of Geography, Adjunct Professor of International Affairs, and Adjunct Professor of Anthropology, at the University of Georgia, USA. He has written widely on issues of globalization and labour politics. His books include The Dirty Work of Neoliberalism: Cleaners in the Global Economy (with Luis Aguiar) (Blackwell, 2006), Geographies of Power: Placing Scale (with Melissa Wright) (Blackwell, ... Read more
Reviews for Geographies of Globalization: A Critical Introduction
"Part of the ‘Critical Introductions to Geography' series, this text is intended for ‘upper-level undergraduates and graduate students' (p x) to help them ‘explore the debate around how the geography of the world economy is being transformed by contemporary processes' (p. ix) . . . On completing these chapters, a good student will have derived an acute sense of both ... Read more