Global shift: mapping the changing contours of the world economy /
by Peter Dicken
- 7th
- New Delhi: Sage, 2015.
- xxix, 618 p.
1.What in the world is going on? -- 2.The changing contours of the global economy. The centre of gravity shifts : transforming the geographies of the global economy - 3.Processes of global shift. Tangled webs : unravelling complexity in the global economy -- 4.Technological change : 'Gales of creative destruction' -- 5.Transnational corporations : the primary 'movers and shapers' of the global economy -- 6.The state really does matter -- 7.Winning and losing in the global economy. The uneasy relationship between transnational corporations and states : dynamics of 8.conflict and collaboration -- 9.Capturing value' within global production networks -- 10.Destroying value? environmental impacts of global production networks -- 11.Winning and losing : where you live really matters -- 12.Making the world a better place -- 13.The picture in different sectors. 'Making holes in the ground' : the extractive industries -- 14.We are what we eat' : the Argo-food industries -- 15.Fabric-ating fashion' : the clothing industries -- 16.Wheels of change' : the automobile industry -- 17.Making the world go round' : advanced business services -- 18.Making the connections, moving the goods' : logistics and distribution services.
With over 120,000 copies sold worldwide, Peter Dicken's Global Shift has been the definitive work on economic globalization for almost 30 years now. A tried, trusted and unrivalled resource for undergraduates, postgraduates and researchers across the social sciences, this is a seminal text from an internationally renowned author.