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Changing Economic Geography of Globalization: Reinventing space [Pehme köide]

(Università di Bergamo, Italy)
  • Formaat: Paperback / softback, 272 pages, kõrgus x laius: 234x156 mm, kaal: 500 g, 39 Tables, black and white; 32 Line drawings, black and white; 3 Halftones, black and white; 35 Illustrations, black and white
  • Sari: Routledge Studies in Global Competition
  • Ilmumisaeg: 29-Jun-2012
  • Kirjastus: Routledge
  • ISBN-10: 0415646480
  • ISBN-13: 9780415646482
Teised raamatud teemal:
  • Formaat: Paperback / softback, 272 pages, kõrgus x laius: 234x156 mm, kaal: 500 g, 39 Tables, black and white; 32 Line drawings, black and white; 3 Halftones, black and white; 35 Illustrations, black and white
  • Sari: Routledge Studies in Global Competition
  • Ilmumisaeg: 29-Jun-2012
  • Kirjastus: Routledge
  • ISBN-10: 0415646480
  • ISBN-13: 9780415646482
Teised raamatud teemal:
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 by all the contributors to this volume. Leading authorities from a range of disciplines are represented amongst this impressive list of contributors, including Eric Sheppard, Bjørn Asheim, Richard Walker and Peter Swann.

The chapters demonstrate persuasively the continuing, and even increasing, role of space in the global economy, and throughout, the book covers viewpoints from the fields of:





international political economy economic geography regional and local economics.

This impressive volume, which contains a selection of the best in contemporary scholarship, will be of interest to the international arena of academicians, policy makers and professionals in these or related fields.
List of figures
xi
List of tables
xiii
List of contributors
xv
Acknowledgements xvii
Introduction: "Reinventing space" 1(20)
Giovanna Vertova
Globalization: a questionable phenomenon
3(3)
Space in the global economy
6(4)
Outline of the book
10(11)
Part I Theoretical perspectives
21(98)
1 Lost in space? The geographical and political dimension of uneven capitalist development
23(22)
Riccardo Bellofiore
Giovanna Vertova
Introduction
23(1)
The dead ends of the neoclassical tradition
24(7)
The Marxian alternative
31(2)
The integration of Marx with Schumpeter and Keynes
33(3)
Space and the end of Fordism
36(2)
Labour in current globalisation
38(3)
The remaking of the working class
41(4)
2 Positionality and globalization in economic geography
45(28)
Eric Sheppard
Introduction
45(1)
Positionality and globalization
46(7)
Positionality and contemporary globalization
53(7)
Implications: geographies of trade
60(6)
Conclusion
66(7)
3 A systemic approach to territorial studies: deconstructing territorial competitiveness
73(28)
Sergio Conti
Paolo Giaccaria
A narrative about complexity
73(3)
Territorial systemic interactions
76(6)
Toward productive territorial local systems: different kinds of territorialization
82(1)
Organizative territorialization: the territory as productive territorial local system
83(3)
Distinguishing organization and structure: an institutional approach
86(4)
Some epistemological and theoretical implications for economic geography: the case of territorial competitiveness
90(5)
Conclusions: needs for rethinking local development
95(6)
4 Place is what we think with: or spatial history, intellectual capital and competitive distinction
101(18)
G. M. Peter Swann
Introduction
101(1)
The four ages of place
102(4)
Competitive survival
106(3)
Dimensions of product space
109(1)
Place in the fourth age
110(1)
Place is what we think with
111(4)
Conclusion
115(4)
Part II Empirical evidence
119(113)
5 The boom and the bombshell: the New Economy bubble and the San Francisco Bay Area
121(27)
Richard A. Walker
Ground Zero of the New Economy
122(3)
The financial tidal wave hits the bay shore
125(1)
Riding the NASDAQ
126(4)
Rocketing real estate
130(3)
Reconfiguring the urban landscape
133(5)
The rubble of the bubble
138(10)
6 The role of regional innovation systems in a globalising economy: comparing knowledge bases and institutional frameworks of Nordic clusters
148(18)
Bjørn T. Asheim
Lars Coenen
Introduction
148(1)
Providing context: the learning economy, industrial knowledge bases and institutional settings
149(4)
Regional innovation systems and clusters: differences and connections
153(3)
Comparison of Nordic clusters
156(4)
Conclusions
160(6)
7 Spatial externalities and local employment dynamics
166(26)
Raffaele Paci
Stefano Usai
Introduction
166(1)
Some theoretical and empirical issues
167(3)
The data and the descriptive analysis
170(5)
The estimation framework
175(6)
The econometric results
181(4)
Concluding comments
185(7)
8 Accessibility and regional growth in Europe: the role of ICT policies
192(24)
Roberta Capello
Alessia Spairani
Introduction
192(1)
Accessibility in spatial economic theory
193(2)
Accessibility and regional growth: empirical evidence
195(5)
Alternative ICT policy options
200(9)
Preconditions for ICT policy exploitation
209(3)
Concluding remarks
212(4)
9 Regional inequalities and EU enlargement: the macrospatial dimension
216(16)
Marinella Terrasi
Introduction
216(1)
The spatial effects of economic integration
217(2)
Regional inequalities during consecutive phases of European integration: 1960--97
219(8)
The change in regional inequalities after the new enlargement
227(3)
The determinants of regional productivity inequalities
230(2)
Conclusions 232(4)
Appendix 9.1 Delimitation of macroregions 236(2)
Appendix 9.2 Theil index 238(1)
Appendix 9.3 Sector definitions 239(3)
Index 242
Vertova, Giovanna