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Record Nr.

UNINA9910765819503321

Autore

Vertova Giovanna

Titolo

The changing economic geography of globalization : reinventing space / / edited by Giovanna Vertova

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Taylor & Francis, 2006

New York : , : Routledge, , 2006

ISBN

1-134-25931-X

1-134-25932-8

1-280-37743-7

9786610377435

0-203-00040-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (268 p.)

Collana

Studies in global competition ; ; v. 27

Classificazione

83.40

Altri autori (Persone)

VertovaGiovanna <1966->

Disciplina

330.9/051/1

330.90511

Soggetti

Capitalism

Globalization

International economic relations

Regional economic disparities

Space in economics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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