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Autore |
Thompson William R |
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Titolo |
Limits to globalization [[electronic resource] ] : North-South divergence / / William R. Thompson and Rafael Reuveny |
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Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York, : Routledge, c2009 |
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ISBN |
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1-135-27666-8 |
1-282-25665-3 |
9786612256653 |
0-203-87279-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (211 p.) |
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Collana |
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Rethinking globalizations ; ; 21 |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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International economic relations |
Globalization - Economic aspects |
Developing countries Economic conditions |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Acknowledgments; 1 Unreal and unflat worlds; 2 Interpreting economic growth and development; 3 Exploring the North-South gap longitudinally; 4 Geo-economic limits on technological diffusion; 5 Limits on globalization processes; 6 Southern debt crises; 7 Growth and conflict; 8 Southern democracy in the long run; 9 Uneven growth processes and prospects; Appendix; Notes; References; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In the post-Cold War era, economic globalization has loomed, at least for some, as the world system's next crisis carrier, creating winners and losers and trampling on the distinctiveness of local cultures. Yet the liberal assumption is that if the market does its job, the poor will catch up to the rich via trade-driven growth and the economies of developed and less developed countries will gradually converge. Investigating the processes of economic globalization, this book explores whether it is truly a ""global"" process. It examines how globalization is experienced around the worl |
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