LEADER 02778nam 22004093u 450 001 9910464707103321 005 20210114112648.0 010 $a0-203-78370-0 035 $a(CKB)3710000000115069 035 $a(EBL)564647 035 $a(OCoLC)56416016 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC564647 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000115069 100 $a20140519d2014|||| u|| | 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 200 10$aAlternative Capitalisms$b[electronic resource] $eGeographies of emerging regions 210 $aHoboken $cTaylor and Francis$d2014 215 $a1 online resource (257 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-340-75943-7 327 $aCover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Glossary of acronyms; Part 1 Conceptual Frameworks; 1 'Emerging market countries' and issues of globalization; 2 Conceptualizing the world-system; 3 Capitalism, imperialism and the emerging world: a historical overview; Part 2 The Historical Context of Alternative Capitalisms; 4 Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union; 5 Capitalism in Latin America and the Caribbean; 6 East Asia: the Japanese and Chinese development models and their regional impacts; Part 3 Economic Dimensions of Change 327 $a7 Trade liberalization, economic transformation and integration8 Geographies of economic transformation; 9 The transnational corporation and emerging market countries; 10 Geographies of transnational corporations in emerging market countries; 11 New technologies and the growth of services; Part 4 Political Dimensions of Change; 12 Modernity and nationality; 13 Modernity and democracy; 14 Conclusion: alternative capitalisms and globalization; Bibliography; Index 330 $aThis book aims to examine the effects of globalization and economic and political transformations in those parts of the world which are now regularly referred to as 'emerging regions'. These are Latin America and the Caribbean, East Central Europe and the former Soviet Union and East Asia. This book breaks new ground in three areas. First of all it develops a critique of the use of the term ""emerging regions"" for geographers and social scientists and relates this to world-systems theory. Secondly, it explores the development trajectories and challenges of countries in this so-called emerging 608 $aElectronic books. 676 $a330.91724 676 $a337.091724 700 $aGwynne$b Robert$0885820 701 $aShaw$b Denis$0885821 701 $aKlak$b Thomas$0885822 801 0$bAU-PeEL 801 1$bAU-PeEL 801 2$bAU-PeEL 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910464707103321 996 $aAlternative Capitalisms$91977926 997 $aUNINA