Globalization from below : the world's other economy / / edited by Gordon Mathews, Gustavo Lins Ribeiro and Carlos Alba Vega

• Pubblicazione: Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (265 p.)
• Disciplina: 337
• Soggetto topico: Small business; Globalization
• Altri autori: Alba VegaCarlos MathewsGordon RibeiroGustavo Lins
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: pt. 1. Mapping globalization from below : routes, nodes, laws -- pt. 2. Embodying globalization from below : entrepreneurs, traders, peddlers.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book explores globalization as actually experienced by most of the world's people, buying goods from street vendors brought by traders moving past borders and across continents under the radar of the law. The dimensions and practices of 'globalization from below' are depicted and analyzed in detail by a team of international scholars. Topics covered include the 'New Silk Road', African traders in China, street hawking in Calcutta and pirate CDs in Mexico. The chapters provide intimate portrayals of routes, markets and people in locations across the globe and explore theories that can h
• Titolo autorizzato: Globalization from below
• ISBN: 1-136-25606-7; 0-415-53509-3; 1-283-58603-7; 9786613898487; 0-203-10600-8; 1-136-25607-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910818824303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II