Cover

Front Matter

Contents

List of Abbreviations

Preface to the Sixth Edition

About the Companion Website

Chapter 1--Introduction: Questioning 'Globalization'

Part One--The Shifting Contours of the Global Economy

Chapter 2--Global Shift: Changing Geographies of the Global Economy

Part Two--Processes of Global Shift

Chapter 3--Tangled Webs: Unravelling Complexity in the Global Economy

Chapter 4--Technological Change: 'Gales of Creative Destruction'

Chapter 5--Transnational Corporations: The Primary 'Movers and Shapers' of the Global Economy

Chapter 6--The State Really Does Matter

Chapter 7--The Uneasy Relationship Between TNCs and States: Dynamics of Conflict and Collaboration

Part Three--The Picture in Different Economic Sectors

Chapter 8--'Making Holes in the Ground': The Extractive Industries

Chapter 9--'We Are What We Eat': The Agro-Food Industries

Chapter 10--'Fabric-ating Fashion': The Clothing Industries

Chapter 11--'Wheels of Change': The Automobile Industry

Chapter 12--'Making the World Go Round': Advanced Business Services - Especially Finance

Chapter 13--'Making the Connections, Moving the Goods': Logistics and Distribution Services

Part Four--Winning and Losing in the Global Economy

Chapter 14--'Capturing Value' Within Global Production Networks

Chapter 15--'Destroying Value': Environmental Impacts of Global Production Networks

Chapter 16--Winning and Losing: Where You Live Really Matters

Chapter 17--Making the World a Better Place

Bibliography

Index

About the Author