Global Shift: Mapping the Changing Contours of the World Economy

By S. McDaniel. 2018

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Global Shift is a big book with a big history (this is the seventh edition), on a big, ever-shifting topic with a big history itself. The first edition was published in 1985 as a self-described (by the author in the Preface) one-off attempt to make sense of changing geographies of the world economy. Clearly, that attempt appealed to readers, since here we are in the seventh edition. And it is easy to see why, as this review will elucidate. Peter Dicken is a highly acclaimed Emeritus Professor of Economic Geography, School of Environment and Development, University of Manchester. The four principles that guide this volume are revealed in every chapter: (1) to be solidly empirical but not descriptive; (2) to theor-etically and broadly engage with globalization ideas; (3) to connect current events with longer term processes; and (4) to acknowledge the complexities of globalization. This reviewer would add that this book, unlike much writing on globalization, is unequivocally interdisciplinary, giving it strength and depth of insight. And it has companion websites for both students and instructors that include more than the usual sets of discussion or test questions, also a wide array of additional readings and resources. entitled and

Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Political Science and International Relations

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REVISITING GLOBALIZATION CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF COOPERATIVES (2017, background): “In fact, neoliberal globalization has accentuated inequalities in economic development between different countries (Stiglitz 2002; Dicken 2011).”
Inclusive globalization: unpacking China's Belt and Road Initiative (2016, background): “This phase witnessed a ‘global shift’ of AREA DEVELOPMENT AND POLICY relatively unskilled manufacturing industries from more developed economies (Western countries, Japan and the four Asian Tigers) to some emerging economies (Dicken, 2010).”
Regional innovation policies for new path development – beyond neo-liberal and traditional systemic views (2018, background): “Progressing ICT also facilitated the globalization of collaborations in the innovation process (Cooke, 2013; Dicken, 2015).”
Social Sustainable Supply Chain Management in the Textile and Apparel Industry—A Literature Review (2017, background): “For instance, the textile and apparel sector, which is acknowledged for its labor intensiveness and its outsourcing activities to developing countries with usually high corruption rates [21].”
Linkages and spillovers in global production networks: firm-level analysis of the Czech automotive industry (2016, background): “…the nature of operations, the mode of entry of foreign investors, the length of time since the original investment, the domestic or export market orientation of foreign firms, and other factors (e.g. Amin et al., 1994; UNCTAD, 2001; Carrillo et al., 2004; Scott-Kennel, 2007; Dicken, 2011).”
Global investments and regional development trajectories: the missing links (2016, background): “How does connectivity – here intended as linkages provided by global investment flows – change consolidated views of local economic development? The existing literature has mainly comparedMNE subsidiaries with domestic firms in order to identify the potential advantages of the former: MNEs tend to b”
The Geography of Complex Knowledge (2017, background): “Although knowledge has always been a critical input to production, the centrality of its role to capitalist competition has grown recently as global commodity markets have been increasingly integrated (Dunning 2002; Dicken 2007).”