Globalization and Social Change: People and Places in the New Economy

Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
Preface......Page 10
Acknowledgements......Page 11
Analysing Globalization and Social Change......Page 12
Measuring and theorizing inequality and uneven development......Page 42
Uneven Geographical Development within the Global Economy......Page 46
Theorizing Uneven Development......Page 66
Economic integration, new divisions of labour and gender relations......Page 92
The Global Division of Labour and the Feminization of Employment: Women's Role in Cool Chains, the Integrated Circuit and Care Chains......Page 100
The New Global Division of Labour and the Old Industrial Regions: Uneven Regional Development in the UK......Page 138
The new economy, globalization and geography......Page 176
The New Economy and the Digital Divide: Global and Social Divisions......Page 180
Living and Working in Superstar Regions......Page 213
Shaping development......Page 248
Social Reproduction and the State......Page 250
Globalization, Participation and Empowerment......Page 293
Conclusion: Challenging the Divided World......Page 330
References......Page 343
Index......Page 369