{"product_id":"geographies-of-globalization-isbn-9781405110525","title":"Geographies of Globalization","description":"Exploring a wide range of issues, from the integration of the world economy to how contemporary processes are shaping and shaped by nation-states and how workers are organizing transnationally in response to transformations in the planet’s economic geography, \u003ci\u003eGeographies of Globalization\u003c\/i\u003e is a critical examination of what has become the leitmotif of our contemporary world.  \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eChallenges neoliberal assumptions on the nature of globalization\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides a conceptual overview of how globalization is a spatial process and of its relation to capitalism\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplores whether we are in fact living in a more ‘globalized’ world or only in a more ‘internationalized’ one\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eConsiders arguments concerning whether ‘globalization’ is a new phenomenon or simply the latest manifestation of processes many hundreds of years in the making\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFocuses on how nation-states have shaped, and been shaped by, contemporary processes of ‘globalization’, how ‘globalization’ has been imagined discursively, and how workers are responding to such processes\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplores how workers are creating new organizing strategies in response to ‘globalization’\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e  List of Figures. \u003cp\u003eList of Tables.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Note on Terminology, Naming, and the Calculation of Historical Monetary Values.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Abbreviations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Introduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Envisioning Global Visions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Interpreting Globalization.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Talking Globalization.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Globalizing Empires.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Manufacturing Globalization.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Governing Globalization.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. Globalizing Labor.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. Conclusion.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e  ?Herod presents in a concise manner a number of critical perspectives on globalization in a way that makes them easily accessible without dumbing them down.? (\u003ci\u003eCHOICE\u003c\/i\u003e, October 2009)  \u003cp\u003e\"An important introduction to the debates about the geography of globalization. Critical but never shrill, the book works unerringly to expose and render intelligible the intellectual and practical pressure points that are the result of the multiple processes of globalization. As good a starting point as any you'll find.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNigel Thrift, University of Warwick\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Writing for an upper level undergraduate readership, Andrew Herod has produced a challenging critical interpretation of geographies of globalization that is both historically informed and geographically sensitive.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePeter Dicken, University of Manchester\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eAndrew Herod\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Geography, Adjunct Professor of International Affairs, and Adjunct Professor of Anthropology, at the University of Georgia, USA. He has written widely on issues of globalization and labour politics. His books include \u003ci\u003eThe Dirty Work of Neoliberalism: Cleaners in the Global Economy\u003c\/i\u003e (with Luis Aguiar) (Blackwell, 2006), \u003ci\u003eGeographies of Power: Placing Scale\u003c\/i\u003e (with Melissa Wright) (Blackwell, 2002), \u003ci\u003eLabor Geographies: Workers and the Landscapes of Capitalism\u003c\/i\u003e (2001), \u003ci\u003eOrganizing the Landscape: Geographical Perspectives on Labor Unionism\u003c\/i\u003e (1998), and \u003ci\u003eAn Unruly World? Globalization, Governance and Geography\u003c\/i\u003e (with Gearóid Ó Tuathail, and Susan Roberts) (1998). He is also an elected official, being a member of the government of Athens-Clarke County, Georgia.  Challenging such neoliberal assumptions as the ‘death of distance’ and suggestions that geography no longer matters within a shrinking globe, \u003ci\u003eGeographies of Globalization\u003c\/i\u003e is a critical introduction to the concepts and realities surrounding what has become the leitmotif of our contemporary world.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe book shows that whatever else they may be, the contemporary processes that are impacting on the world economy and which are variously represented as ‘globalization’ and\/or ‘internationalization’ are fundamentally geographical processes, for they are tying the planet together in new and different ways.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExploring a wide range of issues, from the integration of the world economy to how contemporary processes are shaping and shaped by nation-states and how workers are organizing transnationally in response to on-going transformations in the planet’s economic geography, \u003ci\u003eGeographies of Globalization\u003c\/i\u003e illuminates the many, often contradictory, facets of globalization.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989281947877,"sku":"NP9781405110525","price":89.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781405110525.jpg?v=1761783507","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/geographies-of-globalization-isbn-9781405110525","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}