Globalization and social change : people and places in a divided world /
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| Author / Creator: | Perrons, Diane. |
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Imprint: | London ;New York, NY : Routledge, 2004. |
| Description: | x, 366 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5172685 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1. Analysing Globalization and Social Change
- Part I. Measuring and theorizing inequality and uneven development
- 2. Uneven Geographical Development within the Global Economy
- 3. Theorizing Uneven Development
- Part II. Economic integration, new divisions of labour and gender relations
- 4. The Global Division of Labour and the Feminization of Employment: Women's Role in Cool Chains, the Integrated Circuit and Care Chains
- 5. The New Global Division of Labour and the Old Industrial Regions: Uneven Regional Development in the UK
- Part III. The new economy, globalization and geography
- 6. The New Economy and the Digital Divide: Global and Social Divisions
- 7. Living and Working in Superstar Regions
- Part IV. Shaping development
- 8. Social Reproduction and the State
- 9. Globalization, Participation and Empowerment
- 10. Conclusion: Challenging the Divided World
- References
- Index
