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Introduction to economic geography : globalization, uneven development and place /

by MacKinnon, Danny; Cumbers, Andrew.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: New York : Pearson Education, 2011Edition: 2nd ed.Description: xvi, 334 p. : ill.; 25 cm.ISBN: 9780273727279 (pbk.); 0273727273 (pbk.).Subject(s): Economic geography | Globalization
Contents:
Introducing economic geography -- Approaches to economic geography -- Shaping the capitalist economy : key actors and processes -- Spaces of production and consumption -- The state and the economy -- The changing geography of the multinational corporations -- Changing geographies of work and employment -- Geographies of development -- The uneven geographies of finance -- Commodity chains and global production networks -- Knowledge, creativity and regional development -- Alternative economic geographies -- Conclusion.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 306-324) and index.

Introducing economic geography -- Approaches to economic geography -- Shaping the capitalist economy : key actors and processes -- Spaces of production and consumption -- The state and the economy -- The changing geography of the multinational corporations -- Changing geographies of work and employment -- Geographies of development -- The uneven geographies of finance -- Commodity chains and global production networks -- Knowledge, creativity and regional development -- Alternative economic geographies -- Conclusion.


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