Description
The definitive text on globalization, this book provides an accessible, jargon-free analysis of how the world economy works and its effects on people and places. Peter Dicken synthesizes the recent ideas and empirical data to blaze a clear path throughout the thicket of globalization processes and debates. The book highlights the dynamic interactions among transnational corporations, nations, and other key players, and their role in shaping the uneven contours of development. Mapping the changing centers of gravity of the global economy, Dicken presents in-depth case studies of six major industries. Now in full color all through, the text features 228 figures. Companion web pages for students and instructors offer extensive supplemental resources, including creator videos, applied case studies with questions, lecture notes with PowerPoint slides, discipline-specific suggested further reading for each and every chapter, and interactive flashcards.
New to This Edition:
*Each and every chapter thoroughly revised and up to date.
*All 228 figures (now in color) are new or redesigned.
*Addresses the continuing fallout from the latest global financial crisis.
*Discussions of timely topics: tax avoidance and corporate social responsibility; global problems of unemployment, poverty, and inequality; environmental degradation; the Eurozone crisis; and more.
*Enhanced online resources for instructors and students.