The process of globalization has had profound, often destabilizing, effects on space, at all levels (i.e. local, regional, national, international). This revealing book analyzes, both theoretically and empirically, the effects of globalization over space. It considers, through a dialogue among...

There were radical changes in national specialization during the 20th century: Germany's loss of dominance to the United States' and United Kingdom in much of the chemicals industry; the United States loss of dominance partly to Germany and the collapse of the United Kingdom, in motor vehicles....

The Changing Economic Geography of Globalization examines the effects that recent developments in capitalism have had on shaping the global map as well as analyzing the effect on people and places which occupy different positions in the global economic system. An international team of scholars...