The changing economic geography of globalization : reinventing space

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 are bought together to assess, both theoretically and empirically, the effects of globalization over space and to critically examine the prevailing debates. Collectively the essays in this volume challenge the belief that Globalization shrinks time an space and leads to a homogenized global market. This book explores the relationship between globalization, capitalist development, local competitive distinction, local economies, regional innovation systems, European regional inequalities and growth.