Global Encounters (eBook, PDF)

International Political Economy, Development and Globalization
Redaktion: Harrison, G.

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

How has globalization impacted on development? For Harrison, the answer lies in the international political economy, and the ways in which states have managed economic globalization - from positions of strength or weakness. Key themes emerge, such as new geographies of development and the constant need for state economic action.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK
• Seitenzahl: 276
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. November 2004
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780230502819
• Artikelnr.: 38180098

Autorenporträt

Graham Harrison Mick Moore Ian Taylor Timothy M. Shaw Peadar Kirby Jonathan Perraton Philip J. Wood Behrooz Morvaridi Marieke Riethof Martin Lodge and Lindsay Stirton Richard Woodward Tony Heron Paul Sutton

Inhaltsangabe

Global Encounters: Three Themes for the International Political Economy of Development - Graham Harrison PART I The State and Global Political Economy (Un)Developmental States The Development of Political Underdevelopment - Mick Moore Botswana's Developmental State and the Politics of Legitimacy - Ian Taylor Uganda as an African 'Developmental State'? - Timothy M. Shaw The Irish State and the Celtic Tiger: A 'Flexible Developmental State' or a Competition State? - Peadar Kirby What's Left of 'State Capacity'? The Developmental State After Globalization and the East Asian Crisis - Jonathan Perraton PART II Networks of Development, New Patterns of Power The Regional Impact of Globalization: The 'Spatial Fix' in Southern Textiles, 1974-1997 - Philip J. Wood Contentious Development Issues and Transnational Networks - Behrooz Morvaridi Innovations in Trade Union Strategies in Brazil - Marieke Riethof PART III Regulating Globalization, Development and Liberalisation Well Connected? Building Capacity for Pro-Competitive Telecommunications Regulation in Three Caribbean States - Martin Lodge and Lindsay Stirton Offshore or 'Shorn Off'? The OECD's Harmful Tax Competition Initiative and Development in Small Island Economies - Richard Woodward Export and Processing Zones and Policy Competition for Foreign Direct Investment: The Caribbean 'Offshore' Development Model - Tony Heron Backwaters, Currents and the 'Competitive State' in the Caribbean: The Imperative of Public Sector Reform - Paul Sutton