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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 n...
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| Language: | English |
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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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Ebook. Originally published in: 2004. |
| Carrier Form: | 296 p. |
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9781403920799 9780230502819 : 0230502814 : |
| CLC: | F114-532 |
| Contents: | 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. |