Globalization and the 'new' semi-peripheries
This collection re-examines and re-assesses the role of the semi-periphery in world politics and argues that the processes of globalization have led us to widen our understanding of the semi-periphery, through a range of case studies as well as theoretical chapters.
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Literature type: | Electronic Software eBook |
Language: | English |
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International political economy series. |
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This collection re-examines and re-assesses the role of the semi-periphery in world politics and argues that the processes of globalization have led us to widen our understanding of the semi-periphery, through a range of case studies as well as theoretical chapters. |
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Electronic book text. Originally published in: 2009. |
Carrier Form: | 272 p. : 2 figures, 2. |
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9780230220751 9780230245167 : 0230245161 : |
CLC: | F114 |
Contents: | Acknowledgements Notes on the Contributors Introduction-- P.Moore & O.Worth PART I: THEORETICAL REFLECTIONS: GLOBALIZATION AND THE SEMI-PERIPHERY Whatever Happened to the Semi-Periphery?-- O.Worth Halfway to Paradise? Making Sense of the Semi-Periphery-- H.Radice Globalisation, Accumulation by Dispossession and the Rise of the Semi-Periphery: Towards Global Post-Fordism and Crisis?-- G.Strange PART II: GLOBALIZATION AND CHANGE IN THE SEMI-PERIPHERY The South American Semi-Periphery: Brazil and Argentina-- E.Vivares Economic Development in the East Asian (semi) Periphery-- J.P.Abbott China and India: The New Powerhouses of the Semi-Periphery-- G.Downes 'Upper Volta with Gas'? Russia as a Semi-Peripheral State-- R.Simon Turkey in the World System and the New Orientation-- P.Moore & C.Dannreuther PART III: NEW SEMI-PERIPHERAL DEVELOPMENTS AND POSSIBLE FUTURE CEE as a new Semi-Periphery: Transnational Social Forces and Poland's Transition-- S.Shields A Semi-Periphery to Global Capital: Global Governance and lines of flight for Caribbean Offshore Financial Centres-- W.Vlcek Towards a Democratic and Collectively Rational Global Commonwealth: Semi-Peripheral Transformation in a Post-Peak World- System-- K.Lawrence Semi-Peripheral Development and Global Democracy-- C.Chase-Dunn & T.Boswell Bibliography Index. |