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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Group Author: Worth, Owen, 1974-; Moore, Phoebe.
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Literature type: Electronic Software eBook
Language: English
Series: International political economy series.
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Online Access: http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9780230245167
Summary: 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.
Item Description: Electronic book text.
Originally published in: 2009.
Carrier Form: 272 p. : 2 figures, 2.
ISBN: 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.