Transnational Transfers and Global Development (International Political Economy)
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Description for Transnational Transfers and Global Development (International Political Economy)
Hardcover. Aninterdisciplinary group ofscholars and practitioners analyse multi-variegated, cross-border activities in which non-state actors engage through a single conceptual lens. Editor(s): Brown, Stuart S. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 237 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPS; JPSL; KCM; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 148 x 20. Weight in Grams: 418.
This pioneering volume invites scholars from different social science disciplines to contribute their competing perspectives to a far-ranging albeit understudied dimension of globalization. Globalization has been defined as progressively integrated, national product and factor markets, cemented by the revolution in transportation and communications technology. This process has been driven by transnational corporations who have erected intricate, global supply chains. Such commercial advances have, in turn, intensified the interdependence among states and the authors raise a number of questions: Can the multi-variegated, cross-border activities in which such non-state actors engage be analyzed through a single conceptual lens? Can non-state transnational transfers ... Read more
This pioneering volume invites scholars from different social science disciplines to contribute their competing perspectives to a far-ranging albeit understudied dimension of globalization. Globalization has been defined as progressively integrated, national product and factor markets, cemented by the revolution in transportation and communications technology. This process has been driven by transnational corporations who have erected intricate, global supply chains. Such commercial advances have, in turn, intensified the interdependence among states and the authors raise a number of questions: Can the multi-variegated, cross-border activities in which such non-state actors engage be analyzed through a single conceptual lens? Can non-state transnational transfers ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Series
International Political Economy Series
Number of Pages
237
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780230284401
SKU
V9780230284401
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99-15
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STEVEN R. BRECHIN Professor of Sociology in the Maxwell School of Citizenship & Public Affairs of Syracuse University, USA BRUCE W. DAYTON Associate Director of the Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs at the Maxwell School of Syracuse University, USA KATRINA BURGESS Associate Professor of International Political Economy at the Fletcher School at Tufts University, USA, and Adjunct Associate Professor of ... Read more
Reviews for Transnational Transfers and Global Development (International Political Economy)
'The authors' perspectives provide an excellent base on which to conduct further work, earning Transnational Transfers and Global Development a place on the shelves of university libraries and in the offices of professors interested in the topic.' - Curtis Frye, Technology and Society Book Reviews