Peter Dicken is recognized as a leading world authority on economic globalization. He is Emeritus Professor of Geography in the School of Environment and Development at the University of Manchester, UK, and has held visiting academic appointments at universities and research institutes throughout the world. He is an Academician of the Social Sciences, a recipient of the Victoria Medal of the Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers), the Centenary Medal of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society and an Honorary Doctorate of the University of Uppsala, Sweden.

No other book concerned with economic globalization was able to match earlier editions in either breadth or empirical richness, but this latest Global Shift 7e is a book whose time has truly come. Coined by Peter Dicken in the mid 1980s, the idea of a ‘global shift’ has now been propelled into wider circulation as the world grapples with the reality of a maturing Asian and other BRICs economies, and this latest edition is beyond authoritative in terms of its empirical depth and insight into this issue.

• What in the World Is Going On?Part I: The Changing Contours of the Global EconomyThe Centre of Gravity Shifts: Transforming the Geographies of the Global EconomyPart II: Processes of Global ShiftTangled Webs: Unravelling Complexity in the Global EconomyTechnological Change: ‘Gales of Creative Destruction’Transnational Corporations: The Primary Movers and Shapers of the Global EconomyThe State Really Does MatterPart III: Winning and Losing in the Global EconomyThe Uneasy Relationship between TNCs and States: Dynamics of Conflict and Collaboration′Capturing Value′ within Global Production Networks′Destroying Value′? Environmental Impacts of Global Production NetworksWinning and Losing: Where You Live Really MattersMaking the World a Better PlacePart IV: The Picture in Different Sectors′Making Holes in the Ground′: The Extractive Industries′We Are What We Eat′: The Agro-Food Industries′Fabric-ating Fashion′: The Clothing Industries′Wheels of Change′: The Automobile Industry′Making the World Go Round′: Advanced Business Services′Making the Connections, Moving the Goods′: Logistics and Distribution Services

Peter Dicken is recognized as a leading world authority on economic globalization. He is Emeritus Professor of Geography in the School of Environment and Development at the University of Manchester, UK, and has held visiting academic appointments at universities and research institutes throughout the world. He is an Academician of the Social Sciences, a recipient of the Victoria Medal of the Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers), the Centenary Medal of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society and an Honorary Doctorate of the University of Uppsala, Sweden.

No other book concerned with economic globalization was able to match earlier editions in either breadth or empirical richness, but this latest Global Shift 7e is a book whose time has truly come. Coined by Peter Dicken in the mid 1980s, the idea of a ‘global shift’ has now been propelled into wider circulation as the world grapples with the reality of a maturing Asian and other BRICs economies, and this latest edition is beyond authoritative in terms of its empirical depth and insight into this issue.

• What in the World Is Going On?Part I: The Changing Contours of the Global EconomyThe Centre of Gravity Shifts: Transforming the Geographies of the Global EconomyPart II: Processes of Global ShiftTangled Webs: Unravelling Complexity in the Global EconomyTechnological Change: ‘Gales of Creative Destruction’Transnational Corporations: The Primary Movers and Shapers of the Global EconomyThe State Really Does MatterPart III: Winning and Losing in the Global EconomyThe Uneasy Relationship between TNCs and States: Dynamics of Conflict and Collaboration′Capturing Value′ within Global Production Networks′Destroying Value′? Environmental Impacts of Global Production NetworksWinning and Losing: Where You Live Really MattersMaking the World a Better PlacePart IV: The Picture in Different Sectors′Making Holes in the Ground′: The Extractive Industries′We Are What We Eat′: The Agro-Food Industries′Fabric-ating Fashion′: The Clothing Industries′Wheels of Change′: The Automobile Industry′Making the World Go Round′: Advanced Business Services′Making the Connections, Moving the Goods′: Logistics and Distribution Services

Peter Dicken is recognized as a leading world authority on economic globalization. He is Emeritus Professor of Geography in the School of Environment and Development at the University of Manchester, UK, and has held visiting academic appointments at universities and research institutes throughout the world. He is an Academician of the Social Sciences, a recipient of the Victoria Medal of the Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers), the Centenary Medal of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society and an Honorary Doctorate of the University of Uppsala, Sweden.

No other book concerned with economic globalization was able to match earlier editions in either breadth or empirical richness, but this latest Global Shift 7e is a book whose time has truly come. Coined by Peter Dicken in the mid 1980s, the idea of a ‘global shift’ has now been propelled into wider circulation as the world grapples with the reality of a maturing Asian and other BRICs economies, and this latest edition is beyond authoritative in terms of its empirical depth and insight into this issue.

• What in the World Is Going On?Part I: The Changing Contours of the Global EconomyThe Centre of Gravity Shifts: Transforming the Geographies of the Global EconomyPart II: Processes of Global ShiftTangled Webs: Unravelling Complexity in the Global EconomyTechnological Change: ‘Gales of Creative Destruction’Transnational Corporations: The Primary Movers and Shapers of the Global EconomyThe State Really Does MatterPart III: Winning and Losing in the Global EconomyThe Uneasy Relationship between TNCs and States: Dynamics of Conflict and Collaboration′Capturing Value′ within Global Production Networks′Destroying Value′? Environmental Impacts of Global Production NetworksWinning and Losing: Where You Live Really MattersMaking the World a Better PlacePart IV: The Picture in Different Sectors′Making Holes in the Ground′: The Extractive Industries′We Are What We Eat′: The Agro-Food Industries′Fabric-ating Fashion′: The Clothing Industries′Wheels of Change′: The Automobile Industry′Making the World Go Round′: Advanced Business Services′Making the Connections, Moving the Goods′: Logistics and Distribution Services