{"product_id":"9781405110914","title":"Geographies of Globalization A Critical Introduction","description":"\u003ch3\u003eCritical Introductions to Geography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eGeographies of Globalization\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eA Critical Introduction\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAndrew Herod\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eScience \/ Earth Sciences \/ Geography\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eExploring a wide range of issues, from the integration of the world economy to how contemporary processes are shaping and shaped by nation-states and how workers are organizing transnationally in response to transformations in the planet’s economic geography, \u003ci\u003eGeographies of Globalization\u003c\/i\u003e is a critical examination of what has become the leitmotif of our contemporary world.  \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eChallenges neoliberal assumptions on the nature of globalization\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides a conceptual overview of how globalization is a spatial process and of its relation to capitalism\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplores whether we are in fact living in a more ‘globalized’ world or only in a more ‘internationalized’ one\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eConsiders arguments concerning whether ‘globalization’ is a new phenomenon or simply the latest manifestation of processes many hundreds of years in the making\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFocuses on how nation-states have shaped, and been shaped by, contemporary processes of ‘globalization’, how ‘globalization’ has been imagined discursively, and how workers are responding to such processes\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplores how workers are creating new organizing strategies in response to ‘globalization’\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cb\u003eAndrew Herod\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Geography, Adjunct Professor of International Affairs, and Adjunct Professor of Anthropology, at the University of Georgia, USA. He has written widely on issues of globalization and labour politics. His books include \u003ci\u003eThe Dirty Work of Neoliberalism: Cleaners in the Global Economy\u003c\/i\u003e (with Luis Aguiar) (Blackwell, 2006), \u003ci\u003eGeographies of Power: Placing Scale\u003c\/i\u003e (with Melissa Wright) (Blackwell, 2002), \u003ci\u003eLabor Geographies: Workers and the Landscapes of Capitalism\u003c\/i\u003e (2001), \u003ci\u003eOrganizing the Landscape: Geographical Perspectives on Labor Unionism\u003c\/i\u003e (1998), and \u003ci\u003eAn Unruly World? Globalization, Governance and Geography\u003c\/i\u003e (with Gearóid Ó Tuathail, and Susan Roberts) (1998). He is also an elected official, being a member of the government of Athens-Clarke County, Georgia.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e09 February 2009\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley-Blackwell\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781405110914\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e294\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e18.24\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44314358644876,"sku":"9781405110914","price":44.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781405110914.jpg?v=1780195299","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781405110914","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}