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Geographies of global change : remapping the world in the late twentieth century / edited by R.J. Johnston, Peter J. Taylor, and Michael J. Watts

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublisher: Oxford ; Malden, Mass. : Blackwell, 2000Description: xii, 462 pages : illustrations, mapsISBN:
  • 063119326X
  • 9780631193265
  • 0631193278
  • 9780631193272
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 910
Contents:
1. Global Change at the End of the Twentieth Century / Peter J. Taylor, Michael J. Watts and R.J. Johnston -- pt. I. Geoeconomic Change -- Introduction to Part I: The Reconfiguration of Late Twentieth-Century Capitalism. 2. A Hyperactive World / Nigel Thrift. 3. From Farming to Agribusiness: the Global Agro-food System / Sarah Whatmore. 4. Multinational Corporations and the New International Division of Labor / Richard Barff. 5. Trajectories of Development Theory: Capitalism, Socialism, and Beyond / David Slater -- pt. II. Geopolitical Change -- Introduction to Part II: After the Cold War. 6. Democracy and Human Rights after the Cold War / John Agnew. 7. The Renaissance of Nationalism / Nuala C. Johnson. 8. Global Regulation and Trans-state Organization / Susan M. Roberts. 9. The Regulatory State: the Corporate Welfare State and Beyond / Joe Painter -- pt. III. Geosocial Change -- Introduction to Part III: People in Turmoil. 10. Population Crises: the Malthusian Specter? / Allan Findlay. 11. Global Migration and Ethnicity: Contemporary Case-Studies / Nurit Kliot. 12. Changing Women's Status in a Global Economy / Susan Christopherson. 13. Disease Implications of Global Change / Andrew Cliff and Peter Haggett -- pt. IV. Geocultural Change -- Introduction to Part IV: Modernity, Identity, and Machineries of Meaning. 14. World Cities and the Organization of Global Space / Paul L. Knox. 15. The New Spaces of Global Media / Kevin Robins. 16. Resisting and Reshaping the Modern: Social Movements and the Development Process / Paul Routledge. 17. Understanding Diversity: the Problem of/for "Theory" / Linda McDowell -- pt. V. Geoenvironmental Change -- Introduction to Part V: A Burden Too Far? 18. The Earth Transformed: Trends, Trajectories, and Patterns / William B. Meyer and B.L. Turner II. 19. The Earth as Input: Resources / Jody Emel and Gavin Bridge. 20. The Earth as Output: Pollution / Malcolm Newson. 21. Sustainable Development? / W.M. Adams -- pt. VI. Conclusion. 22. Remapping the World: What Sort of Map? What Sort of World? / Peter J. Taylor, Michael J. Watts and R.J. Johnston
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1. Global Change at the End of the Twentieth Century / Peter J. Taylor, Michael J. Watts and R.J. Johnston -- pt. I. Geoeconomic Change -- Introduction to Part I: The Reconfiguration of Late Twentieth-Century Capitalism. 2. A Hyperactive World / Nigel Thrift. 3. From Farming to Agribusiness: the Global Agro-food System / Sarah Whatmore. 4. Multinational Corporations and the New International Division of Labor / Richard Barff. 5. Trajectories of Development Theory: Capitalism, Socialism, and Beyond / David Slater -- pt. II. Geopolitical Change -- Introduction to Part II: After the Cold War. 6. Democracy and Human Rights after the Cold War / John Agnew. 7. The Renaissance of Nationalism / Nuala C. Johnson. 8. Global Regulation and Trans-state Organization / Susan M. Roberts. 9. The Regulatory State: the Corporate Welfare State and Beyond / Joe Painter -- pt. III. Geosocial Change -- Introduction to Part III: People in Turmoil. 10. Population Crises: the Malthusian Specter? / Allan Findlay. 11. Global Migration and Ethnicity: Contemporary Case-Studies / Nurit Kliot. 12. Changing Women's Status in a Global Economy / Susan Christopherson. 13. Disease Implications of Global Change / Andrew Cliff and Peter Haggett -- pt. IV. Geocultural Change -- Introduction to Part IV: Modernity, Identity, and Machineries of Meaning. 14. World Cities and the Organization of Global Space / Paul L. Knox. 15. The New Spaces of Global Media / Kevin Robins. 16. Resisting and Reshaping the Modern: Social Movements and the Development Process / Paul Routledge. 17. Understanding Diversity: the Problem of/for "Theory" / Linda McDowell -- pt. V. Geoenvironmental Change -- Introduction to Part V: A Burden Too Far? 18. The Earth Transformed: Trends, Trajectories, and Patterns / William B. Meyer and B.L. Turner II. 19. The Earth as Input: Resources / Jody Emel and Gavin Bridge. 20. The Earth as Output: Pollution / Malcolm Newson. 21. Sustainable Development? / W.M. Adams -- pt. VI. Conclusion. 22. Remapping the World: What Sort of Map? What Sort of World? / Peter J. Taylor, Michael J. Watts and R.J. Johnston

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