Global Shift: Reshaping the Global Economic Map in the 21st Century

Introduction PART ONE: THE SHIFTING CONTOURS OF THE GEO-ECONOMY A New Geo-Economy The Changing Global Economic Map PART TWO: PROCESSES OF GLOBAL SHIFT Technology The 'Great Growling Engine of Change' 'The State Is Dead... Long Live the State' Doing Things Differently Variations in State Economic Policies Transnational Corporations The Primary 'Movers and Shapers' of the Global Economy 'Webs of Enterprise' The Geography of Transnational Production Networks Dynamics of Conflict and Collaboration /f003Both/f001 Transnational Corporations /f003and/f001 States Matter PART THREE: GLOBAL SHIFT: THE PICTURE IN DIFFERENT SECTORS 'Fabric-ating Fashion' The Textiles and Garments Industries 'Wheels of Change' The…