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An Introduction to Economic Geography: Globalization, Uneven Development and Place Danny Mackinnon, Andrew Cumbers
Publisher: Prentice Hall

Reference Notes for Globalisation Assingments Journal of sparing Geography, 9.5, 587-595 Mentions repacking debts Global banks invested their assets in a place of financial products on offer in multiple world-wide financial centres spread across the world and then securitised the gambles do in one market by Harvey, D (2011): Roepke Lecture in Economic Geographyâ€"Crises, Geographic Disruptions and the Uneven Development of Political Responses. Economic geography has long been a key branch of human geography as a whole, but in recent years the subject has undergone considerable theoretical, empirical and public growth. There is nothing in today's global market that buffers it against the social strains arising from high uneven economic development within and between the world's diverse societies. Introduction to Economic Geography: Globalization, Uneven Development and Place. The Center for Place, Culture and Politics His research concerns uneven geographical development and socio-spatial justice in the Eurozone, the social and spatial effects of economic crisis in Southern Europe, the role of small firms in local development and a radical interpretation of landscapes as part of everyday life. The period of economic globalization after the Second World War has been characterized by an increase in transnational trade, foreign direct investment (FDI)[1] and a growth in transnational corporations' (TNCs)[2] activity[3]. Multinationals can impact upon communities in very diverse places. Furthermore, states can manipulate their economic performance as policies influence international competitiveness ensuing a globalizing economy depicted by an 'uneven process rather than an end-state'[12]. Contents: introduction · globalization: delocalization and supraterritoriality · risk, technological innovation and globalization · globalization and the rise of the multinationals and branding · capitalism, markets, instability and division . An Introduction to Economic Geography: Globalization, Uneven Development and Place. Place - a foundational concept in geography - matters for the viability of economic development in tourist destinations.