The Global Economic System

The author provides a treatment of world economic geography as a whole. He sets out the historical context of the modern world along with the principal philosophies that have shaped our study of it, and identifies the importance of the biophysical environment as well as cultural and political settings for economic activity. Book Cover......Page 1 Title......Page 4 Contents......Page 5 Preface......Page 10 Acknowledgements......Page 12 List of tables......Page 17 The global economy: orientations......Page 18 Society, the economy and the environment......Page 29 Population and resources in an industrialized world-economy......Page 55 The evolution of the modern world-economy......Page 80 States and the global economic system......Page 116 The corporation and the global production system......Page 131 Transnational corporations in a world of sovereign states......Page 150 The industrialized western nations in a turbulent global economy......Page 169 Industrialized state-socialist economies......Page 202 The Third World: varieties of underdevelopment......Page 227 Challenges of Third World development......Page 251 Prospects for the global economy......Page 276 Bibliography......Page 292 Index......Page 313

The author clearly demonstrates the relevance of past events to contemporary options for coping with economic change, and stresses the importance of the biophysical environment, even in "postindustrial" societies. The Global Economic System demonstrates the reality and significance of contemporary global economic interdependencies, and indicates that environmental and cultural/historical perspectives are crucial to understanding the evolution of national and regional economies. The book will be a key text for undergraduate students of economic geography, and will also serve the needs of courses in international affairs, global political economy, and development studies.

Provides a unique treatment of world economic geography as a whole and examines the principle philosophies that have shaped our study of it, identifies the importance of the biophysical as well as cultural and political environments