Overview
- Suggests that the novelty of segmenting globalization into that of consumption and production means that contemporary economic globalization is unique and without historical parallels
- Argues that economic inequality is a result not of economic failures (of globalization) but of political failures unrelated to globalization
- Provides an uncommon explanation of globalization and takes issue with the dominant literature on the subject
Part of the book series: International Political Economy Series (IPES)
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Origins of Globalization
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Consequences of Globalization
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book takes issue with the likening of contemporary globalization to nineteenth century trade interdependence, in which the defining feature of contemporary globalization is the spread of global production networks, which were notably absent in the past. Maswood demonstrates that the emergence of global production networks (GPNs) was not a result of economic and trade liberalization, but instead due to neo-protectionist developments in the 1980s that acted as a catalyst to transform Japan’s nationally based production networks into the now ubiquitous GPNs. Through this case study of Japan, the author lays out a case for reconsidering the origins of globalization, and explores some of the consequences that are likely to flow from progressive evolutionary transition towards a global economy.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Revisiting Globalization and the Rise of Global Production Networks
Authors: S. Javed Maswood
Series Title: International Political Economy Series
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-60294-3
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-60293-6Published: 02 August 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-86828-8Published: 04 August 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-60294-3Published: 24 July 2017
Series ISSN: 2662-2483
Series E-ISSN: 2662-2491
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 228
Number of Illustrations: 2 illustrations in colour
Topics: International Political Economy, Globalization, Asian Business, Asian Politics, Asian Economics