Geographies of global change : remapping the world in the late twentieth century

The second edition of this popular collection presents 28 specially commissioned essays by leading geographers from across the world, addressing questions about how and why the world has changed, is changing, and will continue to change. The volume provides students with a series of critical insights into the economic, political, social, cultural, and ecological dimensions of change at every geographical scale from the global to the local. For the updated edition several new topics have been added in order to keep the text contemporary. New material has been incorporated on economic changes relating to world trade and labor, on political changes in the post-Cold War era and geopolitics, on social and cultural changes relating to children, race, consumption, and cyberspace, and on changes in environmental governance. In addition, the editors have written a new essay to introduce the volume that provides a distinctive geographical take on globalization. Existing chapters have been revised or rewritten as necessary. 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. Edited By R.j. Johnston, Peter J. Taylor, And Michael J. Watts. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. The purpose of this important new textbook is to provide students with a series of challenging and revealing perspectives on the trends, trajectories and ideas of the 1990s. Twenty geographers from all over the world have been especially commissioned to address the questions of how and why the world has changed, is changing, and will continue to change. -- Amazon