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• Cover Page
• Halftitle
• Dedication
• Title
• Copyright
• Praise for Global Shift
• Contents
• List of Abbreviations
• About the Author
• Preface to the Seventh Edition
• About the Companion Website
•   1   What in the World Is Going On?
• Part One The Changing Contours of the Global Economy
•   2   The Centre of Gravity Shifts: Transforming the Geographies of the Global Economy
• Part Two Processes of Global Shift
•   3   Tangled Webs: Unravelling Complexity in the Global Economy
•   4   Technological Change: ‘Gales of Creative Destruction’
•   5   Transnational Corporations: The Primary ‘Movers and Shapers’ of the Global Economy
•   6   The State Really Does Matter
• Part Three Winning and Losing in the Global Economy
•   7   The Uneasy Relationship Between Transnational Corporations and States: Dynamics of Conflict and Collaboration
•   8   ‘Capturing Value’ within Global Production Networks
•   9   Destroying Value? Environmental Impacts of Global Production Networks
• 10   Winning and Losing: Where You Live Really Matters
• 11   Making the World a Better Place
• Part Four The Picture in Different Sectors
• 12   ‘Making Holes in the Ground’: The Extractive Industries
• 13   ‘We Are What We Eat’: The Agro-food Industries
• 14   ‘Fabric-ating Fashion’: The Clothing Industries
• 15   ‘Wheels of Change’: The Automobile Industry
• 16   ‘Making the World Go Round’: Advanced Business Services
• 17   ‘Making the Connections, Moving the Goods’: Logistics and Distribution Services
• Bibliography
• Index