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Think global, then think again—economic globalization in context
Author(s) -
Allen John,
Thompson Grahame
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
area
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.958
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1475-4762
pISSN - 0004-0894
DOI - 10.1111/j.1475-4762.1997.tb00024.x
Subject(s) - globalization , referent , lament , context (archaeology) , meaning (existential) , focus (optics) , term (time) , state (computer science) , sociology , globality , political economy , political science , epistemology , positive economics , economics , law , philosophy , history , linguistics , computer science , physics , theology , archaeology , optics , quantum mechanics , algorithm
Summary Those who lament the absence of an agreed, secure definition of globalization are likely to remain in a state of despondency. In this paper, it is argued that the meaning of the term ‘economic globalization’ is context‐bound and that, depending upon the referent chosen to fix the term, the geographies of either manufacturing or service enterprises move into focus in what is, to till intents and purposes, a ‘home‐region’ affair.