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Journal of Economic Geography Advance Access originally published online on July 20, 2007
Journal of Economic Geography 2007 7(6):777-779; doi:10.1093/jeg/lbm026
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Book review

Global shift. Mapping the changing contours of the world economy (5th edition)

Peter Dicken

Global shift. Mapping the changing contours of the world economy (5th edition)
Peter Dicken
London: Sage 2007. ISBN 978 – 4-129-2955 4 (paperback), 599 pp. Price: £29.99

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Being asked to review Global Shift is a somewhat daunting task. Most if not all of the readers of this will be familiar with the book, if not in its current form then in previous editions. The fourth edition of the book, published in 2004, was described by Nigel Thrift in his back-cover endorsement as being ‘beyond definitive’ whilst Thrift suggests the fifth edition is ‘not just recommended but essential’. It, therefore, goes without saying that the book continues to act as a seminal contribution to our understanding of processes of globalisation. Taking this as read, I want to consider here how the changes and additions made to the latest version of the book advance our understanding and further build on the strengths of earlier editions [see Musson (2004) for a review of edition four]. . . . [Full Text of this Article]

James Faulconbridge

Department of Geography,
Lancaster University


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