
Space and Transport in the World-System
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World-systems theory and many other perspectives on the world economy, including international political economy and analysis of globalization, typically pay only limited attention to issues of space, location, and the role of transportation in the world economy. This book identifies key theoretical and empirical issues and provides the basis for formulating research strategies to address this gap in our understanding.
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STEPHEN G. BUNKER is Professor of Sociology at the University of Wisconsin. He has done research on peasant economies in Uganda, Guatemala, Peru, and Brazil. His recent work focuses on the organization of natural resource extraction, transport, and trade.
Content
Ocean Transport
Transportation Space: A Fourth Spatial Category for the World-Systems Perspective? by Philip E. Steinberg
Power and the Shaping of Markets: The Global Order, Imperialism, and Shipping Nationalism by Baldev Raj Nayar
"It's All About Market Share": Competition Among U.S. West Coast Ports for Trans-Pacific Containerized Cargo by John Gulick
The Hazardous Waste Stream in the World-System by R. Scott Frey
Land Transport
The Spatial Reorganization of Trade and Class Struggle Over Transport Infrastructure: Southern Appalachia, 1830-1860 by Wilma A. Dunaway
Raw Materials Transport and Regional Underdevelopment: Upper Michigan's Copper Country by Jonathan Leitner
The Incorporation of West Africa: A Numerical Analysis of Railroad Expansion by Richard Lee
Oil, Pipelines, and the "Scramble for the Caspian": Contextualizing Politics of Oil in Post-Soviet Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan by Saule Omarova
Bulk Flow Systems and Globalization by Robert P. Clark
Air Transport
Cities and Spatial Articulation in the World-Economy: What Air Passenger Travel Tells Us About the Global City System by David Smith and Michael Timberlake
Afterword: Space, Transport, and the Future of the Capitalist World Economy by Paul S. Ciccantell and Stephen G. Bunker
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