Global Restructuring and Territorial Development

• INTRODUCTIONTechno-Economic Restructuring, Socio-Political Processes and Spatial Transformation - Manuel Castells and Jeffrey HendersonA Global PerspectiveCAPITAL, LABOUR AND THE DYNAMICS OF GLOBAL RESTRUCTURINGGlobal Factory and Company Town - Richard Child HillThe Changing Division of Labour in the International Automobile IndustryUS-Japanese Competition and the Worldwide Restructuring of the Electronics Industry - Dieter ErnstA European ViewIssues of Core and Periphery - Saskia Sassen-KoobLabour Migration and Global RestructuringPolicing the Frontiers - Robin CohenThe State and the Migrant in the International Division of LabourWomen Electronics Workers in Southeast Asia - Vivian LinThe Emergence of a Working ClassREGIONAL CONSEQUENCES OF GLOBAL RESTRUCTURINGExploring the Spatial Effects of the Internationalization of the Mexican Economy - Manuel Perlo CohenSocial Forces, the State and the International Division of Labour - Kamal Salih and Mei Ling YoungThe Case of MalaysiaTHE URBAN DIMENSION OF GLOBAL RESTRUCTURINGThe Fixers - Nigel ThriftThe Urban Geography of International Commercial CapitalGlobal Capital Restructuring and Local Political Crises in the US Cities - Michael Peter Smith

`should be useful for those who study sociology of development, political economy, and urban studies... makes a `a stimulating collection′ - The Sociological Review`the book marks an important step forward in the field of urban and regional studies as well as of development studies more generally.′ - Work, Employment and Society`This collection builds towards a new theory of spatial development, in the context of a new and dynamic era of capitalism... The contributors... examine global economic dynamics and place these dynamics in their historical context... This work makes a contribution to our understanding of both the processes of global restructuring and their consequences for urban and regional development′ - Bulletin of Science, Technology and Society`makes a useful contribution both theoretically and empirically′ - International Journal of Urban and Regional Research