Globalization, uneven development and capital: Reflections on reading Thomas Friedman's The World Is Flat

Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 389-410

  Cox, Kevin R ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accumulation; Capitalism; Geographically uneven development; Historical geographical materialism; The state

Indexed keywords

EID: 68549127853     PISSN: 17521378     EISSN: 17521386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cjres/rsn017     Document Type: Article

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