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Geographical Perspectives on International Trade

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The globalization process integrates global spaces and places via free flow of commodities, capital, people, innovation etc. The structural changes that are occurring due to the differential nature of organization as well as integration of the world economy have varying spatial trajectories. It is important to map the changing contours of trade in the globalized era because world trade has significantly multiplied over the years, and the gains accruing from free trade policies vary considerably across economies. It is popularly believed that globalization has created homogeneity; however, in the case of trade, there is visible heterogeneity in the development experience as well the structure and pace of integration. The primary focus of this book is to understand and present the global trading system from the geographical perspectives. In order to understand the global integration process via trade from the geographical perspectives, it is important to understand the trends, patterns and structure of flows embedded in space. The current chapter outlines the related literature on international trade and the major issues and defines the major objectives, followed by an explanation of the database and the methodological approach. It also outlines the rest of the book.

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    He has acknowledged the contribution extended by Storper and Salais (1997) in this regard. They have ‘synthesized a broad body of case-study research on the territoriality of economic change through the identification of a set of ideal-type ‘regional worlds’ of production’.

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