Les moteurs régionaux de l'économie mondiale

Allen Scott

Géographie, économie, société, 2005, vol. 7, issue 3, 231-253

Abstract: The thesis of this article is world capitalism is moving into a phase of development marked by an intensified regionalisation of production overlaid by ? and rooted in ? a global division of labour. In this process, a significant reallocation of economic coordination and steering functions is occurring, away from the sovereign state, up to the international and down to the regional levels. The historical development of the global capitalist system over the post-World-War-II years is reviewed. The mechanism underlying the growth and spread of large agglomerations of productive activity throughout the world are then elucidated. The combined processes of global integration and regional concentration of economic activity raise important questions about appropriate forms of regulation in the new world order, and some evolving tendencies are described. The article ends on a speculative note in which the possible emergence of something like a worldwide system of city-states at the dawn of the 21st century is contemplated.

Keywords: regional development; globalisation; economic history; productivity; city-states of 21st century (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2005
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