Global Production: An Overview

Kate Macdonald
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Kate Macdonald: University of Melbourne, Australia

Chapter 5 in Handbook on International Political Economy, 2012, pp 57-71 from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Abstract: AbstractEconomic production is fundamental to the operation of any economic system, serving to transform economic 'inputs' such as raw materials and labour hours into other more highly valued goods or services. Production is also a dimension of economic life in which most individuals participate directly in the form of paid or unpaid work, with significant and immediate consequences for their quality of life. It is perhaps not surprising then that the social organisation of production is one of the most controversial subjects within the field of international political economy…

Keywords: Political Economy; International Political Economy; Industrial Revolution; Liberal Capitalism; Markets; Production; Consumption; Trade; Finance; Globalization; Work; North/South; Gender; Environment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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