Revisiting Globalization and the Rise of Global Production Networks

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Revisiting Globalization and the Rise of Global Production Networks is written by S. Javed Maswood and published by Springer. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 3319602942 (ISBN 10) and 9783319602943 (ISBN 13).

This book takes issue with the likening of contemporary globalization to nineteenth century trade interdependence, in which the defining feature of contemporary globalization is the spread of global production networks, which were notably absent in the past. Maswood demonstrates that the emergence of global production networks (GPNs) was not a result of economic and trade liberalization, but instead due to neo-protectionist developments in the 1980s that acted as a catalyst to transform Japan’s nationally based production networks into the now ubiquitous GPNs. Through this case study of Japan, the author lays out a case for reconsidering the origins of globalization, and explores some of the consequences that are likely to flow from progressive evolutionary transition towards a global economy.