Globalisation: The Spatial Dispersal of Labour?

Abstract

As the previous chapters suggested, even amongst those who use the term ‘globalisation’ there is little consensus as to how it should be understood. For many authors it is a centuries long process of increasingly extensive and intensive interconnections. However, perhaps more typically and more problematically, it is used to emphasise a radical disjuncture and transformation of social relations in the late 20th century. This chapter will briefly consider the more abstract presentations of change before looking at some of the more specific claims of spatial reorganisation.