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Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society Advance Access published online on August 6, 2008
Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, doi:10.1093/cjres/rsn017
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Globalization, uneven development and capital: reflections on reading Thomas Friedman's The World Is Flat

Kevin R. Cox

Department of Geography, Ohio State University, 1106 Derby Hall, 154 North Oval Mall, Columbus, OH 43210, USA. cox.13{at}osu.edu


  Abstract

In his book ‘The World Is Flat’, Thomas Friedman postulates notions of ‘flatness’ that combine to suggest, on the one hand, tendencies towards an equalization of chances of economic development; and on the other, a displacement of vertical forms of organization by more horizontal ones, notably of states by markets. Drawing on historical geographical materialism, it is shown that geographically uneven development is a necessary outcome of the accumulation process; and equally, states are inevitably implicated in this outcome.

Keywords: geographically uneven development, accumulation, the state, capitalism, historical geographical materialism

Received on October 8, 2007. Accepted on June 10, 2008.

JEL codes:: O18, O19, P10, P26


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