Globalisation, Inequality and Climate Change

What Difference Does China Make

Datos Bibliográficos

ID5877473
AutoresRaphael Kaplinsky (0000-0002-4190-970X, Hong Kong Metropolitan University, autor de correspondencia)
Año2008
Volumen2
Número1
Páginas67-78
Fecha de publicación2008-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaGeography Compass (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1749-8198 • E-ISSN: 1749-8198
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1749-8198.2007.00072.x
OpenAlexW2019500509
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas13

The deepening of globalisation in the late 20th century saw accelerating climate change, growing inequality and obstinate levels of poverty, not just in low-income economies, but also in the European Union and the rest of the high-income world. These outcomes can be traced directly to the workings of the global economy. Three developments suggest a limit to deepening globalisation. Global production systems are environmentally unsustainable; global excess production capacity is leading to a race to the bottom in wages for many, not just in the developing world. China's access to the global economy, with its overwhelming resource hunger and large and educated labour force, exacerbates these developments. Indian development is around the corner. What can be done? Global production systems need to be truncated and growth needs to become more local. China, India and other newly emergent Asian economies need to be drawn into the discussions and institutions of global governance

China · Corporate governance · Development economics · Economic growth · Economic inequality · Economic system · Economics · Geography · Global governance · Globalization · Inequality · Market economy · Political science · Poverty · World economy · Asian Industrial and Economic Development · Economic Growth and Productivity · Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy