| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 210 pages) : illustrations |
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International political economy series |
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International political economy series (Palgrave Macmillan (Firm))
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| Contents |
Introduction : globalization and its impact on the shadow economies in global cities / Leila Simona Talani -- London : the laundry of choice? money laundering in the city of London / Leila Simona Talani -- Crime and no punishment : money, violence and the neoliberal transformation of Moscow / Gonzalo Pozo -- Finding their voice? Romanian immigrant politics underground in Rome / Simon McMahon -- Dandong and Sinuiju : the Sino-North Korean border shadow economy / Ramon Pacheco Pardo -- Circling the wagons : immigration and the battle for space in West Berlin, 1970-1990 / Alexander Clarkson -- A problem you just could not live without : globalization, neoliberal Islamism and informal sector in Cairo's dual economy / Roberto Roccu -- From Wall Street traders to Bree Street traders : the global economic crisis and street traders in Johannesburg / Jennifer Cohen -- Conclusion : assessing the dark side of globalization / Alexander Clarkson and Roman Pacheco Pardo |
| Summary |
Over the last three decades, the rapid growth of transport and telecommunications systems and the expansion of transnational diasporas have intensified links between the urban spaces of Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Southeast Asia. Increasing global mobility has fostered the development of 'informal' trading networks in which diaspora communities play a central role. As a consequence, the shadow economies of societies with vastly different levels of prosperity have begun to come into contact with one another. While the economic consequences of diaspora trading networks have been extensively explored over the past few decades, the impact of globalization on the economic underground has received much less attention. This volume elaborates on the definition of globalization, on its impact on illegal and illicit activities, and on the role of the 'Global City' as the intersection between the local and the global which allows for the empowerment of generally marginalized actors often through technological progress. The contributors explore the dark side of globalization, more specifically, the relations between globalization and the new dynamics of legal/illegal practices in urban settings of global cities |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Urban economics.
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Informal sector (Economics)
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Globalization.
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Transnationalism.
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Crime and globalization.
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Crime -- Economic aspects
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Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects.
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Emigration and immigration -- Economic aspects.
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Cultural pluralism -- Economic aspects
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globalism.
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Migration, immigration & emigration.
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Development studies.
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International relations.
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Political economy.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economics -- General.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Reference.
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Crime and globalization
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Crime -- Economic aspects
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Cultural pluralism -- Economic aspects
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Emigration and immigration -- Economic aspects
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Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects
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Globalization
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Informal sector (Economics)
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Transnationalism
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Urban economics
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Großstadt
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Millionenstadt
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Schattenwirtschaft
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Globalisierung
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Migration, immigration & emigration.
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Development studies.
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International relations.
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Political economy.
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Economics.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Talani, Leila Simona, editor
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Clarkson, Alexander, 1977- editor.
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Pacheco Pardo, Ramon, editor
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| ISBN |
9781137343154 |
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113734315X |
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1349465518 |
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9781349465514 |
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1137343141 |
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9781137343147 |
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