1st Edition

Economic Shocks and Globalisation Between Deglobalisation and Slowbalisation

Edited By Elsabé Loots Copyright 2025
292 Pages 30 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

292 Pages 30 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

292 Pages 30 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Over the 153-year period since 1870, the phenomenon of globalisation has been shaped and reshaped. As we look back at the events that shaped our understanding of the process and its momentum before and after the Global Financial Crisis (GFC), it became clear that the process of globalisation has changed and continues to evolve, which requires a deeper analysis. The book answers the question of... Read more

Part I: The globalisation debate: How did we get here? 1. The history of globalisation: How did we get here? Part II: Geo-economic and socio-economic perspectives on globalisation 2. The evolving dynamics of global economic governance in the 21st century 3. Globalisation and changing patterns in global capital flows 4. Foreign direct investment and job creation in host countries: A comparative study of Chinese and advanced-economy multinational enterprises 5. Trade, regionalism and global value chains: Major global shifts? 6. Globalisation and income inequality: Evidence from advanced, emerging and least developed countries 7. Globalisation pathways: Insights from developed and developing countries Part III: Geopolitical perspectives on globalisation 8. The rise of multiplexity and a future of world order/s 9. Challenges to representative democracy and the liberal international order 10. The geopolitics of energy and globalisation Part IV: Facing the future of globalisation 11. Whereto with globalisation?

Biography

Elsabé Loots is a Professor of Economics at the University of Pretoria, South Africa.