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Gereffi, G., (1994) “Capitalism, development and global commodity chains”, in Sklair, L. (ed.), Capitalism & Development (Routledge), pp. 211-231
Baylis, J., and Smith, S., (2006) The Globalization of World Politics. An introduction to international relations (Oxford University Press), chapter 1 Globalization and Global Politics
Cassen, R., (1994) Does Aid Work? Report to an Intergovernmental Task Force (Clarendon Press)
Dicken, P., (1996) Global Shift. Industrial Change in a Turbulent World, (Paul Chapman Publishing Ltd.), chapter 5: “The Political Dimension: nation-states in the world economy”, pp. 136-182
El-Ojeili, C., and Hayden, P., (2006), Critical Theories of Globalization (Palgrave), chap 2: "Economic Globalization", pp. 49 - 87
Gereffi, G.. (1993) “Big Business and the State: Latin America and East Asia Compared”, in Seligson, M. A., and Passé-Smith, J. T., (eds.), Development & Underdevelopment. The Political Economy of Inequality (Lynne Rienner Publishers)
GRAIN (2008), “Seized: The 2008 land grab for food and financial security”, GRAIN, 2008, available at www.rrojasdatabank.info/landgrab/landgrabgrain08.pdf
GRAIN (2008), “Annex: the 2008 land grabbers for food and financial security”,
GRAIN, (2008), available at www.rrojasdatabank.info/landgrab/landgrabgrain08annex.pdf
Holton, R.J., (2005), Making Globalization (Palgrave), chapter 3: "Global Patterning: Systems, Structures, Fields, Networks, Webs, and Flows", pp. 55 - 79
Kegley, Jr. C. W., and Wittkopf, E.R., (1993) World Politics. Trend and Transformation (St. Martin’s Press). chapter 5: “The North-South Conflict: Roots and Consequences of Global Inequalities”, and chapter 6: “Nonstate Acrors in World Politics: the role of International Organizations and Multinational Corporations”
McMichael, P., and Reynolds, L. T., (1994) “Capitalism, agriculture and global economy”, in Sklair, L. (ed.) “Capitalism & Development”
Payer, C., (1982) “The World Bank. A critical analysis”, Monthly Review Press
UNCTAD (2009), Assessing the impact of the current financial and economic crisis on global FDI flows, UNCTAD, 2009, available at www.rrojasdatabank.info/crisisdb/diaeia20093_en.pdf
Wallace, I. (1992) The Global Economic System (Routledge)
Walters, R.S., and Blake, D. H., (1992) The Politics of Global Economic Relations (Prentice-Hall International)
NOTE: students should visit the section on Integrated International Production (www.rrojasdatabank.info/dev0031c.htm) in The Róbinson Rojas Archive
Selected texts by Manuel Castells ( www.rrojasdatabank.info/castellstoc.htm ) and Saskia Sassen (www.rrojasdatabank.info/sassentoc.htm) are available.