The main book of the course is:
Dicken, P. (2015): Global Shift: Mapping the changing contours of the world economy . Sage Publications, London. 7. edition. 618 pages.
The curriculum also includes articles intended to give in-depth insights into key topics and theoretical debates, and provide empirical examples.
Articles available online:
@Aarset, B. and Jakobsen, S-E. (2008): Political regulation and radical institutional change: The case of aquaculture in Norway. Marine Policy, 32, 10s. Available online
@Ark, B.V.A. (2016) The Productivity Paradox of the New Digital Economy. International Productivity Monitor, vol 31, Fall 2016 Available online
@Barrientos, S., Gereffi, G and Rossi, A. (2011), Economic and social upgrading in global production networks: A new paradigm for a changing world. International Labour Review, 150: 319-340. 21p. Available online
@Block, F. (2008). Swimming Against the Current: The Rise of a Hidden Developmental State in the United States. Politics & Society, 36(2), 169-206. 37p. Available online
@Sæther, B., Isaksen, A., & Karlsen, A. (2011). Innovation by co-evolution in natural resource industries: The Norwegian experience. Geoforum, 42(3), 373-381. 8p. Available online
@ Coe, Neil M., Peter Dicken and Martin Hess (2008): Global production networks: realizing the potential. Journal of Economic Geography 8, 271–295. Available online
@Elder, S. D. & Dauvergne, P. 2015. Farming for Walmart: the politics of corporate control and responsibility in the global South. The Journal of Peasant Studies, 42:5, 1029-104 Available online
Fagerberg, J., Lundvall, B. Å., & Srholec, M. (2018). Global value chains, national innovation systems and economic development. The European Journal of Development Research, 30(3), 533-556. 23p. Available online
Hausmann, R. J. W. E. R. (2016). Economic Development and the Accumulation of Know-how. 24, 13-16. 3p. Available online
@Hedberg, C. (2013): "Grapes of Wrath?" Power Spatialities and Aspects of Labour in the Wild Berry Commodity Chain. Competition and Change, 17, 57-74. Available online
@Hidalgo, C. A., Klinger, B., Barabási, A.-L., & Hausmann, R. (2007). The Product Space Conditions the Development of Nations. Science, 317(5837), 482-487. 5p Available online
@Ivarsson, I and Alvstam, C-G. (2005): The Effect of Spatial Proximity on Technology Transfer from TNCs to Local Suppliers in Developing Countries: The Case of AB Volvo's Truck and Bus Plants in Brazil, China, India and Mexico. Economic Geography, 81 (1), pp 83-11. Available online
@Meyer, K., & Sinani, E. (2009). Where and When Does Foreign Direct Investment Generate Positive Spillovers? A Meta Analysis. Journal of international Business Studies, 40(7), 1075-1094.19p. Available online
Perez, C. (2009). Technological revolutions and techno-economic paradigms. Cambridge Journal of Economics, 34(1), 185-202. 17p. Available online
862 pages
Course curriculum information
Online articles
@ = articles are available online through Bibsys' subscriptions on e-journal databases for employees and students. To access the articles it is necessary to use a computer in the UiO network. This is because the UiO subscription access is controlled by IP-address. To download the articles from computers outside the UiO network it is necessary to connect to the UiO network by VPN client.
In case of broken links to online articles, please report it to ekspedisjonen@sosgeo.uio.no