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1 Shift Peter Dicken Gordon Winder ( 2003 ) Dicken

2 New Under isation NIDL The New International Division of Labour (Fröbel, Heinrichs and Kreye 1980) European corporations restructure by relocating production to low wage economies. International Subcontracting with Just -in-time Systems using CAD/CAM Strategic Alliances and Joint Ventures

3 New Integrative Practices New Integrative Practices Key Role of New Technology Complex TNC Organisation hybrid structures, larger enterprises, increased organisational complexity, geographical spread, integrated network configuration, flexible co-ordination of processing networks, networks of extra.firm relationships, blurred organisational boundaries (Bartlett and ( 1989 Ghoshal Disintegrated Production Networks rescaled and spread over the globe Hollow Corporations Production Networks, Commodity/ Value Chains, of Enterprise

4 Substantive Research Substantive Research Ford' Car Concept Restructuring of US Automobile Production NAFTA, Canadian plants get N. American market, Maquiladora role, clustering of sub assembly manufacturers Nike Subcontracts Production Hong Kong's Role in Guanzhou Production Networks Fonterra reconstituted milk, stategic alliances and joint ventures

5 Network Mapping at Many Scales Offices of Japan s Soga Shosha (Dicken 2003).

6 Synoptic Approach Textile Jobs Trade Mapping at Many Scales Mapping the Textile and Garment Industries: Employment and Trade ( 2003 (Dicken Garment Jobs

7 Political Integration Political Integration End of the Cold War integration of China and the Soviet Block into world trade Transnational Governance bilateral trade agreements, GATT, WTO, World Bank, IMF, G7, Neo-Liberal trade liberalisation, customs harmonisation, monetary union. Trading Blocks EU, NAFTA, ASEAN NGOs -- consumer sovereignty, retail chain power, fair trade, bio, labour and other certification programmes.

8 Survey Mapping at Many Scales Developing Country Debt 2001 (Dicken 2003).

9 Geography Matters! isation is not complete. Territorial regulation may be more effective if worked over larger units. Emerging networks also have their own geography. Scale is relative and socially constructed.

10 Recent Developments The hollowing out of the state. isation as rhetoric. Positionality within the network. Wormholes.

11 New Zealand News Auckland Star New Zealand Herald Free Trade Deal Signed With China Wellington 2004 Last Chance for Farm Subsidy Agreement Geneva 2005 Agreement Reached on Wine Regions New York 2005 UN Investigates NZ Legislation Auckland 2005 Peter Jackson Rests Before Premier of King Kong New York 2005 NZRFU Wins Rights to Host Rugby World Cup 2007 Dublin 2005 Algerian Ahmed Zouai Released Auckland 2004

12 South Pacific News Auckland Star New Zealand Herald Fijian Soldiers Keep Peace Kabul 2004 Fijian Mercenaries Arrested in Papua New Guinea Port Moresby 2005 Vanuatu Quiet as Australian & New Zealand Forces Establish Order Vanuatu 2004 Protesters Demand Democracy Tonga 2005 South Pacific Forum Plan to Share Island Governance Port Moresby 2005 Kiribas Crews World s Container Fleet Singapore 2004

13 Reading References Dicken, P., Shift. New York: Guilford Press, 3 rd edition. Dicken, P., Peck, J., and Tickell, A., Unpacking the. In Lee, R. and Wills, J., (eds.), Geographies of Economies London: Arnold. Dicken, P., Geographers and 'isation': (Yet) Another Missed Boat? Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers NS 29:5-26. Fröbel, F., Heinrichs, J. and Kreye, O., The New International Division of Labour. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Yeung, H.W., The Limits to isation Theory: A Geographic Perspective on Economic Change. Economic Geography:

14 Reading References Brenner, N., Between Fixity and Motion: Accumulation, Territorial Organization and the Historical Geography of Spatial Scales. Environment and Planning D: Society and Space 16(4): Brenner, N., isation: A Critical Introduction. International Sociology 16(3): Gibb, R., Post Lome: The European Union and the South. Third World Quarterly 21(3): Sheppard, E., The Spaces and Times of isation: Place, Scale, Networks and Postionality. Economic Geography: