GCI Working Paper Series - International Development
Regionalizing
the Global-Local Economic Nexus: A Tale of Two Regions in China
Xiangming Chen
Professor of Sociology,
Department of Sociology, University of Illinois at Chicago
Great Cities Institute Faculty Scholar 2005-2006
March 2006
GCP-06-01
This paper offers a new framework for conceptualizing and analyzing
region as capable of mediating or restructuring global-local economic
relations in varied ways. It describes the structural and spatial formations
of regionalized global-local value chains and production networks, analyzes
the opportunities and constraints for indigenous Chinese firms in the
two regions of the Pearl River Delta (PRD) and the Yangtze River Delta
(YRD) to achieve industrial upgrading.
Can
Chicago Make It as a Global City?
Janet Abu-Lughod
Professor Emerita, Sociology, Northwestern University
Graduate Faculty of the New School for Social Research, New York
June 2000
GCP-00-2
Chicago is a global city. It always has been. But the answer to the
question, "Can Chicago make it as a vital, growing, commanding
center in the new configuration of the global system?" is not so
evident. This paper is from a presentation made in November, 1999 at
the Harold Washington Center of the Chicago Public Library as part of
the Great Cities Institute's 1999-2000 Lecture Series and is based on
Dr. Abu-Ludhod's 1999 book, New York, Chicago, Los Angeles: America's
Global Cities (Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1999).
Temporal and Spatial Dynamics of Economic
Development Initiatives in a Context of Global Integration
Victor M. Ortiz
May 1997
GCP-97-10
This article illustrates two local responses in El Paso, Texas, to the
ongoing integration of the U.S. and Mexican economies. The study examines
the responses of the labor and business communities. The case studies
are used to suggest new insights about the temporal and spatial dimensions
of globalization on the local level.
Analyzing Economic
Integration
Presentation Summary
David C. Ranney
May 1997
GCP-97-11
This paper analyzes trade as it has been impacted by neoliberal development.
Trade is considered in relation to capital flows and the impact of trade
is assessed in the broad concept of social wages. Also, the net costs
of import and export trade are estimated. This paper was presented at
Seminario Sobre Integracion Economic Regional in Madrid, Spain.
Does “Free Trade”
Create Good Jobs? A Rebuttal to the Clinton Administration
David Ranney
January 1997
GCP-97-2
This paper examines the employment claims related to deregulatory, export-promoting
policies. Using corporate case studies and statistical data, the paper
analyzes concludes the jobs employment trends.
International Forum
on Urban Insecurity
Forum Proceedings
September 1995
GCP-95-2
This forum brought together urban affairs experts from Europe, the United
Nations, and the Chicago area to discuss the common themes of public
safety. This report outlines the speakers’ presentations.
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