Sparke - Introducing globalization: ties, tensions, and uneven integration

Matthew Sparke is Professor of Geography and International Studies at the University of Washington, where he also serves as the Director of the undergraduate program in Global Health. He has authored over 60 scholarly publications, including the book In the Space of Theory (2005), but he is also dedicated to teaching about globalization as well as writing about it. He has multiple awards for his work as a teacher, including the lifetime Distinguished Teaching award from the University of Washington.

This edition first published 2013
2013 Matthew Sparke

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Sparke, Matthew.
Introducing globalization : ties, tensions, and uneven integration / Matthew Sparke.
pages cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-0-631-23128-8 ISBN 978-0-631-23129-5 (pbk.)
1. International economic integration. 2. Globalization. I. Title.
HF1418.5.S685 2013
303.482dc23

2012031790

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