Belt and Road Initiative - A Pathway Towards Inclusive Globalization

List of contents

Contents

List of figures

List of tables

Acknowledgments

Preface

Chapter 1 The Silk Road and The Silk Road Spirit

Chapter 2 Economic globalization and its limitations

Chapter 3 General context of the Belt and Road Initiative

Chapter 4 Understanding the Belt and Road Initiative

Chapter 5 Issues on how to build the Belt and Road

Appendix 1: Relevant essays

Appendix 2: Relevant interviews

Index

About the author

Weidong Liu is a professor in Economic Geography at the Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences. His research interests include regional development and regional policy, foreign direct investment (FDI), multinational corporations (MNCs), Global Production Network (GPN), the automobile industry, and the Belt and Road Initiative of China. His previous publications include The Geographical Transformation of China (Routledge, 2015).

Summary

Taking a globalization perspective and tracking back the ancient silk roads, this book tries to examine the general context in which the BRI is raised and implemented, arguing that this Chinese initiative, is a call for reform and development of neoliberalism globalization and will open up a new era of inclusive globalization.

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"This timely book will offer valuable knowledge and insights for a wide audience (academics, researchers,students(undergraduate and postgraduate), businessmen and policy makers) with interest in the field of business, economy, history and trade in Asia and in particular, in the Silk Route. Notoriously, the book contributes to fill a gap in the field of studies on BRI." -- Patricia Ordóñez de Pablos, The University of Oviedo, Spain

Product details

• Authors: Weidong Liu, Liu Weidong
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2020
• EAN: 9780367660888
• ISBN: 978-0-367-66088-8
• No. of pages: 174
• Series: China Perspectives
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; China, Globalization, Business & Economics / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Government & Business, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Economic Development, macroeconomics, International Economics, Regional Studies, Political Economy, Regional / International studies, Development economics & emerging economies, Development economics and emerging economies, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / International / Economics & Trade