[asia-apec 1229] CALL FOR PAPERS: Economic Globalisation and the Tropical World

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CALL FOR PAPERS

SINGAPORE JOURNAL OF TROPICAL GEOGRAPHY

Special Issue on

Economic Globalisation and the Tropical World in the New Millennium

December 2000

Issue Editors: Henry Wai-chung Yeung1 and Peter Dicken2
1 Department of Geography, National University of Singapore
2 School of Geography, University of Manchester

The purpose of this special issue is to bring together contributions from
around the world on the important subject of the ongoing transformations in
the tropical world in the context of economic globalisation. Economic
globalisation is a complex process involving multiple and, sometimes,
contradictory tendencies across all economic sectors. While much has been
written on economic globalisation and its spatial manifestations in advanced
industrialised economies, there seems little theoretical and empirical work
to unpack globalisation tendencies in the tropical world. As globalisation
continues to reach every corner of the global economy in the new millennium,
geographers researching into the tropical world are strongly encouraged to
contribute to a critical reflection of the nature, processes and impact of
economic globalisation in relation to the tropical world.

Specifically, we welcome papers on the topic irrespective of their
theoretical perspectives, methodology, empirical focus and policy
implications. The scale of analysis can be pitched at the global, regional,
national or sub-national levels. For theoretical papers, authors are
reminded to situate their theoretical discussions within the context of
economic globalisation and the tropical world. For empirical papers, we
emphasise the methodological rigour of the submission, their empirical
findings and relevance for the tropics. For policy papers, they are required
to contribute to the understanding and management of the challenges of
economic globalisation for the tropical world.

The special issue could include the following topics:

*	global capitalism and its relation to the tropical world
*	financial liberalisation and the tropical world
*	the politics of international financial institutions in the tropical
world
*	the sociocultural dimensions of economic globalisation in the
tropics
*	the impact of economic globalisation on national and regional
development in the tropics
*	the regulation and governance of economic globalisation in the
tropical world
*	regional economic cooperation and organisation in an era of economic
globalisation
*	new trends of economic globalisation in the tropical world
*	the organisation of production networks and commodity chains

Contributions should be sent to the issue editors by 30 December 1999. All
correspondence should be sent to:

Dr. Henry Wai-chung Yeung
Department of Geography
National University of Singapore
10 Kent Ridge Crescent
Singapore 119260
Fax: +65-777 3091
E-mail: geoywc at nus.edu.sg; 
Homepage: http://courses.nus.edu.sg/course/geoywc/henry.htm

If you have a paper which may not fit into this special issue, we welcome
submissions to be considered for regular issues of the Singapore Journal of
Tropical Geography. For more information on the Singapore Journal of
Tropical Geography, please visit the following website:

http://www.fas.nus.edu.sg/geog/journal.htm