apologies for cross-listing...please contact Henry Yeung directly about this issue (ie not me!). ****************************************************************** 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: [log in to unmask]; 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 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%