The above discussion leads to the conclusion that spaces of flows
and spaces of places need not be mutually exclusive and both
are simultaneously in action – spaces of flows operate within and
between spaces of places. In this sense, Dicken (2004, p. 9) notes:Bounded political spaces matter. Some, like the nation-state, matter more
than others. In this sense, therefore, we have a very complex situation
in which topologically defined networks (for example, of TNCs) both
‘interrupt’ – and are interrupted by – political-territorial boundaries.