The Oxford Handbook of Economic Geography

by Clark, Gordon L.; Feldman, Maryann P.; Gertler, Meric S.

• ISBN13: 9780198234104
• ISBN10: 0198234104
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-01-04
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Summary

The Oxford Handbook of Economic Geography is the single most important statement of the scope and status of the vibrant interdisciplinary field of economic geography. It brings together more than 40 leading economists and geographers from around the world. From general statements about thehistory and evolution of the field to statements about the crucial problems of economic geography, the volume is preoccupied with the rival theories and perspectives that have sustained its recent growth. The volume is also focused upon linkages, including those between the global and the local, between industry location and trade, and between corporate strategy and market structure.

Table of Contents

The Editors	xvii
The Contributors	xix
Introduction	1	(2)
Economic Geography: Transition and Growth	3	(15)
Gordon L. Clark
Maryann P. Feldman
Meric S. Gertler
Economic Geography: The Great Half-Century	18	(31)
Allen J. Scott
Part I Conceptual Perspectives
Section 1 Mapping the Territory
Where in the World is the `New Economic Geography'?	49	(12)
Paul Krugman
Doing Regulation	61	(22)
Jamie Peck
Section 2 Analytical Frameworks
The New Economics of Urban and Regional Growth	83	(16)
Edward L. Glaeser
Geography or Economics? Conceptions of Space, Time, Interdependence, and Agency	99	(26)
Eric Sheppard
Part II Global Economic Integration
Section 3 Investment and Trade
The Geography of International Investment	125	(21)
Howard J. Shatz
Anthony J. Venables
Globalization, Localization, and Trade	146	(23)
Michael Storper
Section 4 Development and Underdevelopment
Climate, Coastal Proximity, and Development	169	(26)
Andrew D. Mellinger
Jeffrey D. Sachs
John L. Gallup
The Great Tablecloth: Bread and Butter Politics, and the Political Economy of Food and Poverty	195	(20)
Michael J. Watts
Section 5 Finance Capital
The Regulation of International Finance	215	(15)
Risto I. Laulajainen
Finance and Localities	230	(23)
Adam Tickell
Part III Corporate Structure, Strategy, and Location
Section 6 Competition, Location, and Strategy
Locations, Clusters, and Company Strategy	253	(22)
Michael E. Porter
Places and Flows: Situating International Investment	275	(17)
Peter Dicken
The Globalization of Retail Capital: Themes for Economic Geography	292	(25)
Neil Wrigley
Section 7 Remaking the Corporation
The Management of Time and Space	317	(16)
Erica Schoenberger
Corporate Form and Spatial Form	333	(20)
David B. Audretsch
Part IV The Geography of Innovation
Section 8 National and Localized Learning
Nation States and Economic Development: from National Systems of Production to National Systems of Knowledge Creation and Learning	353	(20)
Bengt-Åke Lundvall
Peter Maskell
Location and Innovation: The New Economic Geography of Innovation, Spillovers, and Agglomeration	373	(22)
Maryann P. Feldman
Restructuring and Innovation in Long-Term Regional Change	395	(18)
Cristiano Antonelli
Section 9 Districts and Regional Innovation Systems
Industrial Districts: The Contributions of Marshall and Beyond	413	(19)
Bjørn T. Asheim
Innovation Networks, Regions, and Globalization	432	(23)
Beat Hotz-Hart
Part V Localities and Difference
Section 10 Labour and Locality
Local Labour Markets: Their Nature, Performance, and Regulation	455	(22)
Ronald L. Martin
Firms, Workers, and the Geographic Concentration of Economic Activity	477	(20)
Gordon H. Hanson
Section 11 Gender, Race, and Place
Feminists Rethink the Economic: The Economics of Gender/The Gender of Economics	497	(21)
Linda McDowell
Racial and Economic Segregation in US Metropolitan Areas	518	(23)
John F. Kain
Section 12 Communities, Politics, and Power
Elite Power, Global Forces, and the Political Economy of `Glocal' Development	541	(18)
Erik Swyngedouw
Economic Geography in Practice: Local Economic Development Policy	559	(26)
Amy K. Glasmeier
Part VI Global Transformations
Section 13 Environment and Regulation
Markets and Environmental Quality	585	(22)
R. Kerry Turner
Environmental Innovation and Regulation	607	(18)
David P. Angel
Section 14 Trade and Investment Blocs
Spontaneous Integration in Japan and East Asia: Development, Crisis, and Beyond	625	(24)
Tetsuo Abo
Regional Economic Integration in North America	649	(22)
John Holmes
The European Union as more than a Traid Market for National Economic Spaces	671	(18)
Ash Amin
Part VII Coda
Pandora's Box? Cultural Geographies of Economies	689	(16)
Nigel Thrift
Index	705