Reading Economic Geography

by Editor: Trevor J. Barnes; Editor: Jamie Peck (University of Wisconsin-Madison); Editor: Eric Sheppard (University of Minnesota); Editor: Adam Tickell (University of Bristol)

• ISBN13: 9780470754740
• ISBN10: 0470754745
• Format: eBook
• Copyright: 2008-04-01
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

This reader introduces students to examples of the most important research in the field of economic geography. Brings together the most important research contributions to economic geography. Editorial commentary makes the material accessible for students. The editors are highly respected in their field.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Reading Economic Geography

Worlds of Economic Geography

Editor's Introduction: Paradigms Lost

The Difference A Generation Makes

Industry And Space: A Sympathetic Critique Of Radical Research

An Institutionalist Perspective On Regional Economic Development

Refiguring The Economic In Economic Geography

The Economy, Stupid! Industrial Policy Discourse And The Body Economic

Realms of Production

Editor's Introduction: Problematizing Production

Is There A Service Economy? The Changing Capitalist Division Of Labor

Uneven Development: Social Change And Spatial Divisions Of Labour

Flexible Production Systems And Regional Development: The Rise Of The New Industrial Spaces In North America And Western Europe

Global-Local Tensions: Firms And States In The Global Space-Economy

The Politics Of Relocation: Gender, Nationality, And Value In A Mexican Maquiladora

Resource Worlds

Editor's Introduction: Producing Nature

Nature, Economy And The Cultural Politics Of Theory: The 'War Against The Seals' In The Bering Sea, 1870-1911

Modernity And Hybridity: Nature, Regeneracionismo, And The Production Of The Spanish Waterscape, 1890-1930

Oil As Money: The Devil's Excrement And The Spectacle Of Black Gold

Converting The Wetlands, Engendering The Environment: The Intersection Of Gender With Agrarian Change In The Gambia

Nourishing Networks: Alternative Geographies Of Food

Social Worlds

Editor's Introduction: Bringing In The Social

Bringing The Qualitative State Into Economic Geography

Territories, Flows And Hierarchies In The Global Economy

Contesting Works Closures In Western Europe's Old Industrial Regions: Defending Place Or Betraying Class?

Class And Gender Relations In The Local Labor Market And The Local State

Thinking Through Work: Gender, Power And Space

Spaces of Circulation

Editor's Introduction: From Distance To Connectivity

The End Of Geography Or The Explosion Of Place? Conceptualizing Space, Place And Information Technology

Best Practice? Geography, Learning And The Institutional Limits To Strong Convergence

Blood, Thicker Than Water: Interpersonal Relations And Taiwanese Investment In Southern China

From Registered Nurse To Registered Nanny: Discursive Geographies Of Filipina Domestic Workers In Vancouver, B.C

Discourse And Practice In Human Geography

Consolidated Bibliography

Index

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