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Reading Economic Geography [Paperback]

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  • Category: Books (Science)
  • ISBN-10:  063123554X
  • ISBN-10:  063123554X
  • ISBN-13:  9780631235545
  • ISBN-13:  9780631235545
  • Publisher:  Wiley-Blackwell
  • Publisher:  Wiley-Blackwell
  • Pages:  496
  • Pages:  496
  • Binding:  Paperback
  • Binding:  Paperback
  • Pub Date:  01-May-2003
  • Pub Date:  01-May-2003
  • SKU:  063123554X-11-MPOD
  • SKU:  063123554X-11-MPOD
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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.
Introduction: Reading Economic Geography.

Part I: Worlds of Economic Geography.

Editor's Introduction: Paradigms Lost.

1. The Difference A Generation Makes. (David Harvey).

2. Industry And Space: A Sympathetic Critique Of Radical Research. (R. A. Sayer).

3. An Institutionalist Perspective On Regional Economic Development. (Ash Amin).

4. Refiguring The Economic In Economic Geography. (Nigel Thrift and Kris Olds).

5. The Economy, Stupid! Industrial Policy Discourse And The Body Economic. (J. K. Gibson-Graham).

Part II: Realms of Production.

Editor's Introduction: Problematizing Production.

6. Is There A Service Economy? The Changing Capitalist Division Of Labor. (R. Walker).

7. Uneven Development: Social Change And Spatial Divisions Of Labour. (Doreen Massey).

8. Flexible Production Systems And Regional Development: The Rise Of The New Industrial Spaces In North America And Western Europe. (A. J. Scott).

9. Global-Local Tensions: Firms And States In The Global Space-Economy. (Peter Dicken).

10. The Politics Of Relocation: Gender, Nationality, And Value In A Mexican Maquiladora. (M. W. Wright).

Part III: Resource Worlds.

Editor's Introduction: Pl3Á

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