Reading Economic Geography

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.

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 RadicalResearch. (R. A. Sayer).3. An Institutionalist Perspective On Regional EconomicDevelopment. (Ash Amin).4. Refiguring The Economic In Economic Geography. (Nigel Thriftand Kris Olds).5. The Economy, Stupid! Industrial Policy Discourse And The BodyEconomic. (J. K. Gibson-Graham).Part II: Realms of Production.Editor's Introduction: Problematizing Production.6. Is There A Service Economy? The Changing Capitalist DivisionOf Labor. (R. Walker).7. Uneven Development: Social Change And Spatial Divisions OfLabour. (Doreen Massey).8. Flexible Production Systems And Regional Development: TheRise Of The New Industrial Spaces In North America And WesternEurope. (A. J. Scott).9. Global-Local Tensions: Firms And States In The GlobalSpace-Economy. (Peter Dicken).10. The Politics Of Relocation: Gender, Nationality, And ValueIn A Mexican Maquiladora. (M. W. Wright).Part III: Resource Worlds.Editor's Introduction: Producing Nature.11. Nature, Economy And The Cultural Politics Of Theory: The'War Against The Seals' In The Bering Sea, 1870-1911. (NoelCastree).12. Modernity And Hybridity: Nature, Regeneracionismo, And TheProduction Of The Spanish Waterscape, 1890-1930. (ErikSwyngedouw).13. Oil As Money: The Devil's Excrement And The Spectacle OfBlack Gold. (Michael J. Watts).14. Converting The Wetlands, Engendering The Environment: TheIntersection Of Gender With Agrarian Change In The Gambia. (JudithCarney).15. Nourishing Networks: Alternative Geographies Of Food. (SarahWhatmore And Lorraine Thorne).Part IV: Social Worlds.Editor's Introduction: Bringing In The Social.16. Bringing The Qualitative State Into Economic Geography.(Phillip O'Neill).17. Territories, Flows And Hierarchies In The Global Economy.(M. Storper).18. Contesting Works Closures In Western Europe's Old IndustrialRegions: Defending Place Or Betraying Class? (Ray Hudson And DavidSadler).19. Class And Gender Relations In The Local Labor Market And TheLocal State. (Ruth Fincher).20. Thinking Through Work: Gender, Power And Space. (LindaMcdowell).Part V: Spaces of Circulation.Editor's Introduction: From Distance To Connectivity.21. The End Of Geography Or The Explosion Of Place?Conceptualizing Space, Place And Information Technology. (StephenGraham).22. Best Practice? Geography, Learning And The InstitutionalLimits To Strong Convergence. (M. Gertler).23. Blood, Thicker Than Water: Interpersonal Relations AndTaiwanese Investment In Southern China. (Y. Hsing).24. From Registered Nurse To Registered Nanny: DiscursiveGeographies Of Filipina Domestic Workers In Vancouver, B.C.(Geraldine Pratt).25. Discourse And Practice In Human Geography. (EricaSchoenberger).Consolidated Bibliography.Index.