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Evolving Regional Economies Resources, Spcialization, Globalization Martin Henning “An outstanding and thought-provoking piece of work on evolutionary economic geography by one of its leading scholars, which shows how important it is to combine time and space to understand processes of globalization and regional economic change. It is an absolute must-read for students, scientists and policy practitioners that want to become acquainted with this exciting body of literature.” – Ron Boschma, Professor in Regional Economics, Utrecht University “Martin Henning successfully combines evolutionary economic geography and time geography in a unique textbook for economic geographers.” – Robert Hassink, Professor of Economic Geography, Kiel University Regional issues are increasingly debated across the social sciences. In an age of globalization, the region has come to matter perhaps more than before. In business, companies orient themselves to engage in regional environments to build capabilities and create critical mass in their vicinity. In the world of policy, almost one-third of the EU budget is spent on regional policy. Yet in spite of this the differences between regions that do well and those that do not are increasing in both Europe and the United States. In recent years, evolutionary economic geography has done much to create a framework to inform regional policy and academic work. Using its insights, Martin Henning explores why economic growth and transformation is an essentially regionally based and spatially dependent process. The book offers an accessible introduction to the core ideas involved in understanding the dynamics of regional economies and draws on case studies to illuminate these ideas in practice.
JANUARY 2022 PB £24.99 978-1-78821-408-7 HB £65.00 978-1-78821-407-0 168 pages | 234 x 156 mm
Martin Henning is Professor in Economic Geography at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden.
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ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATIONS
Series Editors: Brett Christophers, Rebecca Lave, Jamie Peck and Marion Werner Fundamental to the Economic Transformations series is the belief that “geography matters” in the diverse ways that economies work, for whom they work, and to what ends. This series publishes books that evidence that conviction, creating a space for interdisciplinary contributions from political economists, economic geographers, feminists, political ecologists, economic sociologists, critical development theorists, economic anthropologists, and their fellow travellers. BRETT CHRISTOPHERS is Professor of Human Geography at Uppsala University, Sweden. REBECCA LAVE is an Associate Professor at Indiana University, Bloomington. JAMIE PECK
is Canada Research Chair in Urban and Regional Political Economy and Professor of Geography at the University of British Columbia. MARION WERNER is an Associate Professor in the Department of Geography at the State University of New York, Buffalo.
Exploring the Chinese Social Model Beyond Market and State
Weidong Liu, Michael Dunford, Zhigao Liu and Zhenshan Yang Exploring the Chinese Social Model presents new analysis and fresh research on how China deals with unequal development and inequality in the context of its surging economic growth. The book sheds new light on the workings of China’s social model, going beyond binary notions of market and state, and considers the new facets of its socialist market economy. In exploring these questions, the authors consider what is special about China and what the Chinese model is all about. APRIL 2022 HB £65.00 978-1-78821-474-2 208 pages | 234 x 156mm Economic Transformations
Weidong Liu, Michael Dunford, Zhigao Liu and Zhenshan Yang are all senior members of the Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing.
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Labour Regimes and Global Production Edited by Elena Baglioni, Liam Campling, Neil M. Coe and Adrian Smith There has been a recent resurgence in interest in the theorization of labour regimes in various disciplines. This has taken the form of a concern to understand the role that labour regimes play in the structuring, organization and dynamics of global systems of production and reproduction. The concept has a long heritage that can be traced back to the 1970s and the contributions to this book seek to develop further this emerging field. The book traces the intellectual development of labour regime concepts across various disciplines, notably political economy, development studies, sociology and geography. Building on these foundations it considers conceptual debates around labour regimes and global production relating to issues of scale, informality, gender, race, social reproduction, ecology and migration, and offers new insights into the work conditions of global production chains from Amazon’s warehouses in the United States, to industrial production networks in the Global South, and to the dormitory towns of migrant workers in Czechia. It also explores recent mobilizations of labour regime analysis in relation to methods, theory and research practice. Contributors include: Jennifer Bair, Jens Lerche, Jamie Peck, Alessandra Mezzadri, Satoshi Miyamura, Jonathan Pattenden, Benjamin Selwyn, Carlos Oya, Sébastien Rioux, Dae-oup Chang, Stefanie Hürtgen, Kevan Harris, Phillip A. Hough, Mark Anner, Tim Bartley, Shyamain Wickramasinghe, Mirela Barbu, Jake AlimahomedWilson, Rutvica Andrijasevic and Hannah Schling.
FEBRUARY 2022 HB £75.00 978-1-78821-361-5 352 pages | 234 x 156 mm Economic Transformations
Elena Baglioni is Senior Lecturer in Global Supply Chain Management at Queen Mary University of London. Liam Campling is Professor of International Business and Development at Queen Mary University of London. Neil M. Coe is Professor of Economic Geography at the National University of Singapore. Adrian Smith is Professor of Human Geography at Queen Mary University of London.
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The Doreen Massey Reader Edited by Brett Christophers, Rebecca Lave, Jamie Peck and Marion Werner Doreen Massey (1944–2016) changed geography. Her ideas on space, region, labour, identity, ethics and capital transformed the field itself, while also attracting a wide audience in sociology, planning, political economy, cultural studies, gender studies and beyond. The significance of her contributions is difficult to overstate. Far from a dry defence of disciplinary turf, her claim that “geography matters” possessed both scholarly substance and political salience. PB £25.00 978-1-911116-83-7 HB £70.00 978-1-911116-82-0 368 pages | 2018 Economic Transformations
This collection of Massey’s writings brings together for the first time the full span of her formative contributions, showcasing the continuing relevance of her ideas to current debates on globalization, immigration, nationalism and neoliberalism, among other topics. With introductions from the editors, the collection represents an unrivalled distillation of the range and depth of Massey’s thinking. It is sure to remain an essential touchstone for social theory and critical geography for generations to come.
Doreen Massey: Critical Dialogues Edited by Marion Werner, Jamie Peck, Rebecca Lave and Brett Christophers “In 26 essays, organised bravely into three categories (‘contexts’, ‘conjunctures’ and ‘connections’), and preceded by a superb editorial essay, the contributors map out the roots and routes of key themes in Doreen’s thinking ... There are some gems in this book ... does a great service in helping future readers of Massey’s work to place these various contributions in context.” – Journal of Historical Geography
PB £25.00 978-1-911116-86-8 HB £70.00 978-1-911116-85-1 400 pages | 2018 Economic Transformations
This collection of commissioned essays, including from Doreen Massey’s long-time interlocutors and collaborators, explores both the generative sources and the continuing potential of her remarkably wide-ranging and influential body of work. It provides an unparalleled assessment of the political and social context that gave rise to many of Massey’s key ideas and contributions and how they subsequently travelled, and were translated and transformed, both within and outside of academia.
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Farming as Financial Asset
Global Finance and the Making of Institutional Landscapes Stefan Ouma “Essential reading for anyone concerned about the future of food and farming.” – Geoffrey Lawrence, University of Queensland “A vital analysis that historically and geographically contextualizes the rush of finance into agricultural investments since 2008.” – Desiree Fields, University of California, Berkeley “A tour de force ... engagingly accessible, transdisciplinary, and global in outlook. By putting land in its place – at the heart of the current economic system – this book reconnects land economics to property economics, stitching back the rural to the urban which, in turn, is linked to the national, international, and to the global.” – Franklin Obeng-Odoom, Society and Natural Resources
HB £20.00 978-1-78821-187-1 220 pages | 2020 Economic Transformations
Stefan Ouma is Professor of Economic Geography at the University of Bayreuth.
Market/Place
Exploring Spaces of Exchange Edited by Christian Berndt, Jamie Peck and Norma M. Rantisi “This collection of new essays rediscovers the physical space that markets inhabit and explores how the impact of political, social and economic factors determine the shape of a particular market space. The essays present new research and provide valuable case study material to show how markets are contested, constructed and placed. Rather than separate markets from the surrounding society and state, these essays connect markets to their wider context and showcase how economic geography can combine with other disciplines to throw new light on spaces of exchange. Christian Berndt is Professor of Economic Geography at the University of Zurich. Jamie Peck is Canada Research Chair in Urban and Regional Political Economy at the University of British Columbia. Norma M. Rantisi is Professor in the Department of Geography, Planning and Environment at Concordia University, Montreal.
HB £70.00 978-1-78821-126-0 336 pages | 2020 Economic Transformations
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Climate Finance Gareth Bryant and Sophie Webber Responding to climate change is commonly understood as a financial challenge. What are the expected costs of the impacts of climate change? How much money is needed to reduce emissions to a safe level and to help people live in a changing climate? Who should pay? While these questions reflect the big issues of climate politics – about historical responsibility, unequal exposure and the terms of possible futures – they do not tell us a lot about the relationships between and contestations over climate change and financial capitalism.
MARCH 2023 PB £22.99 978-1-78821-462-9 HB £65.00 978-1-78821-461-2 240 pages | 234 x 156 mm Economic Transformations
This book develops an expansive definition of climate finance and a critical framework for analysing its political economy. Drawing from a wide-range of case studies, the authors highlight the diversity, scale and contradictions of climate finance entanglements – from funding renewable energy, putting a price on carbon, responsible investing and financialising resilience. Gareth Bryant is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Political Economy at the University of Sydney. Sophie Webber is Lecturer in Geography in the School of Geosciences at the University of Sydney.
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Finntopia
What We Can Learn From the World’s Happiest Country Danny Dorling and Annika Koljonen “How can other countries achieve Finland’s happiness? Read this wonderful book, and learn the answers!” – Jared Diamond, Pulitzer-Prize-winning author of Guns, Germs and Steel “… contains some fascinating and important lessons on how policies like progressive taxation and investing in public services can lead to more equal – and happier – societies.” – Danny Sriskandarajah, chief executive, Oxfam GB The 2022 World Happiness Report ranked Finland, for the fourth year running, as the world’s happiest country. What is it about Finland that makes the country so successful and seemingly such a great place to live?
PB £12.99 978-1-78821-216-8 HB £18.99 978-1-78821-215-1 320 pages | 2020
Danny Dorling is the Halford Mackinder Professor of Geography at the University of Oxford. Annika Koljonen graduated from the University of Cambridge in 2019 and lives in Helsinki.
Karl Polanyi’s Political and Economic Thought A Critical Guide
Edited by Gareth Dale, Christopher Holmes and Maria Markantonatou “This critical guide is a must-read volume … an illuminating dialogue between the central ideas in Polanyi’s work and the best in current scholarship.” – Fred Block, University of California, Davis This comprehensive introduction to Polanyi’s thought examines the key themes that run throughout his work: economic ideas, commodification, money, the gold standard, geopolitical economy, the state, class, fascism, democracy and knowledge. Each chapter introduces the relevant aspects of Polanyi’s writings, covering important terminology and the position of the theme in relation to his work more broadly. Gareth Dale is Senior Lecturer in Politics at Brunel University. Christopher Holmes is Lecturer in Political Economy at King’s College London. Maria Markantonatou is Assistant Professor of Political Sociology at the University of the Aegean, Lesvos.
PB £20.99 978-1-78821-090-4 HB £65.00 978-1-78821-089-8 240 pages | 2019
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New York Jill S. Gross and H. V. Savitch Jill Gross and Hank Savitch examine the world’s first megacity through the lens of a series of twenty-first-century pressures related to demography, economic growth, urban development, governance, immigration, leadership and globalization. How New York’s institutions and policies have either risen to meet these challenges, stagnated in the face of them, or simply failed to resolve them is the focus of the book.
FEBRUARY 2023 PB £24.99 978-1-78821-204-5 HB £70.00 978-1-78821-203-8 288 pages | 234 x 156mm Megacities
As a comprehensive analysis of the political, economic and social dynamics that have made New York the megacity it is today, the book will be of interest to a broad readership in political science, public administration, public policy, sociology, geography, political economy, urban planning and regional studies. Jill S. Gross is Professor of Political Science at Hunter College, City University of New York. H. V. Savitch is Emeritus Brown & Williamson Distinguished Professor of Urban & Public Affairs, University of Louisville.
Paris Christian Lefèvre
NOVEMBER 2021 PB £24.99 978-1-78821-141-3 HB £70.00 978-1-78821-140-6 200 pages | 234 x 156mm Megacities
One of France’s leading urban geographers analyses the social and economic forces that have shaped Paris and which have differentiated it from other long-time megacities such as London and New York. In particular, the book examines the central role France’s national government has played in shaping policies affecting the city. It explores how the shift towards political decentralization and localism has contributed to a system increasingly incapable of taking collective action and giving rise to tensions over social issues like equality, environmental impact and housing provision, which in turn have given rise to a French ambivialence towards promoting the city as a global economic competitor. The book is an authoritative analysis of Paris’s position, both globally and nationally, and the challenges that face its governance. Christian Lefèvre is Professor at Ecole d’Urbanisme de Paris, Universite Paris-Est.
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London Mike Raco and Frances Brill London has become one of the fastest growing cities in Europe. Its economy is a mass generator of employment and the city is a magnet for inward migration. Yet the city’s expansion has generated many planning challenges. For many critics megacities are considered to be ungovernable sprawls that are too large and too complex to govern through traditional policy. This book emphasizes the tensions, complexities and difficulties in mobilizing policy agendas in the city, but also argues that public policy still matters and makes a significant difference to outcomes. The authors show how policy interventions have played a specific part in London’s recent property boom and its impact on citizens, businesses and communities. Because London acts as a key command and control centre in the global and national UK economy and is successful in attracting investment and growth, it makes it a model for others to emulate. Importantly, the market-led development of London has meant that the state supports more private-sector-led governance. This widescale privatization of the city’s decision-making processes and policy implementation has reached unprecedented levels and will impact the future development of London and other megacities.
Contents 1. Planning challenges and the emergence of a London model • 2. Public regulation and planning for the global city • 3. Private regulation, governance, and the rise of the para-state capital • 4. Governing the financing and funding of the London model • 5. London’s housing crisis and emergence of new residential landscapes • 6. Tall buildings and the built environment • 7. Major infrastructure projects • 8. People, diversity and community • 9. Challenging the para-state • 10: Risks, resilience and failure: what next?
JUNE 2022 PB £24.99 978-1-78821-306-6 HB £70.00 978-1-78821-305-9 232 pages | 234 x 156mm Megacities
Mike Raco is Professor of Urban Governance and Development at the Bartlett School of Planning, University College London. Frances Brill is Margaret Tyler Research Fellow in Geography at Girton College, Cambridge.
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Degrowth Giorgos Kallis “Mandatory reading for students, researchers and practitioners interested not only in degrowth, but also more generally in economics, politics and sustainability.” – Ecological Economics “Kallis’s personality resonates through the pages ... clear, approachable and often humorous ... he succeeds in making degrowth accessible to a wide audience.” – Economic Geography
PB £16.00 978-1-911116-80-6 HB £55.00 978-1-911116-79-0 240 pages | 2018 The Economy Key Ideas
Giorgos Kallis provides a clear and succinct guide to the central ideas of degrowth theory and explores what it would take for an economy to transition to a position that enables it to prosper without growth. Giorgos Kallis is Professor of Ecological Economics and Political Ecology at ICTA, Autonomous University of Barcelona.
The Resource Curse
Productivity
Financial Inclusion
Economic Anthropology
Syed Mansoob Murshed
Michael Haynes
Samuel Kirwan
James G. Carrier
PB £16.00 978-1-911116-49-3 HB £55.00 978-1-911116-48-6 168 pages | 2018 The Economy Key Ideas
PB £16.00 978-1-78821-147-5 HB £55.00 978-1-78821-146-8 192 pages | 2020 The Economy Key Ideas
PB £16.00 978-1-78821-118-5 HB £55.00 978-1-78821-117-8 136 pages | 2021 The Economy Key Ideas
PB £16.00 978-1-78821-251-9 HB £55.00 978-1-78821-250-2 160 pages | 2021 The Economy Key Ideas
WORLD ECONOMIES SERIES 11
The Chinese Economy
The French Economy
The Mexican Economy
Stephen Morgan
Frances M. B. Lynch
Enrique Cardenas
PB £16.99 978-1-78821-081-2 HB £60.00 978-1-78821-080-5 336 pages | 2021 World Economies
PB £18.99 978-1-78821-165-9 HB £60.00 978-1-78821-164-2 240 pages | 2021 World Economies
JULY 2022 PB £19.99 978-1-78821-267-0 HB £60.00 978-1-78821-266-3 256 pages World Economies
The Indian Economy
The Japanese Economy
The Italian Economy
Matthew McCartney
Hiroaki Richard Watanabe Vera Zamagni
PB £17.99 978-1-78821-009-6 HB £65.00 978-1-78821-008-9 288 pages | 2019 World Economies
PB £16.99 978-1-78821-051-5 HB £60.00 978-1-78821-050-8 208 pages | 2020 World Economies
The South Korean Economy Sunil Kim and Jonson Porteux JULY 2022 PB £19.99 978-1-78821-199-4 HB £60.00 978-1-78821-198-7 224 pages World Economies
The Economy of the Gulf States Matthew Gray
PB £17.99 978-1-911116-78-3 HB £65.00 978-1-911116-77-6 200 pages | 2018 World Economies
PB £17.99 978-1-78821-001-0 HB £65.00 978-1-78821-000-3 272 pages | 2019 World Economies
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