{"product_id":"economic-geography-isbn-9781119389552","title":"Economic Geography","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA revised and updated edition of the leading introductory text on the geography of economic life, from the local to the global\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eEconomic Geography \u003c\/i\u003eis an engaging and accessible introduction to the different ways modern economic geographers understand, analyze, and interpret economic processes. This comprehensive text addresses significant questions relevant to contemporary economic life, from the activities of transnational corporations to issues surrounding workplaces and consumption. It encourages readers to explore how spatial patterns, places, networks, and territories shape large-scale economic processes. Accessible, highly-illustrated material presents fresh insights from the field—complemented by relatable, real-world examples that help students understand the social, cultural, and political contexts underpinning global economic processes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNow in its third edition, this extensively revised and updated textbook retains the features and thematic structure that have proved popular with students and instructors alike, while adding exciting new content. New chapters explore how the global economy and global development are institutionalized and governed, the economic geographies of global climate change, economic practices outside the capitalist mainstream, the role of migrants in labour markets, global production networks, and more. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eIntroduces economic geography with a thematic approach including major concepts, current debates, and case studies\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eRevised and updated to enhance international coverage, including three entirely new chapters on international development, alternative economies, and global climate change\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eSubstantial new content on labour migration, global production networks, and recent intellectual trends such as evolutionary economic geography\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHighly illustrated with diagrams and photographs closely integrated into the text\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePedagogical aids including key case studies, learning objectives, text boxes, chapter essay questions, summaries, and further reading\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCore geographical concepts – such as place, networks and territory – are closely integrated into all chapters.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eEconomic Geography: A Contemporary Introduction \u003c\/i\u003eis an invaluable source of up-to-date knowledge for students new to the field, for those requiring a solid foundation, as well as for a broader academic and public readership with interest in this area of study.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Figures xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Tables xv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Boxes xvii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface to the Third Edition xix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements xxvi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Conceptual Foundations 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 Geography: How do we think spatially? 3\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.1 Introduction: Message in a Bottle 3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.2 Bottled Water: A Contentious Commodity 7\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.3 Location and Patterns in Space 11\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.4 The Uniqueness of Place 15\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.5 Connecting Across Space Through Networks 20\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.6 Defining and Controlling Space Through Territory 26\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.7 Summary 30\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 The Economy: What does it mean? 36\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.1 Introduction 36\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2 What ‘Counts’ as the Economy? 38\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.3 A Brief History of ‘the Economy’ 44\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.4 Basic Economic Processes 50\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.5 From Economics to Economic Geography 55\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.6 Summary 65\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 Dynamics of Capitalism: Why is economic growth so uneven? 69\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.1 Introduction 69\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2 Uneven Development – Naturally! 73\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.3 Fundamentals of the Capitalist System 74\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.4 The Spaces and Scales of Uneven Geographical Development 82\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.5 Can Places and Regions Chart Their Own Futures? 93\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.6 Summary 98\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 Networks: How is the world economy interconnected? 102\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.1 Introduction 102\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.2 The Missing Relations Between Producers and Consumers? 105\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.3 Production Networks: Connecting Distant Places and Economies 108\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.4 Bringing Commodities Together: The Logistics Revolution 123\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.5 Where Does a Production Network End? From Waste to Commodities Again 127\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.6 Summary 129\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Key Economic Actors 135\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 Transnational Corporations: How do they keep it all together? 137\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.1 Introduction 137\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.2 The Myth of Being Everywhere, Effortlessly 139\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.3 The Changing Organization of TNCs 142\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.4 Organizing Transnational Economic Activities 1 – Intra‐firm Relationships 146\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.5 Organizing Transnational Economic Activities 2 – Inter‐firm Relationships 155\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.6 The Risks of Global Presence 164\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.7 Summary 167\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 Labour: Are migrant workers the new normal? 171\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.1 Introduction 171\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.2 Are Migrants the Problem? 174\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.3 Territorial Power and Migrant Types 178\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.4 Migrant Labour and Places of Settlement 183\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.5 Migrant Labour and Places of Origin 189\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.6 Organizing Migrant Labour 192\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.7 The Migration Industry 197\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.8 Summary 200\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 Consumers: Who decides what we buy? 206\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.1 Introduction 206\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.2 Towards Viewing Consumption as a Sociocultural Process 209\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.3 The Shifting Spatial Patterns of Retailing 213\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.4 Uneven Geographies of Consumption 232\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.5 Consuming Places: Travel and Tourism 238\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.6 Summary 243\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8 Finance: How has capital become so powerful? 247\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.1 Introduction 247\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.2 How is the Real Economy Financed? 251\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.3 Deregulation and the Rise of Global Finance 253\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.4 Putting Global Finance in Its Place 257\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.5 Financialization: Circulating Global Capital 263\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.6 A Different Kind of Finance? 273\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.7 Summary 276\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III Governing the Economy 281\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9 States: Who runs the economy? 283\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.1 Introduction 283\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.2 Neo‐liberal Globalization and the End of the State? 286\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.3 The State as the Architect of the National Economy 289\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.4 Varieties of Capitalisms and States 301\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.5 Graduated Sovereignty and the State 309\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.6 Summary 309\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e10 International Institutions: How do they govern and foster global development? 314\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.1 Introduction 314\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.2 A Market Mechanism for the ‘Global South’? 317\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.3 Governing the Global Economy 319\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.4 Fostering Development in the Global South 331\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.5 Bottom‐Up? The Rise of Community‐Based Development 339\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.6 Summary 340\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e11 Environment: Does global climate change change everything? 345\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.1 Introduction 345\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.2 Climate Complacency 348\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.3 Causes and Sources of Climate Change 351\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.4 The Impacts and Costs of Climate Change 356\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.5 Regulating Emissions 360\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.6 Geographies of the Green Economy 368\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.7 Should this Change Everything? 373\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.8 Summary 375\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV Social and Cultural Dimensions 381\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e12 Clusters: Why does proximity matter? 383\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.1 Introduction 383\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.2 Industrial Location Theory 387\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.3 Towards a Typology of Clusters? 390\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.4 Binding Clusters Together: Agglomeration Economies 398\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.5 Untraded Interdependencies and Regional Cultures of Production 402\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.6 A Dynamic Approach to Clusters 409\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.7 Can Clusters Be Temporary? 412\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.8 Summary 415\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e13 Identities: Are economies gendered and racialized? 420\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.1 Introduction 420\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.2 Seeing Gender and Race in the Economy 422\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.3 Uneven Geographies of Gender and Work 425\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.4 Gender, Race, and the Labour Market 432\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.5 Identity and the Workplace 433\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.6 Ethnic Clusters and Networks 437\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.7 Intersecting Identities 446\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.8 Summary 448\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e14 Alternatives: Can we create diverse economies? 453\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.1 Introduction 453\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.2 Beyond a ‘Capitalocentric’ View of the Economy 456\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.3 Alternative Markets 461\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.4 Alternative Enterprises 465\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.5 Alternative Working 473\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.6 Alternative Property 477\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.7 The Limits to Diverse Economies? 481\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.8 Summary 485\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V Conclusion 489\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e15 Economic Geography: Intellectual journeys and future horizons 491\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15.1 Introduction 491\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15.2 A Changing Field 493\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15.3 A Changing World 505\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15.4 Summary 510\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 515\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“This will be an exciting new edition and conceptually right up to date. It will weave together new thinking with essential knowledge of the field in a highly successful way. Students will find the structuring of the chapters around major topics attractive. Economic geography has been undergoing an intellectual transformation as it moves to incorporate new approaches and what is proposed here is very much in line with that. It will be highly suitable as a required text.”\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNancy Ettlinger, Ohio State University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“I like the changes proposed for the latest edition. This text blends together a culturally aware analysis of economic geography with a clear sense of what the discipline is about and the international range of case studies is impressive. I have no doubts about the quality of this author team. Individually they are scholars and writers of distinction. Collectively they complement each other and work together extremely well.”\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAdam Tickell, University of Sussex\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNEIL M. COE\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Economic Geography at the National University of Singapore \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePHILIP F. KELLY\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Geography at York University, Canada \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHENRY W.C. YEUNG\u003c\/b\u003e is Distinguished Professor at the National University of Singapore   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eEconomic Geography\u003c\/i\u003e is an engaging and accessible introduction to the different ways modern economic geographers understand, analyze, and interpret economic processes. This comprehensive text addresses significant questions relevant to contemporary economic life, from the activities of transnational corporations to issues surrounding workplaces and consumption. It encourages readers to explore how spatial patterns, places, networks, and territories shape large-scale economic processes. Accessible, highly-illustrated material presents fresh insights from the field—complemented by relatable, real-world examples that help students understand the social, cultural, and political contexts underpinning global economic processes. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow in its third edition, this extensively revised and updated textbook retains the features and thematic structure that have proved popular with students and instructors alike, while adding exciting new content. New chapters explore how the global economy and global development are institutionalized and governed, the economic geographies of global climate change, economic practices outside the capitalist mainstream, the role of migrants in labour markets, global production networks, and more. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eEconomic Geography: A Contemporary Introduction\u003c\/i\u003e is an invaluable source of up-to-date knowledge for students new to the field, for those requiring a solid foundation, as well as for a broader academic and public readership with interest in this area of study.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989101363429,"sku":"NP9781119389552","price":42.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781119389552.jpg?v=1761782801","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/economic-geography-isbn-9781119389552","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}