The Economic Geography Reader

Provides students as well as lecturers with an international Reader focusing on the evolving economic geography of the advanced capitalist economies of Europe, North America, and the Pacific Rim within the framework of economic globalisation. It gives readers an easily accessible collection of some of the most important papers published in this dynamic discipline.

The book spans the economic geographies of globalisation, new spaces of production and consumption, new landscapes of work and the restucturing of welfare, and includes a specially written introductory chapter, section overviews, and suggested further reading. An important statement on economic geography today, this book provides an indispensable resource for undergraduates in economic geography, regional economics and other related social sciences. Constructing the Reader.

Reading the Reader.

Reading Economic Geography.

THE ECONOMY IN TRANSITION: GLOBALIZATION AND BEYOND?

The Globalization Debate and the Transformation of Capitalism.

Geographies of Global Integration.

The Rise of New Capitalisms.

Regulating the New Capitalism.

SPACES OF PRODUCTION.

Introduction: Spaces of Production -
Towards New Economic Geographies.

Reworking the Division of Labour.

Rethinking the Spatial Mosaic.

New Spaces of Production.

SPACES OF CONSUMPTION.

Introduction: Consumption, Geography and Identity.

Capitalizing on Consumption.

Landscapes of Consumption.

Pick 'N' Mix: The Commodification of Identity.

WORK, EMPLOYMENT AND SOCIETY.

The Transformation of Work.

Rethinking Labour.

New(?) Social Inequalities.

Beyond the Welfare State?

Copyright Information.

References.

Index.

"It deserves to be widely read and adopted." (The Geographical Journal, 2000)

"... the papers are excellent in bringing together the major developments in economic geography over the last 15 years.... This reader would be a useful addition indeed for students and teachers of economic geography courses...." (Geography)

"... suitable as a course text...." (The Times Educational Supplement)

John Bryson and Nick Henry are both Lecturers in Economic Geography at the University of Birmingham. David Keeble is Lecturer in Economic Geography and Ron Martin is Reader in Economic Geography at the University of Cambridge. ? an outstanding achievement ? very much a geographer?s perspective on globalisation ? and for that it is a testament to the scope and innovativeness to be found in recent research in economic geography ? a major contribution to how we understand both the discipline of economic geography and the world of globalisation Gordon L. Clark, Halford Mackinder Professor of Geography, University of Oxford

The Reader is a rich and diverse collection of more than 50 contributions written by most of the leading economic geographers of the 1990s. I can unconditionally recommend this Reader for any course in Economic Geography ? no other product on the market can compete in terms of quality and coverage. Rolf Sternberg, University of Cologne

This Reader, in ranging from questions of globalization to local development, from production to consumption, and from markets to institutions, gives an excellent idea of the many advances made in economic geography in recent years. Michael Storper, University of California, Los Angeles

Over the past few years, economic geography has undergone a major revival and expansion. Combining over 50 specially edited papers, The Economic Geography Reader brings together many of the key contributions in this revival. This international Reader focuses on the evolving economic geography of the advanced capitalist economies of Europe, North America and the Pacific Rim within the framework of economic globalisation. The book spans the economic geographies of globalisation, new spaces of production and consumption, new landscapes of work and the restructuring of welfare, and includes a specially written introductory chapter, section overviews, and suggested further reading. An important statement on economic geography today, this book provides an indispensable resource for undergraduates in economic geography, regional economics and other related social sciences.