Economic geography : past, present and future / edited by Sharmistha Bagchi-Sen and Helen Lawton Smith.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bagchi-Sen, Sharmistha, Editor.

Contributor:

Bagchi-Sen, Sharmistha, 1961-

Lawton Smith, Helen.

Series:

Routledge studies in economic geography.

Routledge studies in economic geography

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economic geography.

Economic geography--Methodology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (284 p.)

Place of Publication:

Taylor & Francis 2006

London : Routledge, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The impact of economic geography both within and beyond the wider field of geography has been constrained in the past by its own limitations. Drawing together the work of several eminent geographers this superb collection assesses the current state of knowledge in the sub discipline and its future direction. In doing so, the contributors show how economic geographers have offered explanations that affect places and lives in the broader context of the global economy. Offering a discussion of theoretical constructs and methodologies with the purpose to show the need to combine differe

Contents:

Book Cover; Halt-Title; Title; Copyright; Series-Title; Contents; International Advisory Board; Series Preface; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Contributors; Introduction: The past, present and future of economic geography; Section I Economic geography: Roots and legacy; 1 The economic geography project; 2 Thinking back, thinking ahead: Some questions for economic geographers; 3 Feminist economic geographies: Gendered identities, cultural economies and economic change; 4 The 'new' economic geography?; 5 A perspective of economic geography; Section II Globalization and contemporary capitalism

6 Setting the agenda: The geography of global finance7 Economic geography and political economy; 8 The education of an economic geographer; 9 On services and economic geography; 10 Towards an environmental economic geography; 11 Digitizing services: What stays where and why; 12 Globalizing Asian capitalisms: An economic-geographical perspective; Section III Regional competitive advantage: Industrial change, human capital and public policy; 13 Economic geography and the new discourse of regional competitiveness; 14 Economic geography as (regional) contexts

15 Approaching research methods in economic geography16 Manufacturing, corporate dynamics, and regional economic change; 17 On the intersection of policy and economic geography: Selective engagement, partial acceptance, and missed opportunities; 18 The new imperial geography; 19 Labour market geographies: Employment and non-employment; 20 Technology, knowledge, and jobs; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

CC BY-NC-ND

ISBN:

9786610567034

9788170418757

8170418755

9781134208777

1134208774

9781134208784

1134208782

9781280567032

1280567031

9780203020258

0203020251

OCLC:

476019229

Access Restriction:

Open access Unrestricted online access