Economic Geography A Contemporary Introduction

Name: Economic Geography A Contemporary Introduction
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ISBN: 9780470943380

ISBN-10: 0470943386

ISBN-13: 9780470943380

Edition: 2nd 2013

Authors: Neil Coe, Henry W. C. Yeung, Philip Kelly

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The 2nd edition of Coe’s Economic Geography is modified to provide a more information and resources for users including several new and enhanced chapters and images.For example, a Conceptual Foundations section introduces the basic building blocks of geographical analysis and understanding of the economy. These are also brought together in a geographical understanding of the dynamics of the capitalist system. Making the Spatial Economy introduces the inputs and actors, besides capitalists, who make the system work: the state, nature, labour and finance capital.Furthermore, Organizing Economic Space explores the ways in which economic relationships across space are established and…

Book details

List price: $71.50
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Limited
Publication date: 8/13/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 576
Size: 7.25" wide x 10.75" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 2.068
Language: English

Henry Wai-chung Yeung is Assistant Professor and Kris Olds is Lecturer, both in the Department of Geography at National University of Singapore.




Conceptual Foundations



Thinking geographically



The economy: what does it mean?



Capitalism in motion: why is economic growth so uneven?



Making The (Spatial) Economy



The state: who runs the economy?



Environment/economy: can nature be a commodity?



Labour power: can workers shape economic geographies?



Making money: why has finance become so powerful?



Organizing Economic Space



Commodity chains: where does your breakfast come from?



Technological change: is the world getting smaller?



The transnational corporation: how does the global firm keep it all together?



Spaces of sale: how and where do we shop?



People, Identities, and Economic Life



Clusters: why do proximity and place matter?



Gendered economies: does gender shape economic lives?



Ethnic economies: do cultures have economies?



Consumption: you are what you buy?



Economic Geography: Intellectual Journeys and Future Horizons