Andrew Leyshon & Roger Lee 
The SAGE Handbook of Economic Geography [PDF ebook] 

‘This timely volume comprehensuvely summerises the various approaches to research that have come to constitute contemporary economic geography. Expert assessments provide a lively sense of the research frontier making this essential reading for all who seek to understand and appreciate the field.’


– Eric Sheppard, University of Minnesota



‘One of the best economic georgraphy texts in recent years, covering both the history of the discipline and outlining areas for future research… The quality of the chapters remains high throughout and many can and should remain as future reference for research and/or teaching.’


– Pedro Marques, Journal of Economic Geography



What difference does it make to think about the economy in geographical terms?
The SAGE Handbook of Economic Geography illustrates the significance of thinking the ′economy′ and the ′economic′ geographically. It identifies significant stages in the discipline′s development, and focuses on the key themes and ideas that inform present thinking.

Organised in sections with multiple chapters, The SAGE Handbook of Economic Geography is a complete overview of the discipline that critically assesses:

• Location, the quantitative revolution and the ′new economic geography′


• Geographies of globalization and capitalism


• Geographies of scale/place and the local/global


• Geographies of nature, agriculture, sustainable development and the political ecology


• Geographies of uneven development, economic decline, and money and finance


• Geographies of consumption and services


• Geographies of regulation and governance, neo-liberalism and welfare.

Placing the discipline in vivid historical and contemporary context, The SAGE Handbook of Economic Geography is a timely, essential work for postgraduates, researchers and academics in economic geography.

Table of Content

Introduction – Andrew Leyshon et al

PART ONE: LOCATION MODELS AND QUANTITATIVE ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY

Locating Location Models – J rgen Essletzbichler

The Quantitative Revolution and Economic Geography – Trevor Barnes

The ′New Economic Geography′: Credible Models of the Economic Landscape? – Ron Martin

PART TWO: POLITICAL ECONOMIES OF SPACE I

Making Sense of Globalization Hegemonic and Counter-Hegemonic Geographies – Richard Peet, Ipsita Chatterjee and Elaine Hartwick

Unpacking Globalization: Changing Geographies of the Global Economy – Neil M. Coe

The Consequences of Economic Globalization – Peter Sunley

PART THREE: POLITICAL ECONOMIES OF SPACE II

The Local in the Global – Martin Jones

Critical Sociospatial Theory and the Geographies of Uneven Spatial Development – Neil Brenner

Space, Place and Labour – Philip Kelly

PART FOUR: POLITICAL ECONOMIES OF SPACE III

The Geographies of Capitalism – Susan Christopherson

Capitalism and Social Justice – Paul Routledge

Globalisation and the City – Jonathan V. Beaverstock, James R. Faulconbridge and Michael Hoyler

Towards a Critical Economic Geography of Workfare – Michael Samers

PART FIVE: POLITICAL ECONOMIES OF NATURE

The Economy of Nature: From Political Ecology to the Social Construction of Nature – Gavin Bridge

The Antonymies of Sustainable Development: Sustaining What, How, and for Whom – David Demeritt

Towards Visceral Entanglements: Knowing and Growing the Economic Geographies of Food – Michael K. Goodman

PART SIX: UNEVEN DEVELOPMENT: GEOGRAPHIES OF ECONOMIC GROWTH AND DECLINE

Geographies of Economic Decline – Ray Hudson

Geographies of Economic Growth I: Industrial and Technology Regions – Nick Henry and Stuart Dawley

Geographies of Economic Growth II: Money and Finance – Michael Pryke

PART SEVEN: GEOGRAPHIES OF CONSUMPTION AND ECONOMIC SPECTACLE

Geographies of Retailing and Consumption: The Shopping List Compendium – Louise Crewe

An Economic Geography of the Cultural Industries – Andy C Pratt

Doing Gender, Performing Work – Linda Mcdowell

PART EIGHT: RETHINKING THE ECONOMIC

Feminist Economic Geographies – Louise Johnson

Ordinary Economic Geographies: Can Economic Geographies Be Non-Economic? – Roger Lee

Towards a Non-Economic, Economic Geography? From Black Boxes to the Cultural Circuit of Capital in Economic Geographies of Firms and Managers – Andrew Leyshon

About the author

Professor Peter Sunley is Professor of Economic Geography within Geography and Environment at the University of Southampton.