Economic geographers have always argued that space is key to
understanding the economy, that the processes of economic growth and
development do not occur uniformly across geographic space, but rather
differ in degree and form as between different nations, regions,
cities and localities, with major implications for the geographies of
wealth and welfare. This was true in the industrial phase of global
capitalism, and is no less true in the contemporary era of
post-industrial, knowledge-driven global capitalism. Indeed, the
marked changes occurring in the structure and operation of the
economy, in the sources of wealth creation, in the organisation of the
firm, in the nature of work, in the boundaries between market and
state, and in the regulation of the socio-economy, have stimulated an
unprecedented wave of theoretical, conceptual and empirical enquiry by
economic geographers. Even economists, who traditionally have viewed
the economy in non-spatial terms, as existing on the head of the
proverbial pin, are increasingly recognising the importance of space,
place and location to understanding economic growth, technological
innovation, competitiveness and globalisation. This collection of
previously published work, though containing but a fraction of the
huge explosion in research and publication that has occurred over the
past two decades, seeks to convey a sense of this exciting phase in
the intellectual development of the discipline and its importance in
grasping the spatialities of contemporary economic life.
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ISBN
9781351159180
Publisert
2017
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1. utgave
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Routledge
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Product language
Engelsk
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Digital bok
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