Bøger i Economic Transformations serien

This collection of new essays from leading economic geographers addresses the contested place of markets in a physical setting and explore how the impact of political, social and economic factors determine the shape of a particular market space.

Financial investment in farming and agricultural production has been identified as one of the main causes of the so-called "global land rush". This book is a fascinating insight into the inner workings of the agri-focused asset management industry.

This collection of Doreen Massey's writings brings together for the first time her formative contributions, showcasing the continuing relevance of her ideas to current debates. With introductions and explanatory notes from the editors, the collection provides an unrivalled introduction to the range and depth of Massey's work.

These commissioned essays interrogate both the generative sources and the potential of Doreen Massey's remarkably wide-ranging and influential work. They provide an unparalleled assessment of the context that gave rise to Massey's key ideas and how they subsequently travelled, and were translated and transformed, both within and outside of academia.

This collection of Doreen Massey's writings brings together for the first time her formative contributions, showcasing the continuing relevance of her ideas to current debates. With introductions and explanatory notes from the editors, the collection provides an unrivalled introduction to the range and depth of Massey's work.

These commissioned essays interrogate both the generative sources and the potential of Doreen Massey's remarkably wide-ranging and influential work. They provide an unparalleled assessment of the context that gave rise to Massey's key ideas and how they subsequently travelled, and were translated and transformed, both within and outside of academia.

The book considers a range of conceptual debates around labour regimes and global production relating to issues of scale, informality, race, social reproduction, the labour process and migration as well as in relation to methods, theory and research practice.

How has the Chinese government dealt with unequal development and how and why has Chinese society accepted such high levels of inequality? In exploring these questions, this book considers what the Chinese social model is all about, showing how it goes beyond ideas about capitalism and socialism.