Spaces of Global Capitalism: A Theory of Uneven Geographical Development (The Essential David Harvey) - Softcover

David Harvey

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1788734653 ISBN 13: 9781788734653

Publisher: Verso Books, 2019

Synopsis

Fiscal crises have cascaded across much of the developing world with devastating results, from Mexico to Indonesia, Russia and Argentina. The extreme volatility in contemporary political economic fortunes seems to mock our best efforts to understand the forces that drive development in the world economy. David Harvey is the single most important geographer writing today and a leading social theorist of our age, offering a comprehensive critique of contemporary capitalism. In this fascinating book, he shows the way forward for just such an understanding, enlarging upon the key themes in his recent work: the development of neoliberalism, the spread of inequalities across the globe, and 'space' as a key theoretical concept. Both a major declaration of a new research programme and a concise introduction to David Harvey's central concerns, this book will be essential reading for scholars and students across the humanities and social sciences.

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Review:

'Harvey is a scholarly radical; his writing is free of journalistic clichés, full of facts and carefully thought-through ideas.' --Richard Sennett

About the Author:

David Harvey teaches at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York and is the author of many books, including Social Justice and the City, The Condition of Postmodernity, The Limits to Capital, A Brief History of Neoliberalism, Spaces of Global Capitalism, and A Companion to Marx's Capital. His website is davidharvey.org

About this edition

• Publisher: Verso Books
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 1788734653
• ISBN 13: 9781788734653
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 154