The Doreen Massey Reader (Economic Transformations) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1911116835 ISBN 13: 9781911116837

Publisher: Agenda Publishing, 2018

Synopsis

Doreen Massey (1944–2016) was one of the most influential geographers of the late-twentieth and early-twenty first centuries. Her ideas on space, region, identity, ethics and capital transformed the field itself, while also attracting a wide audience in sociology, planning, political economy, cultural studies, gender studies, and beyond. The significance of her contributions is difficult to overstate. Massey established both scholarly substance and political salience for the claim that “geography matters”, not as a dry defence of disciplinary turf but as a rallying cry. Through her most influential concepts – such as power-geometries and a “global sense of place” – she insisted on the active role of regions and places not simply in bearing the brunt of restructuring, but in reshaping the uneven geographies of global capital. These concepts became key tools in the analytical repertoire in geography and beyond, influencing globalization debates of the 1990s. Right up until her death, Massey’s work integrated theory and politics, analyzing how global forces articulated with the particularities of place and politics – in the interests of challenging and transforming both. This collection of Massey’s writings brings together for the first time her formative contributions, showcasing the continuing relevance of her ideas to current debates on financialization, globalization, immigration and nationalism, among other topics. With introductions and explanatory notes from the editors, the collection provides an unrivalled introduction to the range and depth of Massey’s contributions, which are sure to remain an essential touchstone for social theory and critical geography for generations to come.

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About the Authors

Brett Christophers is Professor of Human Geography at Uppsala University, Sweden. He is Editor of Environment and Planning A and his books include, most recently, The Great Leveler: Capitalism and Competition in the Court of Law (2016).

Rebecca Lave is an Associate Professor at Indiana University, Bloomington. She is the author of Fields and Streams: Stream Restoration, Neoliberalism, and the Future of Environmental Expertise (2012) and co-editor of the Handbook of Political Economy of Science (2017) and the Handbook of Critical Physical Geography (2017).

Jamie Peck is Canada Research Chair in Urban and Regional Political Economy and Professor of Geography at the University of British Columbia. He is Managing Editor of Environment and Planning A and the author or editor of more than a dozen books.

Marion Werner is an Associate Professor in the Department of Geography at the State University of New York, Buffalo. She is the author of Global Displacements: The Making of Uneven Development in the Caribbean (2016).

Edition details

• Publisher: Agenda Publishing
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1911116835
• ISBN 13: 9781911116837
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288
• Editor: Christophers Brett, Lave Rebecca, Peck PhD Jamie, Werner Marion