Analyzes the restructuring of urban governance and the transformation of national states under globalizing capitalism.
This volume addresses the origin and effects of advantage and disadvantage from a global and UK perspective, and provides an overview of a variety of conceptual frameworks and a spectrum of social inequalities, processes, and divisions.
In this book leading scholars from a range of disciplines, including strategic management, economic development, economic... Læs mere
This book uses the epochal events of the financial crisis and Brexit to examine post-2008 developments in international financial centres. It considers the hierarchy of financial centres, the medium-term effects of the financial crisis, and the rise of new technology.
This volume charts the rapid rise of various forms of diaspora institutions, across distinct historical phases and geographical... Læs mere
This volume investigates the changing nature of cities in the international system, and their increasing prominence in global governance and global order.
This book seeks to provide a guide to the various ways in which much economic activity now takes place somehow in between cities and nations - the geographical containers that we continue to take for granted as those which organize much of our lives.
Addresses the need for review and assessment of the framework of interdisciplinary population studies. It includes chapters on anthropology,... Læs mere
This book compares models of low-rent and high-rent development to explain the divergent growth of regions and to query the continued prioritization of industrialization over agriculture and export services as the engine of economic prosperity.
Using a selection of continent-wide datasets, this book provides an in-depth analysis of past trends in fertility, mortality, migration, and education. It examines relevant theories and identifies key determining factors to emphasize alternative trends in human capital.
This book provides a spatial analysis of some key challenges facing the Maldives today, in particular social, cultural, economic and environmental transformations rendered by climate change and tourism.
With in-depth empirical analysis of a range of case studies, this book offers a comprehensive genealogy of the concepts of economy, despotism and voluntary servitude and provides a thorough and coherent reflection on the wider socio-political agenda of contemporary societies.