Contents

pp iii-v

List of Figures

pp vi-vi

Notes on Contributors

pp vii-xi

Acknowledgements

pp xii-xii

Introducing Contemporary Economic Geographies: An Inspiring, Critical and Plural Collection

pp 1-12

Part I - Inspirational Thought Leaders

pp 13-14

1 - Doreen Massey: For Political Praxis, Relationality and Contingency

pp 15-26

2 - Beverley Mullings: Social Transformations, Social Reproduction and Social Justice

pp 27-38

3 - Susan Christopherson: On (Still) Being Outside the Project

pp 39-50

4 - J.K. Gibson-Graham: Feminist Geographies and Diverse Economies

pp 51-64

5 - Jessie Poon: International Trade and Geographies of Finance

pp 65-76

6 - Linda McDowell: Complex Geographies that Matter

pp 77-88

7 - Yuko Aoyama: Curiosity as Method

pp 89-100

8 - Susanne Soederberg: A Critical and Multidisciplinary Global Political Economy

pp 101-112

9 - Simona Iammarino: Interdisciplinary Approaches to the Economy

pp 113-124

10 - Susan Strange: Trading Zones

pp 125-136

Part II - Critical Debates in Contemporary Economic Geographies

pp 137-138

11 - Informal Economies: Towards Plurality and Social Justice

pp 139-152

12 - Global Economy: Geographies of Production During Crises

pp 153-164

13 - Entrepreneurship and Innovation: Who Is Forgotten?

pp 165-177

14 - Consumption: Advancing Postcolonial Perspectives from the Global South

pp 178-191

15 - Governance: Climate Change and Land Use in the Anthropocene

pp 192-204

16 - Creativity: An Evolving Critical Debate

pp 205-217

17 - Industrial Landscapes: From the Geographies of Production to Everyday Life

pp 218-231

18 - Labour: Reckoning with Inequality through ‘Divisions of Labour’

pp 232-244

19 - Economic Development: Political Ecologies of Race

pp 245-258

20 - Poverty and Inequality: Austerity, Welfare Reforms and Insecurity

pp 259-272

Part III - Charting Future Research Agendas for Economic Geographies

pp 273-274

21 - Housing Struggles: Dwelling in Crisis Economies

pp 275-288