Leviathan Undone?: Towards a Political Economy of Scale - Brossura

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ISBN 10: 0774816317 ISBN 13: 9780774816311

Casa editrice: Univ of British Columbia Pr, 2010

Riassunto

Caught in the trap of the nation-state and frozen in postwar bloc logic, critical political economy has been found wanting when it comes to problematizing space and scale. Globalization and the prominence of world cities and regions have shaken the foundations of contemporary social science and fostered a new interest in the concept of scale. Leviathan Undone? brings together leading theorists and scholars from a variety of disciplines to develop a new language of scale, space, and topology. By treating scale as an important form of spatialization, the contributors bring a new sensibility to classical and contemporary concerns in Canadian and international political economy, ranging from the role of the nation-state to aboriginal governance, and from public health to child care. This groundbreaking volume will be of interest to students and scholars of social science and anyone interested in politics, geography, globalization, and political economy.

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L'autore:

Roger Keil is a professor in the Faculty of Environmental Studies and director of the City Institute at York University. Rianne Mahon is professor and director of the Institute of Political Economy and a member of the School of Public Policy and Administration and the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Carleton University.

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Caught in the trap of the nation-state and frozen in postwar bloc logic, critical political economy has been found wanting when it comes to problematizing space and scale. Globalization and the rise of world cities and regions have shaken the discipline's foundations and fostered new interest in the concept of scale. "Leviathan Undone?" brings together leading theorists and scholars from a variety of disciplines to develop a new language to understand the spatial restructuring that has accompanied globalization. By treating scale as the core concept of our time, these innovative, groundbreaking essays bring a new sensibility to classical and contemporary concerns in Canadian and international political economy.

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• Editore: Univ of British Columbia Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0774816317
• ISBN 13: 9780774816311
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 369
• Redattore: Keil Roger, Mahon Rianne