Rethinking Economic Geography

Global Theories, Southern Pathways and Indian Experience
1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-041-36487-0
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 304 Seiten, Format (B × H): 174 mm x 246 mm

If you've ever wondered why some regions flourish while others are left behind — this book offers a new way to understand the answers.

This book is about how economic processes unfold through space — and why it matters. It explores how the geography of economic activity shapes people's lives and contributes to the inequalities we see around us. From farmland to digital space, from rural–urban flows of people and resources to enclave-like spaces such as Special Economic Zones, Rethinking Economic Geography: Global Theories, Southern Pathways, and Indian Experience examines what globalisation means for the Global South, and for India in particular.

The book introduces key ideas and theories from across the world — on relative location, flows of capital and labour, and what this means for development — but views them through India's own historical and everyday realities. How is India different? How do global theories fall short in explaining Indian realities? Bringing together spatial analysis, grounded evidence, and critical perspectives, it helps readers make sense of India's complex and uneven economic landscape.

This textbook will be foundational reading for postgraduate students and an essential reference for undergraduate courses in geography, especially economic geography, development studies, economics, and Global South studies. It will also appeal to policy practitioners, planners, and engaged readers working on questions of regional inequality and development.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Undergraduate Advanced

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sen, Sucharita

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Wirtschaftssoziologie, Arbeitssoziologie, Organisationssoziologie
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Entwicklungsstudien
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Wirtschaftspolitik, politische Ökonomie
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Nachhaltigkeit
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Soziale Gruppen & Klassen
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Wirtschafts- und Finanzpolitik
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Humangeographie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Entwicklungsökonomie & Emerging Markets

Inhaltsverzeichnis

PART 1: Intellectual Histories in Economic Geography: Global Lineages and Southern Pathways; Chapter 1: Doing Economic Geography: Interdisciplinarity and Spatial Commitments; Chapter 2: Global Trajectories in Economic Geography: From Classical Foundations to Contemporary Debates; Chapter 3: Mapping Space and Economy: A Century of Economic Geography in India; Chapter 4: Rethinking Space, Place, Time and Power; Chapter 5: Frames and Lenses: Analytical Traditions in Economic Geography; PART 2: Contemporary Economic Geography of India; Chapter 6: Producing the Nation-Space: Colonialism, Developmentalism, and Liberalisation in India’s Economic Geography; Chapter 7: Global Production Order and India’s Economic Geography; Chapter 8: Neoliberal Spatialities: India’s Emerging Production Landscapes and the Agrarian Question; Chapter 9: Fragmented Work: Caste, Gender, and Labour Geographies in Neoliberal India; Chapter 10: Trade, Value, and Labour in India’s Global Integration

Über Autor(innen)

Sucharita Sen is Professor, Centre for the Study of Regional Development, Jawaharlal Nehru University. Her research spans labour geographies, agrarian change, gender, water, and peri-urban commons. She co-authored Land Resources (2004), co-edited Marginalization in Globalizing Delhi (2016), with articles in leading national and international journals.