Editor(s):
Andrew Wood
Andrew Jonas
Book summary:
Following its rise to prominence in the 1990s work on territory, the state and urban politics continues to be a vibrant and dynamic area of academic concern. Focusing heavily on the work of one key influential figure in the development of the field - Kevin R. Cox - this volume draws together a collection of prominent and well established scholars to reflect on the development and state of the field and to establish a research agenda for future work.
Publication year:
2012
Publisher:
Farnham: Ashgate
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With a background in economic and urban geography my research has broadly focused on two related themes. The first is the political dynamics of urban development. I am particularly interested in the governance of the city and how we might best understand the processes that enable and promote urban and suburban development. This research is reflected in a number of research projects, the most recent of which (with Kevin Ward, Manchester) examines the politics of urban revitalization in Lexington, Kentucky.
I have long been interested in how we might best theorize and understand the interests engaged in governing cities. This is reflected in my work on the property development industry in the U.S. along with a series of projects on the construction and mobilization of local business interests, in both the United States and the United Kingdom.
The second theme is the endemic tension between the mobility and fixity of economic forms and practices. This dates all the way back to my PhD work and is one of the three relationships central to my recent textbook with Sue Roberts
I have long been interested in how we might best theorize and understand the interests engaged in governing cities. This is reflected in my work on the property development industry in the U.S. along with a series of projects on the construction and mobilization of local business interests, in both the United States and the United Kingdom.
The second theme is the endemic tension between the mobility and fixity of economic forms and practices. This dates all the way back to my PhD work and is one of the three relationships central to my recent textbook with Sue Roberts
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