In economic geography the notion of the network has come to play a critical role in a range
of debates. Yet networks are rarely construed in an explicit fashion. They are, rather …

Relational approaches in economic geography have grown in popularity and influence, but
have not been critically evaluated or discussed. This article argues that poststructural and …

In this paper, we argue that a paradigmatic shift is occurring in economic geography toward
a relational economic geography. This rests on three propositions. First, from a structural …

For almost two decades, economic geography has become increasingly populated with texts
concerned with the ways in which social interactions between economic agents have …

During the 1990s, I worked intermittently on a book focused on geographies of production,
eventually published in 2001 as Producing Places. As I did so, I was increasingly aware of …

Complex connections between local and transnational realities, from markets, migration and
social movements, to land use change, species invasions, viral plagues and climate change …

How might economic geography (re) position itself within the interdisciplinary field of
heterodox economics? Reflecting on this question, this article offers a critical assessment of …

How did it all begin? Genesis of the global production networks framework in economic
geography Over the last five years, considerable progress has been achieved in economic …

Recent theoretical and empirical advances in economic geography have contributed to the
emergence of what might be termed a “relational turn” that focuses primarily on the ways in …

Over the last decade or so there has been an identifiable shift in the interests of many
economic geographers towards a concern with practices: stabilized, routinized, or …