Ron Johnston is Professor of Geography in the School of Geographical Sciences at the University of Bristol.
Taylor, Peter J. : University of Loughborough
Peter J. Taylor is Professor of Geography at the University of Loughborough.
Watts, Michael :
Michael Watts is Chancellor's Professor of Geography and Director of the Institute of International Studies at
the University of California, Berkeley.
Review
"This is an excellent collection which more than maintains the high standards of the first edition... it
has been expanded and revised to take into account changes over the last six years, changes that are substantive
in character, as well as changes in emphasis in the ongoing and broader debate about globalization. Always clear
in its arguments, it takes the fertile theme of globalization in all its variety of expression, to demonstrate
the many and nuanced ways in which geography matters. It will appeal particularly to undergraduates but it is a
book from which we can all learn something."
--Kevin Cox, Ohio State University.
Blackwell Publishers Web Site, August, 2002
Summary
The second edition of this popular collection presents 28 specially commissioned essays by leading geographers
from across the world, addressing questions about how and why the world has changed, is changing, and will continue
to change. The volume provides students with a series of critical insights into the economic, political, social,
cultural and ecological dimensions of change at every geographical scale from the global to the local.
For the updated edition, several new topics have been added in order to keep the text contemporary. New material
has been incorporated on economic changes relating to world trade and labour, on political changes in the post
cold-war era and geopolitics, on social and cultural changes relating to children, race, consumption, and cyberspace,
and on changes in environmental governance. In addition, the editors have written a new essay to introduce the
volume by providing a distinctive geographical take on globalization. Existing chapters have been revised or rewritten
as necessary.
Table of Contents
List of Figures.
List of Tables.
List of Contributors.
Preface.
Acknowledgement.
Part I: Geoeconomic Change.
Part II: Geopolitical Change.
Part III: Geosocial Change.
Part IV: Geocultural Change.
Part V: Geoenvironmental Change.
Part VI: Conclusion.
Bibliography.
Index.
