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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783001203321

Titolo

Alternative economic spaces [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Andrew Leyshon, Roger Lee and Colin C. Williams

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : SAGE, c2003

ISBN

0-7619-7128-9

1-282-02062-5

9786612020629

1-84920-257-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (x, 172 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

LeyshonAndrew

LeeRoger <1945->

WilliamsColin C. <1961->

Disciplina

304.2

Soggetti

Economic geography

Social ecology

Human geography

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Copyright; Contents; List of Contributors; Preface: Geography, diversity, change and ends; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Alternative Economic Geographies; The Alterity of the Social Economy; Alternative Financial Spaces; Alternative Retail Spaces; Alternative Work Spaces; Alternative Employment Spaces; Alternative Exchange Spaces; Alternative Lifestyle Spaces; Conclusions: Re-making Geographies and the Construction of 'Spaces of Hope'; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This text focuses on the emergence of alternative economic geographies within developed economies and analyses the emergence of alternative economic practices within industrialized countries.