This collection of a dozen essays is instigated by the work of political geographer Kevin Cox. Cox focuses on the intersection of state policy and urban politics, concepts of territory and space, the geography of economic development, and Marxism. These essays are a critical engagement with methodological and conceptual issues in Cox's work and include a couple essays by him as well. They're organized into three sections that explore the shift from a quantitative to a historical-materialist conceptions of space and territory, urban politics and local economics in the context of these conceptions, and the political geography of urban development in African cases. The contributors are (social) geographers and economic development researchers from around the world. Annotation ©2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
