Spatial politics: essays for Doreen Massey

Introduction: "there is no point of departure": the many trajectories of Doreen Massey / David Featherstone and Joe Painter -- Space, hegemony and radical critique / Chantal Mouffe -- Theorizing context / Lawrence Grossberg -- Power-geometry as philosophy of space / Arun Saldanha -- Spatial relations and human relations / Michael Rustin -- Space, democracy and difference: for a post-colonial perspective / David Slater -- Spatial divisions and regional assemblages / Allan Cochrane -- Making space for labour / Jamie Peck -- The political challenge of relational territory / Elena dell'Agnese -- Interlude: you're gravitational now / Olafur Eliasson -- Place and politics / Jane Wills -- A global sense of place and multiterritoriality: notes for dialogue from a "peripheral" point of view / Rogério Haesbaert -- Massey muse / Wendy Harcourt [and others] -- Physical sense of world / Steve Hinchliffe -- Working with Doreen downunder: antipodean trajectories / Sophie Bond and Sara Kindon -- Doreen Massey: the light dances on the water / Ash Amin and Nigel Thrift -- Place, space, and solidarity in global justice networks / Andrew Cumbers and Paul Routledge -- The socialist transformation of Venezuela: the geographical dimension as a raison d'être and strategy / Ricardo Menéndez -- Place beyond place and the politics of "empowerment" / Hilary Wainwright.

Introduction: "there is no point of departure": the many trajectories of Doreen Massey / David Featherstone and Joe Painter -- Space, hegemony and radical critique / Chantal Mouffe -- Theorizing context / Lawrence Grossberg -- Power-geometry as philosophy of space / Arun Saldanha -- Spatial relations and human relations / Michael Rustin -- Space, democracy and difference: for a post-colonial perspective / David Slater -- Spatial divisions and regional assemblages / Allan Cochrane -- Making space for labour / Jamie Peck -- The political challenge of relational territory / Elena dell'Agnese -- Interlude: you're gravitational now / Olafur Eliasson -- Place and politics / Jane Wills -- A global sense of place and multiterritoriality: notes for dialogue from a "peripheral" point of view / Rogério Haesbaert -- Massey muse / Wendy Harcourt [and others] -- Physical sense of world / Steve Hinchliffe -- Working with Doreen downunder: antipodean trajectories / Sophie Bond and Sara Kindon -- Doreen Massey: the light dances on the water / Ash Amin and Nigel Thrift -- Place, space, and solidarity in global justice networks / Andrew Cumbers and Paul Routledge -- The socialist transformation of Venezuela: the geographical dimension as a raison d'être and strategy / Ricardo Menéndez -- Place beyond place and the politics of "empowerment" / Hilary Wainwright

This critical engagement with Doreen Massey's ground-breaking work in geographic theory and its relationship to politics features specially commissioned essays from former students and colleagues, as well as the artists, political figures and activists whose thinking she has helped to shape. It seeks to mark and take forward her compelling contributions to geographical theorizing and political debate. High profile contributors include Lawrence Grossberg, Chantal Mouffe, Jamie Peck and Jane Wills The global reach and significance of Massey's work recommends this volume to a diverse readership Provides an agenda for work on spatial politics and critical geography Sets out the contours of a human geography informed by Doreen Massey's work.

This critical engagement with Doreen Massey's ground-breaking work in geographic theory and its relationship to politics features specially commissioned essays from former students and colleagues, as well as the artists, political figures and activists whose thinking she has helped to shape. It seeks to mark and take forward her compelling contributions to geographical theorizing and political debate.High profile contributors include Lawrence Grossberg, Chantal Mouffe, JamiePeck and Jane WillsThe global reach and significance of Massey's work recommends this volume to a diverse readershipProvides an agenda for work on spatial politics and critical geographySets out the contours of a human geography informed by Doreen Massey's work