Research Agenda for Cultural Political Economies of Space

Elgar Research Agendas outline the future of research in a given area. Leading scholars are given the space to explore their subject in provocative ways, and map out the potential directions of travel. They are relevant but also visionary.This innovative Research Agenda critically engages with the concept of cultural political economy to explain socio-economic development across different contexts. Emphasising the role of space, place and scale, an international range of leading experts from multiple social science disciplines apply aspects of cultural political economy to a broad range of research areas.Drawing from and expanding on a variety of cultural political economy approaches, the Research Agenda explores progressive ways to think about the economy-society-nature nexus. The chapters outline the lifeworlds, semiotic worlds and material worlds constituting economic geographies and demonstrate the connections between discourse, circuits of capital and materialities. The contributors address key themes including global production networks, labour, migration, alternative food imaginaries, global development initiatives, green economy,resource geographies and cultural political ecology, looking ahead to future areas of inquiry in these fields.A Research Agenda for Cultural Political Economies of Space is a key resource for scholars and students of human geography, business and management, sociology and politics, particularly those with an interest in political economy. The transdisciplinary nature of the approach means these insights will be valuable to researchers across the social sciences.