Spaces of Global Capitalism: A Theory of Uneven Geographical Development

Fiscal crises have cascaded across much of the developing world with devastating results, from Mexico to Indonesia, Russia and Argentina. The extreme volatility in contemporary political economic fortunes seems to mock our best efforts to understand the forces that drive development in the world economy.

David Harvey is the single most important geographer writing today and a leading social theorist of our age, offering a comprehensive critique of contemporary capitalism. In this fascinating book, he shows the way forward for just such an understanding, enlarging upon the key themes in his recent work: the development of neoliberalism, the spread of inequalities across the globe, and ‘space’ as a key theoretical concept.

Both a major declaration of a new research programme and a concise introduction to David Harvey’s central concerns, this book will be essential reading for scholars and students across the humanities and social sciences.

• The Production of Space
• Neorealism and Its Critics
• War and the State: The Theory of International Politics
• A Brief History of Neoliberalism
• Classical and Contemporary Social Theory: Investigation and Application
• Marx, Capital, and the Madness of Economic Reason
• Uneven Development: Nature, Capital, and the Production of Space
• Rebel Cities: From the Right to the City to the Urban Revolution
• The Tragedy of Great Power Politics (Updated Edition)
• The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism (Economy Editions)