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The Routledge Handbook Of Financial Geography 1 Janelle Kallie Knox by Janelle Kallie Knox, Dariusz Wójcik (editors) 9781351119061, 9780815369738, 9781351119047, 9781351119054, 1351119060, 0815369735, 1351119044, 1351119052 instant download after payment.
This handbook is a comprehensive and up-to-date reference work that offers a survey
of the state of financial geography. With Brexit, a global recession triggered by the
COVID-19 pandemic, and new financial technology threatening and promising to
revolutionize finance, the map of the financial world is in a state of transformation,
with major implications for development.With these developments in the background, this handbook builds on this unprec-
edented momentum and responds to these epochal challenges, offering a comprehen-
sive guide to financial geography. Financial geography is concerned with the study
of money and finance in space and time, and their impacts on economy, society, and
nature. The book consists of 29 chapters organized in six sections: theoretical per-
spectives in financial geography; financial assets and markets; investors; intermediation;
regulation and governance; and finance, development, and the environment. Each
chapter provides a balanced overview of current knowledge, identifying issues and
discussing relevant debates. Written from a wide range of disciplines in an analytical
and engaging style by authors based on six continents, the work also offers reflections
on the direction in which the research agenda is likely to advance in the future.The book’s key audience will primarily be students and researchers in geography,
urban studies, global studies, and planning who are more or less familiar with financial
geography and who seek access to a state-of-the art survey of this area. It will also be
useful for students and researchers in other disciplines, such as finance and economics,
history, sociology, anthropology, politics, business studies, environmental studies, and
other social sciences, who seek convenient access to financial geography as a new and
relatively unfamiliar area. Finally, it will be a valuable resource for practitioners in the
public and private sector, including business consultants and policy-makers, who look
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