List of Figures viii
Notes on Contributors ix
Foreword xiv
Series Editors' Preface xix
Acknowledgements xx
Introduction: 'There is no point of departure': The Many Trajectories of Doreen Massey 1
David Featherstone and Joe Painter
Part One: Space, Politics and Radical Democracy 19
1 Space, Hegemony and Radical Critique 21
Chantal Mouffe
2 Theorising Context 32
Lawrence Grossberg
3 Power-Geometry as Philosophy of Space 44
Arun Saldanha
4 Spatial Relations and Human Relations 56
Michael Rustin
5 Space, Democracy and Difference: For a Post-colonial Perspective 70
David Slater
Part Two: Regions, Labour and Uneven Development 85
6 Spatial Divisions and Regional Assemblages 87
Allan Cochrane
7 Making Space for Labour 99
Jamie Peck
8 The Political Challenge of Relational Territory 115
Elena dell'Agnese
Interlude: Your Gravitational Now 125
Olafur Eliasson
Part Three: Reconceptualising Place 133
9 Place and Politics 135
Jane Wills
10 A Global Sense of Place and Multi-territoriality: Notes for Dialogue from a 'Peripheral' Point of View 146
Rogério Haesbaert
11 A Massey Muse 158
Wendy Harcourt, Alice Brooke Wilson, Arturo Escobar and Dianne Rocheleau
12 A Physical Sense of World 178
Steve Hinchliffe
Part Four: Political Trajectories 189
13 Working with Doreen Downunder: Antipodean Trajectories 191
Sophie Bond and Sara Kindon
14 Doreen Massey: The Light Dances on the Water 204
Ash Amin and Nigel Thrift
15 Place, Space and Solidarity in Global Justice Networks 213
Andrew Cumbers and Paul Routledge
16 The Socialist Transformation of Venezuela: The Geographical Dimension of Political Strategy 224
Ricardo Menéndez
17 Place Beyond Place and the Politics of 'Empowerment' 235
Hilary Wainwright
18 'Stories So Far': A Conversation with Doreen Massey 253
Edited by David Featherstone, Sophie Bond and Joe Painter
References 267
Index 289

This critical engagement with Doreen Massey'sground-breaking work in geographic theory and its relationship topolitics features specially commissioned essays from formerstudents and colleagues, as well as the artists, political figuresand activists whose thinking she has helped to shape. It seeks tomark and take forward her compelling contributions to geographicaltheorizing and political debate.
* High profile contributors include Lawrence Grossberg, ChantalMouffe, Jamie Peck and Jane Wills
* The global reach and significance of Massey's workrecommends this volume to a diverse readership
* Provides an agenda for work on spatial politics and criticalgeography
* Sets out the contours of a human geography informed by DoreenMassey's work