The Geography of Emerging Regions provides an in-depth and stimulating introduction to the histories and contemporary development problems of the non-core countries of the world economy. Dramatic shifts in economic policy and the nature of political institutions have occurred in these countries over the past decade, much more substantial than those experienced within advanced economies. Here, the authors assess the impact of these shifts at different scales of analysis, from the supranational to the local.



Drawing on the experience of Eastern Europe, the former Soviet Union, Latin America and East Asia in particular, the authors seek to illuminate the many contradictions in contemporary discourse on the so-called 'emerging regions', and look forward to the future and the type of world that might develop away from the core advanced economies.

'The book fills an important niche, providing students with a rich and detailed account of the challenges faced by emerging
economies in terms of economic development and democratisation in a global economy that is increasingly dominated by the
world's core countries. The authors show how economics, politics, culture and historical legacies are interacting to establish a variety
of pathways to development - demonstrating that globalization is not imposing uniformity on the world but, rather, making for an
increasingly complex and differentiated world. Geography matters.'
Paul Knox, author of Geography of the World Econom

Robert Gwynne is Reader in Latin American Studies at the School of Geography & Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, UK

Thomas Klak is Associate Professor at the Department of Geography, Miami Univeristy - Oxford, Ohio, USA

Denis Shaw is Reader in Russian Geography at the School of Geography & Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, UK