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Cultural political economy meets global production networks: a productive meeting? (2008)
Journal Article
Hudson, R. (2008). Cultural political economy meets global production networks: a productive meeting?. Journal of Economic Geography, 8(3), 421-440. https://doi.org/10.1093/jeg/lbn005

In this article, I explore some of the implications of pursuing a cultural political economy (CPE) approach to the analysis of global production networks (GPNs). This raises three sets of issues: the current state of knowledge about GPNs; the current... Read More about Cultural political economy meets global production networks: a productive meeting?.

Regions and Regional Uneven Development Forever? Some Reflective Comments upon Theory and Practice. (2007)
Journal Article
Hudson, R. (2007). Regions and Regional Uneven Development Forever? Some Reflective Comments upon Theory and Practice. Regional Studies, 41(9), 1149-1160. https://doi.org/10.1080/00343400701291617

In recent years, for a variety of reasons, there has been a resurgence of interest in 'the region' from a variety of both intellectual and practical perspectives, with the somewhat surprising result that regional studies have come to be of central co... Read More about Regions and Regional Uneven Development Forever? Some Reflective Comments upon Theory and Practice..

Rethinking Local and Regional Development: Implications for Radical Political Development in Europe (2007)
Journal Article
Hadjimichalis, C., & Hudson, R. (2007). Rethinking Local and Regional Development: Implications for Radical Political Development in Europe. European Urban and Regional Studies, 14(2), 99-113. https://doi.org/10.1177/0969776407076290

This article focuses upon the practicalities of what people actually do and can do in the present era of neo-liberal globalization to build more progressive local and regional development strategies in Europe. To do so, we introduce three examples of... Read More about Rethinking Local and Regional Development: Implications for Radical Political Development in Europe.

The New Economic Geography? (2006)
Book Chapter
Hudson, R. (2006). The New Economic Geography?. In H. Lawton-Smith, & S. Bagchi-Sen (Eds.), Past, Present and Future of Economic Geography (47-55). Routledge

Regional devolution and regional economic success: myths and illusions about power (2006)
Journal Article
Hudson, R. (2006). Regional devolution and regional economic success: myths and illusions about power. Geografiska Annaler: Series B, Human Geography, 88(2), 159-171. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0435-3684.2006.00212.x

The proposition that regional devolution in and of itself will lead to economic success has become deeply embedded in beliefs and policy discourses about the determinants of regional prosperity, and in turn has led to political demands for such devol... Read More about Regional devolution and regional economic success: myths and illusions about power.

On what's right and keeping left: or Why Geography still needs Marxian political economy (2006)
Journal Article
Hudson, R. (2006). On what's right and keeping left: or Why Geography still needs Marxian political economy. Antipode: A Radical Journal of Geography, 38(2), 374-395. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8330.2006.00584.x

Recently the value of Marxian approaches to human geography has again been called into question in the pages of Antipode. In this paper I review the reasons as to why geographers re‐discovered Marx and then, from the late 1960s, began to engage with... Read More about On what's right and keeping left: or Why Geography still needs Marxian political economy.

Towards Sustainable Economic Practices, Flows and Spaces: or is the Necessary Impossible and the Impossible Necessary? (2005)
Journal Article
Hudson, R. (2005). Towards Sustainable Economic Practices, Flows and Spaces: or is the Necessary Impossible and the Impossible Necessary?. Sustainable Development, 13(4), 239-252. https://doi.org/10.1002/sd.282

This paper focuses upon the sustainability of the economy in relation to nature and natural ecosystems. There are two main aspects to this relationship: consumption of natural resources; and generation of pollution and wastes because of economic prac... Read More about Towards Sustainable Economic Practices, Flows and Spaces: or is the Necessary Impossible and the Impossible Necessary?.

Rethinking change in old industrial regions: reflecting on the experiences of North East England (2005)
Journal Article
Hudson, R. (2005). Rethinking change in old industrial regions: reflecting on the experiences of North East England. Environment and Planning A, 37(4), 581-596. https://doi.org/10.1068/a36274

The author reflects upon regional economic change and the ways in which this is conceptualised and understood, drawing heavily but not exclusively on some thirty years of research on economy, politics and society in the North East of England. The pri... Read More about Rethinking change in old industrial regions: reflecting on the experiences of North East England.

Conceptualizing economies and their geographies: spaces, flows and circuits (2004)
Journal Article
Hudson, R. (2004). Conceptualizing economies and their geographies: spaces, flows and circuits. Progress in Human Geography, 28(4), 447-471. https://doi.org/10.1191/0309132504ph497oa

The last decade or so has been one of ongoing, at times heated, debate in economic geography as to how best to conceptualize and theorize economies and their geographies. Reflecting on these debates, I identify six axioms that are central to conceptu... Read More about Conceptualizing economies and their geographies: spaces, flows and circuits.