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Multi-ethnicity and the idea of Europe (2004)
Journal Article
Amin, A. (2004). Multi-ethnicity and the idea of Europe. Theory, Culture and Society, 21(2), 1-24. https://doi.org/10.1177/0263276404042132

This article explores the meaning and relevance of the ‘Idea of Europe’ in the context of a multicultural and multi-ethnic continent that increasingly draws on the presence and practices of people from non-European backgrounds. The Idea of Europe, ev... Read More about Multi-ethnicity and the idea of Europe.

Regulating economic globalization (2004)
Journal Article
Amin, A. (2004). Regulating economic globalization. Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, 29(2), 217-233. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0020-2754.2004.00126.x

It is widely accepted that the rising gap in recent years between the global rich and the global poor can be linked to globalization in one way or another, although the strength and causality of the link is debated. Against the backcloth of the havoc... Read More about Regulating economic globalization.

Regions unbound : towards a new politics of place (2004)
Journal Article
Amin, A. (2004). Regions unbound : towards a new politics of place. Geografiska Annaler: Series B, Human Geography, 86(1), 33-44. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0435-3684.2004.00152.x

This paper proposes a non-territorial reading of a politics of place. Focusing on the politics of contemporary regionalism, it argues that globalisation and the general rise of a society of transnational flows and networks no longer allow a conceptua... Read More about Regions unbound : towards a new politics of place.

Architectures of Knowledge: Firms, Capabilities and Communities (2004)
Book
Amin, A., & Cohendet, P. (2004). Architectures of Knowledge: Firms, Capabilities and Communities. Oxford University Press

In Architectures of Knowledge . Ash Amin and Patrick Cohendet argue that the time is right for research to explore the relationship between two other dimensions of knowledge in order to explain the innovative performance of firms: between knowledge t... Read More about Architectures of Knowledge: Firms, Capabilities and Communities.

The alterity of the social economy. (2003)
Book Chapter
Amin, A., Cameron, A., & Hudson, R. (2003). The alterity of the social economy. In A. Leyshon, R. Lee, & C. Williams (Eds.), Alternative Economic Spaces (27-54). SAGE Publications

The 'regional problem' and the spatial grammar of British politics (2003)
Preprint / Working Paper
Amin, A., Massey, D., & Thrift, N. (2003). The 'regional problem' and the spatial grammar of British politics

One of the most persistent characteristics of the geography of Britain is the wide inequality that exists between its constituent regions. It is an inequality which has come to be known as the North-South divide, but this is a gestural term that refe... Read More about The 'regional problem' and the spatial grammar of British politics.

Placing the Social Economy (2002)
Book
Amin, A., Cameron, A., & Hudson, R. (2002). Placing the Social Economy. Routledge

In recent years there has been a great deal of discussion about the social economy and the term 'the third way' has attained a level of household recognition, especially in America and Britain. Academics and commentators have debated the usefulness o... Read More about Placing the Social Economy.

Ethnicity and the multicultural city: living with diversity (2002)
Journal Article
Amin, A. (2002). Ethnicity and the multicultural city: living with diversity. Environment and Planning A, 34(6), 959-980. https://doi.org/10.1068/a3537

In the wake of the race disturbances in Oldham, Burnley, and Bradford in Summer 2001, the author explores the possibilities for intercultural understanding and dialogue. He argues that, although the national frame of racial and ethnic relations remai... Read More about Ethnicity and the multicultural city: living with diversity.

Cities: Reimagining the Urban (2002)
Book
Amin, A., & Thrift, N. (2002). Cities: Reimagining the Urban. Polity Press

This book develops a fresh and challenging perspective on the city. Drawing on a wide and diverse range of material and texts, it argues that too much contemporary urban theory is based on nostalgia for a humane, face-to-face and bounded city. Amin a... Read More about Cities: Reimagining the Urban.