Jamie Peck is Canada Research Chair in urban and regional political economy and professor of geography at the University of British Columbia. He is the managing editor of Environment & Planning A.

Nik Theodore is professor of urban planning and policy at the University of Illinois at Chicago and associate dean for faculty affairs and research in the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs. He is the managing editor of Antipode: A Radical Journal of Geography.

Contents

Preface and Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction: Policies without Borders
Part I. In Pursuit of Fast Policy
1. Geographies of Policy
2. Reflections: Pursuing Projects, Following Policies
Part II. Social Policy as Practical Science
3. New Ideas for New York City
4. Globalizing Social-Policy Expertise
5. Reflections: Tailwinds, Turning Points
Part III. Propagating Progressive Practice
6. Porto Alegre as Participatory Laboratory
7. Democracy on the Move
8. Reflections: Headwinds, Hollowing Out
Conclusion: Exploring (Fast) Policy Worlds
Notes
Bibliography
Index