This article argues that theories about the spatial distribution of poverty since World War II have always combined analyses of the impact of the built environment, of culture and of mobility of populations. However, the form taken by these combinations has varied with the logic of the...

Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Automation -- Chapter 3. Individualism and Solidarity -- Chapter 4. The Origins of Co-operation and Conflict -- Chapter 5. Nature and Science -- Chapter 6. Moral Regulation -- Chapter 7. Democracy, Communities and Interdependence -- Chapter 8. Globalisation...