Financialization and local statecraft: Specifying actors, elevating politics

Key Points

• This review essay examines the key themes of risk, solutions, and politics in Andy Pike’s work on financialization and local statecraft.
• Reflective review of Andy Pike’s text, "Financialization and Local Statecraft".
• Discussion of themes in relation to contemporary literature and normative concerns.
• Identification of political and geographical stakes connected to Pike’s work.
• Highlights the significance of risk and solutions in local governance under financialization.
• Engages with normative issues in financial and economic geography.
• Identifies three key areas where political stakes are elevated in Pike’s analysis.