<DIV>Throughout his distinguished and influential career, David Harvey has defined and redefined the relationship between politics, capitalism, and the social aspects of geographical theory. Laying out Harvey&rsquo;s position that geography could not remain objective in the face of urban poverty and associated ills, <i>Social Justice and the City</i> is perhaps the most widely cited work in the field. <p>Harvey analyzes core issues in city planning and policy&mdash;employment and housing location, zoning, transport costs, concentrations of poverty&mdash;asking in each case about the relationship between social justice and space. How, for example, do built-in assumptions about planning reinforce existing distributions of income? Rather than leading him to liberal, technocratic solutions, Harvey&rsquo;s line of inquiry pushes him in the direction of a &ldquo;revolutionary geography,&rdquo; one that transcends the structural limitations of existing approaches to space. Harvey&rsquo;s emphasis on rigorous thought and theoretical innovation gives the volume an enduring appeal. This is a book that raises big questions, and for that reason geographers and other social scientists regularly return to it.</p> </div>