Spatial Divisions of Labour: Social Structures and the Geography of Production (Social Relations and the Geography of Production)

The first edition of Spatial Divisions of Labour rapidly became a classic. It had enormous influence on thinking about uneven development, the nature of economic space, and the conceptualisation of place arguing for an approach embedding all these issues in a notion of spatialised social relations. This second edition includes a new first chapter and an extensive additional concluding essay addressing key issues in the debates and controversies which followed initial publication.

Business & Money

Massey, Doreen

Economics

Red Globe Press

MASSEY, D.: NICARAGUA [CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN SOCIAL SCIENCES]. MILTON KEYNES, BUCKS., 1987, viii 114 p. fotografias.Encuadernacion original. Nuevo.

Nicaragua (Contemporary Issues in Social Sciences)

Open Univ Pr

The economy and geography of the United Kingdom have undergone major changes. This book explores the relationship between the two and examines the debates about modern geography in the making. Writing from a variety of viewpoints, the contributors examine the shift in the international division of labour, changes in the UK geography of manufacturing and services, and of work and labour organization. They also discuss the overall transition in the nature of uneven development and debate whether or not modern shifts mark a structural change. If so, how should it be explained? Is what we are facing a completely new, flexible, post-Fordist future, with an urban and regional geography to match, or are we at the point of upswing of the fifth Kondratiev long wave? The book addresses issues and debates which aim to be of interest to a number of social science disciplines, particularly geography, economics and sociology.

Uneven Redevelopment: Cities and Regions in Transition

Allen,John

Hodder Arnold

Science parks are becoming established in increasing numbers in almost all parts of the world. Promoted as places on the frontiers of science where a new breed of scientist-entrepreneur invents a new future, extolled as high-status workplaces where a new style of employee and flexible labour process is in the making, they are seen as the potential saviours of local and national economies. High-Tech Fantasies criticises the divisive hype of science parks arguing that both the theory and practice are unproductive for the economy and for any socially progressive science and technology. Questioning responsibility, innovation and symbolism, the authors explore the mutual determination of society, science and space.

High-Tech Fantasies: Science Parks in Society, Science and Space

Quintas, Paul

Wield, David

Routledge

High-Tech Fantasies

The first comprehensive survey and criticism of the economic effectiveness and social impact of science parks. We need to rethink the relation between society, science and space to provide the basis for a socially progressive science.

Rethinking the Region argues that regions are not simply bounded spaces on a map. This book uses unique research of England during the 1980s to show how regions are made and unmade by social processes. The book examines how new lines of division both social and geographical were laid down as free-market growth and reconstructed this are as a `neo-liberal' region.  The authors argue that a more balanced form of growth is possible - within and between regions as well as between social groups. This book shows that to grasp the complexities of growth we must rethink `the region' in time as well as in space.

Rethinking the Region: Spaces of Neo-Liberalism

Cochrane, Allan

Charlesworth, with Julie

Court, Gill

Henry, Nick

Sarre, Phil

History

City Worlds (Understanding Cities)

For the first time in history, half of the worlds population is living in mega-cities. Never before have we confronted such a geography of the worlds people. Analysing cities through spatial understanding, City Worlds explores how different worlds within the city are brought into close proximity. The authors outline new ways to address the ambiguities of cities: their promise and potential, their problems and threats.

Politics & Social Sciences

Pile, Steve

Social Sciences

The Anatomy of Job Loss (Routledge Revivals): The How, Why and Where of Employment Decline

Job loss is one of the most important issues in the capitalist world today: endless reports document the increasing scale of unemployment. This title, first published in 1982, adopted a new approach to the geography of job loss, to assess why redundancy happens and where. Massey and Meegan argue that an increase in dismissal does not necessarily mean that an industry is in decline; rather, it can be the result of a variety of issues, including production for profit and the relationship between industry and location. Throughout the book, discussions about theory and methodology are complemented by industry-based case studies. This title addresses issues of particular relevance to today’s economic climate, and will be particularly valuable to students with an interest in employment and job loss, and industrial labour and profitability.

Meegan, Richard

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Spatial Divisions of Labour: Social Structures and the Geography of Production (Social Relations and the Geography of Production)

Spatial Divisions of Labour: Social Structures and the Geography of Production (Social Relations and the Geography of Production)

Nicaragua (Contemporary Issues in Social Sciences)

Uneven Redevelopment: Cities and Regions in Transition

High-Tech Fantasies: Science Parks in Society, Science and Space

High-Tech Fantasies: Science Parks in Society, Science and Space

Rethinking the Region: Spaces of Neo-Liberalism

City Worlds (Understanding Cities)

City Worlds (Understanding Cities)

The Anatomy of Job Loss (Routledge Revivals): The How, Why and Where of Employment Decline