Uneven Re-production: Industry, Space and Society (Policy, Planning and Critical Theory)

The main theme addressed in this book is the relationship between industry, space and society. The discussion links two traditional and allied areas of concern: the location of industry and uneven development; a new dimension is added through aconsideration of the industrial built environment and its forms. A central concern of the book is with theory and method; more specifically the possibilities of using critical realism to inform this task. Critical realism - a much talked about butlittle applied methodology - is developed in a novel and explicit way in this book. This book will be of considerable interest to all of those in the social sciences concerned with the development of critical realism as a practical research tool; tothose - such as geographers, planners and economic sociologists - researching and studying the linked issues of industrial location and uneven spatial development.