1st Edition
Politics and Method Contrasting Studies in Industrial Geography
202 Pages
by
Routledge
200 Pages
by
Routledge
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First Published in 1985. For more than a decade now a number of debates have been taking place within industrial geography. The period has been one in which issues of the geography of industry—of the spatial form of industrial decline and growth—have often been at the forefront of wider political debate. The issue of the relationship between theory, method, politics and policies is common to all... Read more
Notes on contributors, 1. Introduction: the debate, 2. Editorial introduction Recession and restructuring in the North-West region, 1974–82: the implications of recent events, 3. Editorial introduction An approach to the analysis of redundancies in the UK (post-1976): some methodological problems and policy implications, 4. Editorial introduction Ideology and methods in industrial location research, 5. Editorial introduction Profits and job loss, 6. Editorial introduction A modern industry in a declining region: links between method, theory and policy, 7. Postscript: doing research, Bibliography, Index
Biography
Doreen Massey is Professor of Geography, The Open University, Milton Keynes. Richard Meegan is a Research Member, CES Ltd, London.
"Extremely interesting reading... Each of the chapters are clearly written and are most helpfully introduced by the editors... Overall, it is hard to fault this volume... An excellent volume and well-worth purchasing." Economic Geography
