1st Edition

The Politics of Location An Introduction

By Andrew Kirby Copyright 1982
222 Pages
by Routledge

222 Pages
by Routledge

220 Pages
by Routledge

This book, originally published in 1982, begins with an examination of space, and its role in the process of public provision and collective consumption. Variations in provision are linked to the Weberian notion of social status and political struggles over consumption and externality issues. Health care and education are considered in spatial contexts, and the whole basis of the electoral system... Read more

Part 1: Space 1. A Perspective on Space 2. Deprivation Part 2: Inequalities 3. Educational and Medical Provision 4. Electoral Organization Part 3: Conflicts 5. Spatial Cleavages 6. Local Conflicts Part 4: Change 7. Spatial Change and Social Change 8. Implications

Biography

Kirby, Andrew