Spatial divisions of labor : social structures and the geography of production

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Spatial divisions of labor : social structures and the geography of production

Doreen Massey

Routledge, 1995

2nd ed

  • pbk.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 368-381) and indexes

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Volume

ISBN 9780415912952

Description

This work on spatial divisions of labour examines: social relations and spatial organization; uneven development and spatial structures; some changing spatial structures in the United Kingdom; the effects on local areas; and class, politics and the geography of employment.

Table of Contents

  • Part I: Issues: Part II: Social Relations and Spatial Organisation: 1. The Debate
  • 2. Characterising Capital
  • 3. Social Structures and Capitalist Relations of Production
  • 4. The Social and the Spatial: an Impossible Dichotomy
  • 5. An Example
  • Part III: Uneven Development and Spatial Structures: 6. The Approach
  • 7. Spatial Structures of Capitalist Production
  • 8. Spatial Structures of Production and Geographical Inequality
  • 9. The Uniqueness of Space
  • Part IV: Some Changing Spatial Structures in the United Kingdom: 10. Setting the Scene
  • 11. Electronics and Instruments Industries
  • 12. Clothing and Footwear
  • 13. Services
  • Part V: The Effects on Local Areas: Class and Gender Relations: 14. The General and the Unique
  • 15. The Coalfield Areas
  • 16. A Different Kind of 'Periphery': The Case of Cornwall
  • Part VI: Class, Politics and the Geography of Employment: 17. Spatial Structures and Spatial Divisions of Labour
  • 18. Uneven Development and National Politics
  • 19. Changes in the Geography of Class Relation
Volume

pbk. ISBN 9780415912969

Description

Debate still rages over some of the questions Doreen Massey provoked in the classic first edition of SpatialDivisions of Labor, such as the nature of theory, the importance of contingency and uniqueness, and the relationship of Marxism. This second edition addresses these controversies, and also reflects on other debates which have taken place over the last decade. It contains a new first chapter and a lengthy additional concluding essay in which Massey takes up the issues of the book's relation to Marxism, its position on explanation, its argument about the conceptualization of social space and its relation to gender and feminism.

Table of Contents

  • Part 1 Issues. Part 2 Social relations and spatial organization: the debate
  • characterizing capital
  • social structures and capitalist relations of production
  • the social and the spatial - an impossible dichotomy
  • an example. Part 3 Uneven development and spatial structures: the approach
  • spatial structures of capitalist production
  • spatial structures of production and geographical inequality
  • the uniqueness of space. Part 4 Some changing spatial structures in the United Kingdom - setting the scene: electronics and instruments industries
  • clothing and footwear
  • services. Part 5 The effects on local areas - class and gender relations: the general and the unique
  • the coalfield areas
  • a different kind of "Periphery" - the case of Cornwall. Part 6 Class, politics and the geography of employment: spatial structures and spatial divisions of labour
  • uneven development and national politics
  • changes in the geography of class relation.

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