Regional motors of the global economy

Futures

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 391-411

  Scott, Allen J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

CAPITALIST SYSTEM; DIVISION OF LABOUR; GLOBALISATION; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; NEW WORLD ORDER; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; REGIONALISATION;

EID: 0030460565     PISSN: 00163287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0016-3287(96)00016-X     Document Type: Article

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16. Not surprisingly, then, and in contrast to certain tendencies in contemporary Regulationist Theory, ideas about the political order of capitalism have typically been articulated as theories of the national state.
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34. For more extended background material on this matter, the reader is advised to consult: A J Scott, 'Industrial organization and location: division of labor, the firm, and spatial process', Economic Geography, 62, 1986, pages 215-231; and M Storper and R Walker, The Capitalist Imperative: Territory, Technology, and Industrial Growth (Oxford, Blackwell, 1989).
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