Regional Dynamics

Taylor & Francis

Regional DynamicsStudies in Adjustment Theory\nAuthor(s): Gordon L. Clark, Meric S. Gertler, John E. M. Whiteman\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138102422, 978-1138102422\nSynopsis\nOriginally published in 1986. This book is concerned with how regional economies adapt and respond to changing circumstances, and especially with the spatial system and processes of restructuring. Throughout the book there is a methodological commitment to adjustment theory - a unique analytical framework for the study of the dynamics of advanced capitalist economies. Instead of homogenising space in the manner of neoclassical economic theory, the authors focus on adjustment processes that produce and reproduce spatial differentiation.\n\nThe most important facets of regional economic structure are covered employment, wages, prices, migration, and capital investment in terms of their own dimensions and their connections with the l.