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CALL FOR PAPERS
EGRG-PolGRG, RGS-IBG 2000, Brighton
Economies and Politics of Scale
In recent years, much research in human geography has given license to the
notion that the Keynesian national welfare state compromise, which arguably
held supreme in western countries during the postwar 'Golden Age', has being
displaced. In the context of this changing political climate, geographers
have considered some emerging (re-)constructions of the economy. These
relate to the globalization and/or 'glocalization' of economies, the
'triadization' of the world economy around three key geographical
macro-regions (North America, Western Europe, and the Asian-Pacific Rim),
the rise of 'new industrial spaces', regional 'worlds of production', and
the entrepreneurial or 'global' city. At the same time, theorists have
pointed to the emergence of new political geographies and political
constructions of scale. These are variously seen to involve a 'hollowing
out' of the state, the rise of 'multi-level' governance, the growing
influence of city governance regimes, the emergence of the 'region state',
and the consolidation of a 'Regional Europe'. The challenges posed by the
contemporary era of political economic change is thereby raising some
profound questions concerning the 'situating' and scaling of contemporary
economic production complexes, informational flows, institutional networks,
political compromises and various forms of political, economic, and cultural
representation. This session aims to provide an opportunity for researchers
to explore, theoretically and empirically, the emerging economies and
politics of scale by focusing on:
1. The social/spatial/political/cultural bases of different economic
'worlds' and their emerging scales of 'becoming'
2. The purported decline of the nation-state and the associated rise of new
scales of political and institutional governance
3. The scalar fixes most likely to secure conditions for economic prosperity
and political democracy in the forthcoming millenium
Those interested in contributing a paper should send a title and 200 word
abstract by July 21 to Gordon MacLeod, Institute of Geography and Earth
Sciences, University of Wales, Aberystwyth, SY23 3DB or Jane Pollard, School
of Geography and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham,
Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT. Anyone wishing to discuss the aims of the
session prior to submission are invited to contact either Gordon MacLeod
([log in to unmask]) or Jane Pollard ([log in to unmask]).
Kevin G. Ward
International Centre for Labour Studies
3rd Floor
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University of Manchester
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Manchester
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Tel.: +44 (0) 161 275 4483 (direct)
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EGRG web-page: http://www.soton.ac.uk/~egrg
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