Territory and economy: The theory of flexible specialization
Keywords:
Territory, economy, flexible specializationAbstract
This paper seeks to present and analyze the main theoretical concepts of the theory of Flexible Specialization developed by the California School of economic geography. The main objectives of this theory are to examine the manifold process of capitalist restructuring and globalization of the economy that is currently taking place, and to attempt to understand the processes that underpin the growth and decline of city-region economies.
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PICKVANCE, C. y E. PRETECEILLE (eds), (1991): State Restructuring and Local Power: A Comparative Perspective. London: Pinter.
PIORE, M. y C. SABEL (1984): The Second Industrial Divide. New York: Basic Books.
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SOJA, E. (1996): Thirdspace: Jouneys to Los Angeles and Other Real-And-Imagined Places. Oxford: Blackwell Publishers.
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STORPER, M. (1997): The Regional World: Territorial Development in a Global Economy. New York: Guilford Press.
STORPER, M. y WALKER, R. (1989): The Capitalist Imperative. Oxford: Blackwell.
STRANGE, S. (1996): The Retreat of the Sate: The Diffusion of Power in the World Economy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
STRANGE, S. (1998): Mad Money: When Markets Outgrowth Governments. Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press.
TIMBERLAKE, M., ed. (1985): Urbanization and the World-Economy. Orlando: Academic Press.
WALKER, R. (1995): “Regulation and Flexible Specialization as Theories of Capitalist Development: Challenges to Marx and Schumpeter?” En: Ligget, Helen y Perry, David C. (eds.). Spatial Practices: Critical Explorations in Social/Spatial Theory. Londres: Sage.
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BELLISARIO K, A. (2001). Territory and economy: The theory of flexible specialization. Revista De Geografía Norte Grande, (28), 43–56. Retrieved from https://horizonteenfermeria.uc.cl/index.php/RGNG/article/view/46571
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