Clinical Inference and Geographic Theory

Cooke, Philip

doi:10.1111/j.1467-8330.1987.tb00150.x

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“…In practice, the NRG struggled to work with different spatial scales (from the world‐economy to the micro‐social), and all‐too‐often privileged ‘localities’ as providing the most fertile ground for geo‐historical synthesis (Jonas 1988). The ‘locality debate’ (Smith 1987; Cooke 1987) taught us inter alia that thinking critically about and through scalar categories is essential to the ways that human geographers need to come to terms with the changing world around them, not least because important causal processes seem to operate in a scalar dimension. If nothing else, the ensuing discussions have opened up a world of multiple scales.…”

Section: Tales Of Scales: a Note On Narrative And Explanation In Humamentioning

confidence: 99%

Pro scale: further reflections on the ‘scale debate’ in human geography

Jonas¹

2006

Trans Inst British Geog

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Section: Tales Of Scales: a Note On Narrative And Explanation In Humamentioning

confidence: 99%

Pro scale: further reflections on the ‘scale debate’ in human geography

Jonas¹

2006

Trans Inst British Geog

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“…What emerges is that such theorizing can be immensely useful. There is not necessarily any incompatibility between the 'empirical turn' of locality studies (SMITH, 1986), and the 'clinical inference' of theory (COOKE, 1987).…”

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 95%

‘The Little Town That Did': Flexible Accumulation and Community Response in Chemainus, British Columbia

Barnes

Hayter

1992

Regional Studies

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B A R N E S T. J . and HAYTER R. (1992) 'The little town that did': flexible accumulation and community response in Cheniainus, British Columbia, R q . Studies 26, 647-663. As a result of corporate restructuring within the forest products corporation of MacMillan Hloedel, the sawmill at Chemainus, British Columbia, closed down in 1983 resulting in over 650 workers being laid-off. When the new mill reopened over two years later, computerized sawmill technology had been installed, and just over 140 workers were employed. During the same period the town itself was transformed as a series of giant murals depicting local historical events were painted which, in turn, precipitated what has beconic a vcry successful tourist industry. The purpose of the papcr is to show that these two events arc linked, that they are the result of the same wider changes within the international economy, namely, thc advent of flexible accuniulation. More generally, drawing upon the works of David Harvey and Harold Innis we argue that different types of accumulation produce specific geographies. The changes occurring in Chernainus over the last forty years perfectly illustrate the geographical consequences inherent in the move from a Fordist regime to one based on flexibility. Single industry towns Forestry Restructuring Murals B A R N E S T. J . et H A Y T E R R . (1992) 'La petite v i k qui l'a fait': l'accumulation souple et la rtponsc de la communautC i Chemainus, dans le British Colunibia, R q . Studies 26, 647463. Suite i la rcstructuration d'entreprisc au sein de la socit-tt-MacMillan Bloedel, chantier de bois, la scieric situCe i Chemainus dans le British Columbia a fermC ses portes en 1983. I1 en a risulti 650 licencicments. A la rkouverture de la nouvelle scierie plus de deux am plus tard, Ies installations comportaient la nouvelle technologie i coniniande numtrique et un peu plus de 140 salaries avaient PtC embauchts. Sur la mCme piriode la ville ellemime a subi une transformation sous fornie d'une sPrie de gigantesqucs pcinturcs niurales illustrant des ivinements historiques locaux, cc qui a entrain6 P son tour I'essor du tourisnie. Cct article chcrchc i d h o n t r e r que ces deux Cvtnements sont lies I'un, I'autre, qu'ils remontent aux m&mes transformations au sein de I'iconomie internationale dont la portke est plus grande, P savoir la naissance de I'accumulation souple. Tout en se rCf6rant au travail de David Harvey et Harold Innis cet article raisonnc de faqon plus gtntrale que des giographies particuliPres remontent aux types d'accumulation diffkrcnts. Les transformations qui sc sont produits 1 Cheniainus au cows des quarante dernitres anndcs montrent parfaitement les retombies geographiques qui s'attachent au changement d'un systkme du type Fordiste P celui fondt sur la souplcssc. Ville mono-industrielle Sylviculture Restructuration Pcinturcs niurales B A R N E S T. J . und H A Y T E R R . (1992) 'Die Kleinstadt, die's geschafft hat': Flexible Akkumulation iind koniniunale Reaktion in Chemainus, Britisch Columbia, R q ....

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“…This is the path taken by some more sensitive 'locality researchers' who have recognised current limitations but remain committed to the idea. The work of Cooke (1987) and Cox and Mair (1989) is most advanced in this respect.1…”

Section: Locality As Social Processmentioning

confidence: 99%

Space, Scale and Locality*

Duncan¹,

Savage

1989

Antipode

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Abstracts The importance of spatial variations for social behaviour has recently been re‐established in social theory. But, paradoxically, space does not exist in the sense of being an object that can have properties and effects. How, then, are these two axioms to be reconciled? Recent attempts to solve this question have been centred around the concept of ‘locality’. In this paper we subject this concept to critical evaluation. First, we consider in abstract terms the way in which spatial variation affects social phenomena. Subsequently, we discuss the implications of this, focusing around the use of ‘locale’ and ‘local labour market’ as operationalisations of ‘locality’. Next, we review and comment on the debate on locality in the light of this discussion. The upshot is that locality is shown to provide an inadequate conceptual scheme for dealing with spatial patterning.

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Clinical Inference and Geographic Theory

Cited by 46 publications

References 3 publications

Pro scale: further reflections on the ‘scale debate’ in human geography

Pro scale: further reflections on the ‘scale debate’ in human geography

‘The Little Town That Did': Flexible Accumulation and Community Response in Chemainus, British Columbia

Space, Scale and Locality*

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