Regional Analysis and the New International Division of Labor

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xi

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2. Regional Political Economy

   1. Regional Political Economy

      • Patricia Wilson Salinas, Frank Moulaert

      Pages 3-12

3. Theory, Methods, and Concepts

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 13-13

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   2. The Theories and Methods of Regional Science and Regional Political Economy Compared

      • Frank Moulaert

      Pages 15-19

   3. Social Spaceness and the Concept of Region

      • Jose Luis Coraggio

      Pages 21-31

   4. Regions and Regionalism

      • Ann R. Markusen

      Pages 33-55

   5. Commodity Production and Interregional Transfers of Value

      • Panagis Liossatos

      Pages 57-75

4. Applications to Developing Countries

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 77-77

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   2. Mode of Production and Spatial Organization in Peru

      • Patricia Wilson Salinas

      Pages 79-95

   3. The Internationalization of Capital and the Spatial Organization of Agriculture in Mexico

      • David Barkin

      Pages 97-109

5. Applications to Developed Countries

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 111-111

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   2. The Implications of Industry Restructuring for Spatial Organization in the United States

      • Thierry J. Noyelle

      Pages 113-133

   3. The New Spatial Organization of the European and American Automotive Industries

      • Robert B. Cohen

      Pages 135-143

   4. Labor Migration and the Role of the State

      • Frank Moulaert

      Pages 145-161

6. Back Matter

   Pages 165-171

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Throughout the world, a sense of crisis has settled in like a nightmare that refuses to leave. We look towards the horizon with apprehension. Major changes are afoot. Older industrial regions, once rich and powerful, stand by helplessly as factories close down. Poor countries are sliding into bankruptcy, unable even to feed their populations. In a few scattered enclaves, called ex­ port platforms, new manufacturing plants spring up overnight: they employ predominantly young, unmarried women and ship their products to unknown destinations overseas. Small companies are eaten up by bigger ones which, in turn, are absorbed by still larger conglomerates. Some industrial sectors are wiped out altogether. Tensions between states are increasing. More and more countries are coming under military rule. Torture and terrorism are turned into tools of official state policy. Civil wars are fought in Central America, Northern Africa, and Southeast Asia. International conflict flares up be­ tween Britain and Argentina, Iraq and Iran, Ethiopia and Somalia. Economic growth has slowed to a crawl. Inflation undercuts the livelihood of the poor. The small producer is ruined. It appears that we are involved in a major restructuring of the capitalist world. The problems are profits, capital accumulation, and efficiency in pro­ duction. To make the indicators point up, whole regions are sacrificed, new technologies are put in place, and new locational patterns are created as the world is carved up into a new international division oflabor.

• developing countries
• economy
• migration
• migration policy
• political economy
• restructuring

• Katholieke Universiteit, Leuven, Belgium

  Frank Moulaert

• University of Texas, Austin, USA

  Patricia Wilson Salinas

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