Call for Papers - EAEPE (European Association for Evolutionary Political Economy) "Industrialisation, socio-economic transformation and Institutions" 28th Annual Conference EAEPE 3-5 November 2016 Manchester, UK. (original) (raw)
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The organisers intend to celebrate the legacy of Manchester’s status as a cradle of the Industrial Revolution that determined the global path for well-being creation by manufacturing and technologies, and later by services and creative industries. The conference theme also recognises how Manchester has shaped the people’s history and encouraged intellectual advancements on such important issues as workers’ rights, trade unions, co-operatives, civil rights, and liberal critique of the shortcomings of the capitalist system. The North-West of England is specifically, known for experiencing the consequences of deindustrialisation as well as successful examples of recovery. Many problems have not yet been solved, but the prospects of further regeneration and sustainable progressive long-term development through the opportunities linked to the knowledge economy, creative industry, services and progressive business formats, it is believed, could provide footing for the successful future of the region. Participants are encouraged to engage in a relevant discussion from the angle of regional specificities and challenges through contributions that could shape political and economic discourse on sustainable solutions to socio-economic dynamics.
Industrialization - (2nd edition)
International Encyclopedia of Human Geography, 2020
This article (1) defines industrialization and indicates ways in which it can be measured, (2) highlights the importance of the timing of industrialization and the inherent limits to the proper scientific explanation of this phenomenon, (3) disentangles the often confused conceptual relation between industrialization and capitalism, (4) explicates the causal links between industrialization and modernization, (5) undertakes a brief assessment of the relative costs and benefits of industrialization, and (6) discloses the defining contours of scholarship on industrialization in Anglo-American human geography and illustrates it with a recent attempt to integrate the field with the help of a master metaphor called 'recursive cartographies'. Its portrayal of economic reality as interplay of legacies, rhythms, and events conveys the usefulness of spatial thinking in industrialization research. How to cite: Simandan, D., 2020. Industrialization. In: Kobayashi, A. (Ed.), International Encyclopedia of Human Geography, 2nd edition. vol. 7, Elsevier, pp. 255–260. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-08-102295-5.10086-1
The ‘New’ Sociology of Deindustrialisation?: Understanding Industrial Change
Sociology Compass, 2014
This article reviews a range of new and established writing on deindustrialisation. It traces the origins of the concept from its popularisation in the early 1980s with the onset of large scale loss in the industrial regions of North America and Europe. We argue that with the passage of time the academic field of deindustrialisation has matured as the scale and consequences of industrial loss become more apparent. We suggest here that sociology has not made the contribution it could have in this debate and that one of the key strengthens of the area is its interdisciplinary nature; especially from disciplines such as geography, anthropology and social history. Its key aim is to explain why this is the case and suggest that by fully engaging with the issue of deindustrialisation, and the range of new material available the sociology of economic life can develop a more rounded account both of work and its absence.
International Encyclopedia of Human Geography
Simandan D (2009) Industrialization, In R Kitchin & N Thrift, (Eds.), International Encyclopedia of Human Geography , Oxford: Elsevier, volume 5, pp. 419-425. ABSTRACT: This article (1) defines industrialisation and indicates ways in which it can be measured, (2) highlights the importance of the timing of industrialisation and the inherent limits to the proper scientific explanation of this phenomenon, (3) disentangles the often confused conceptual relation between industrialisation and capitalism, (4) explicates the causal links between industrialisation and modernisation, (5) undertakes a brief assessment of the relative costs and benefits of industrialisation, and (6) discloses the defining contours of scholarship on industrialisation in Anglo-American human geography and illustrates it with a recent attempt to integrate the field with the help of a master metaphor called ‘recursive cartographies’. Its portrayal of economic reality as interplay of legacies, rhythms, and events conveys the usefulness of spatial thinking in industrialisation research.
The 'New' Sociology of Deindustrialization? Understanding Industrial Change
This article reviews a range of new and established writing on deindustrialisation. It traces the origins of the concept from its popularisation in the early 1980s with the onset of large scale loss in the industrial regions of North America and Europe. We argue that with the passage of time, the academic field of deindustrialisation has matured as the scale and consequences of industrial loss become more apparent. We suggest here that sociology has not made the contribution it could have in this debate and that one of the key strengths of the area is its interdisciplinary nature; especially from disciplines such as geography, anthropology, and social history. Its key aim is to explain why this is the case and suggest that by fully engaging with the issue of deindustrialisation and the range of new material available, the sociology of economic life can develop a more rounded account both of work and its absence.
Quaderno DEM 20 / 2014 November 2014 The institutional framework of Industrial policies
2014
This paper argues that the institutional framework of industrial policies derives from the analysis of industries as systems. Industries are embedded in specific institutional frameworks with which they co-evolve. However, industrial systems are primarily organised at local level: industries may be global but in the sense that they constitute global networks of local systems. The institutional framework of industrial policy derives from this result: industrial policy acts at different levels, primarily the local one with regional policies, but also national and supranational. The paper argues that regional industrial policies are key policies to favour industrial development, and performing regions are those that combine dynamic capabilities (pool of resources: raw materials, infrastructure, competencies and knowledge, human capital) and an institutional system characterised by governance and leadership. This is illustrated with the case of the Emilia Romagna region in Italy. Dynami...
Industrial Discrtricts and Waves of Industrialization: A Rich and Contested Terrain
The paper discusses Italian and international advances in industrial district studies using two explanatory tools. First, it distinguishes between 'the' industrial district as a set of models of industrial organization and local development and industrial 'districts' as empirical cases with close relations with the models. Second, it uses a historical frame to delineate three waves of industrialization in which industrial districts have performed a prominent role. During the first wave industrial districts were seed-beds for the first industrial revolution. The second wave corresponded to the re-emergence of industrial districts and similar forms in the developed countries during the second half of the twentieth century, after the golden age of mass production. The third wave is a matter, not of historical evidence, but of contemporary tendencies which combine the weakening of the second wave with new areas (in sectoral, territorial, and organizational terms) for industrial districts, and similar, at the beginning of the twenty-first century. Recent studies are classified according to their interpretations of these three waves. Reflection on the strengths and weaknesses of 'the' industrial district as an useful interpretative tool is a linking theme in the paper.