6. It would be helpful to take a more differentiated view. Not all
industries are equal with respect to their vulnerability to globalization.
Tortilla mfg. in LA can't be relocated because the market requires and
demands daily delivery of fresh product. Pool cleaners can be recruited
anywhere
Tavis Barr writes:
This is true. But it's not the same kind of export competition.
Harvard, MIT, and Mass general don't argue to their workers that they
have to lower wages to compete with Berkeley or Oxford. None of these
places are threatening to close down and move their work to Mexico.
Marshall Feldman wrote:
Perhaps one should go back before 1980. Most arguments re. globalization
allude to a transition in the SSA/MSR c. 1969. So comparing 1960 and
1997 might be more to the point.
What then becomes the non-globalized Other of this model? The crisis years
1929-45
From: Doug Henwood [EMAIL PROTECTED]
D Shniad wrote:
What follows is a response to Doug's call to specify a bit more what we're
talking about when we compare the relative magnitude of financial
speculation to that of trade and other economic activity. (Caveat: I don't
work with or have access
Jim Devine writes:
This fits with an insight that Alan Freeman suggested as one part of a
longer paper he presented at the recent ASSA/URPE conference: when Marx (or
Freeman) talks about "objective conditions," he is not talking about "the
forces of production" (as the technological
Doug,
I wonder if we wouldn't be better advised to think of the technology as
a social relation (much the same way the Marx thought about manufacturing)
and to understand the technology's influence on other social relations.
Posted on 29 Apr 1997 at 12:50:16 by TELEC List Distributor (011802)
Posted on 29 Apr 1997 at 11:20:25 by TELEC List Distributor (011802)
[PEN-L:9707] Re: globalization question
Date: Tue, 29 Apr 1997 08:19:00 -0700 (PDT)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (rakesh bhandari)
If Indonesian capital can escape the contradiction between production
Posted on 28 Apr 1997 at 00:33:03 by TELEC List Distributor (011802)
[PEN-L:9681] Re: globalization question
Date: Sun, 27 Apr 1997 21:33:55 -0700 (PDT)
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: Michael Perelman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Michael Hoover responded to my question about the integration of the
Could someone fill me in? I must have missed the earlier posts about this.
What is the URL for COSIPA's web site? What is COSIPA? What are the
issues here? How is the state giving capital the keys to the plant?
Etc. If an earlier posting covered this, could you please just tell
me the
I hope you'll appreciate this:
Posted on 14 Dec 1996 at 23:45:10 by TELEC List Distributor (011802)
FW: Christmas restructuring...
Date: Sat, 14 Dec 1996 23:45:05 -0500
Reply-To: URI Faculty Senate List [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: David Nelson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
'Tis the
Bob,
Can you give us more information about this. What does the ordinance do?
What is in the report you refer to?
Thanks.
Posted on 18 Mar 1997 at 20:15:49 by TELEC List Distributor (011802)
[PEN-L:9004] LA Living Wage Passes!
Date: Tue, 18 Mar 1997 17:14:23 -0800 (PST)
Reply-To: [EMAIL
Hi,
First, please forgive the multiple postings. I'm posting this to several
lists in the hope of getting quick and useful responses.
A local reporter is doing an article on downtown, central-city malls. This
is not from some disinterested standpoint: ground breaking for a large
mall in
Jim,
This worries me:
My hypothesis is that the general rise of progressiveness from
1952 to 1975-6 is a result of the cold war and two major hot wars
(the need to legitimate the system in the eyes of the troops)
plus the relatively non-globalized status of the US economy at
the time
Posted on 27 Feb 1997 at 12:49:34 by TELEC List Distributor (011802)
[PEN-L:8782] Barkin
Date: Thu, 27 Feb 1997 09:31:57 -0800 (PST)
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: Doug Henwood [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Does anyone know David Barkin's whereabouts? I'm told he's in Boston right now.
Doug
--
Doug
Richard Barff and one of his students at Dartmouth wrote a terrific article
in _Regional Studies_ a few years back. It's called "Nike Just Did It,"
and it's about Nike's subcontracting strategies in S.E. Asia. One thing
that's terribly clear from the article is that Nike could pay its own
To answer Doug's question,
Schumpeter distinguished between inventions (technological discoveries/
applications) and innovations (commercially viable applications). Mensch,
among others, elaborates on this and argues that a technology can be around
for some time before it becomes the basis for
Amplifying on Maggie's comments, the cotton gin changed things overnight
because it did not require any substantial changes in other parts of the
production system. Electricity took decades to affect productivity
substantially because the mills were fitted out to take power from a
central
To answer Doug's question,
Schumpeter distinguished between inventions (technological discoveries/
applications) and innovations (commercially viable applications). Mensch,
among others, elaborates on this and argues that a technology can be around
for some time before it becomes the basis for
Amplifying on Maggie's comments, the cotton gin changed things overnight
because it did not require any substantial changes in other parts of the
production system. Electricity took decades to affect productivity
substantially because the mills were fitted out to take power from a
central
Posted on 18 Apr 1996 at 17:42:55 by TELEC List Distributor (011802)
[PEN-L:3842] subsidies for sprawl
Date: Thu, 18 Apr 1996 14:33:28 -0700
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: Eban Goodstein [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Anybody out there familiar with a literature on:
(1) the degree to which suburban
The book I referred to in my earlier posting as "The Cost of Sprawl" was
written by a graduate class at Pace University (I think). It's different
from the official study done by the ULI (I think). The book's overarching
method is to compare various costs across countries. For example,
the
Paul Sweezy's first chapter in _The Theory of Capitalist Development_ is
one of the clearest and most eloquent arguments for basing economics and,
more generally, social theory around social relations. I would like to
make this point in my urban theory course next fall, but a more modern
reading
I too am shocked and saddened at the news of David's death. I was in New York
at the Urban Affairs meetings on March 15-17, and Bob Beauregard mentioned
David was in the hospital waiting for a heart transplant. Today I came in
to catch up on my e-mail, and I saw David didn't make it.
To add
Well, most geographers I know (or what Andy Sayer calls "those in the
spatial sciences") think Giddens' thinking about space is too little too
late. Doreen Massey, for example, in her _Spatial Structures of Production_
raised the question of how to think about global-local in a much more
Posted on 30 Oct 1995 at 15:16:35 by TELEC List Distributor (011802)
[PEN-L:1173] steel experts?
Date: Mon, 30 Oct 1995 12:08:24 -0800
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Doug Henwood)
A subscriber of mine, Tom Lehmann, is looking for someone who knows the
steel industry well
Posted on 31 Oct 1995 at 04:31:55 by TELEC List Distributor (011802)
[PEN-L:1184] RE: why get rid of the Commerce Department?
Date: Tue, 31 Oct 1995 01:28:01 -0800
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: "Michael A. Lebowitz" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In message Mon, 30 Oct 1995 10:13:24 -0800,
[EMAIL
Posted on 25 Oct 1995 at 05:35:43 by TELEC List Distributor (011802)
[PEN-L:1108] economic decline/help
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 1995 02:35:01 -0700
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (jones/bhandari)
I am reading the former finance editor of Business Week Jeffrey Madrick's
The End
Posted on 1 Aug 1995 at 14:37:40 by TELEC List Distributor (011802)
[PEN-L:81] Two Questions
Date: Tue, 1 Aug 1995 11:37:19 -0700
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: Thomas Schumacher [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Does anybody know if the papers from the International Conference on Regulation
Theory in
Posted on 12 Jun 1995 at 13:58:27 by TELEC List Distributor (011802)
[PEN-L:5461] Re: suburbs/housing and SSAs
Date: Mon, 12 Jun 1995 10:31:18 -0700
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From: "Eric Nilsson" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Multiple recipients of list [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Marshall Fel
Hi,
In his eulogy for Louis Althusser (reprinted in _The Althusserian Legacy_,
ed. E. Ann Kaplan and Michael Sprinker. London: Verso, 1993) Jacques
Derrida quotes from Althusser's _Bertolazzi et Brecht_ (1962). The quote ends
with the following sentence: "We share the same story -- and that is
Posted on 7 Jun 1995 at 22:14:16 by TELEC List Distributor (011802)
[PEN-L:5359] Re: Kondratieff
Date: Wed, 7 Jun 1995 19:13:38 -0700
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: "Evan Jones - 448 - 3063" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Multiple recipients of list [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 7 June Eric Nilsson wrote:
Posted on 7 Jun 1995 at 12:42:27 by TELEC List Distributor (011802)
[PEN-L:5338] Re: Kondratieff
Date: Wed, 7 Jun 1995 09:40:27 -0700
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From: "Anthony D'Costa" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Multiple recipients of list [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Regarding small acale incremental
Gary,
Thanks for the posting. Can you give us the specific references? I've
tried to highlight the ones needed.
I don't agree that the studies have shown discrimination per se; I don't
think any have, except for the "paired-testing" types (minority and white
person with identical
One other thing I forgot to mention in my recent posting. Ric McIntyre and
I recently completed a study of flexible manufacturing for the US Economic
Development Administration. Part of the study covers industry case studies
for three industries, with Medical Instruments Supplies being one
Posted on 25 Feb 1995 at 17:20:05 by TELEC List Distributor (011802)
[PEN-L:4284] biotechnology
Date: Sat, 25 Feb 1995 14:17:52 -0800
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: Nicholas Witheford [EMAIL PROTECTED]
This is to ask if anyone can give me recommendations on books and
articles offering
Date: Wed, 18 Jan 1995 11:35:33 -0800
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: Robin Hahnel [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The essential issue, I believe, is whether or not particular social
institutions promote socially productive or socially unproductive
behavior. [I'm sure we could argue for a while about how
The following list of "strict" positivist doctrines comes from Giedymin,
Jerzy. 1975. Antipositivism in contemporary philosophy of social science
and humanities. _British Journal of the Philosophy of Science_ 26: 275-301.
1. Identification of knowledge with science and mathematics.
2.
Posted on 5 Jan 1995 at 18:38:20 by TELEC List Distributor (011802)
[PEN-L:3617] Prison Labor, Wal-Mart, Class
Date: Thu, 5 Jan 1995 14:29:45 -0800
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From: "Cotter_Cindy" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Highways aren't the only things U.S. prisoners build. I was told
the wooden
Hi,
I'm teaching a research methods course this spring, and one of the things
I do early on is to have the class understand the politics of methodology.
I would like to have a reading relating "scientific method" to the
development of 20th century capitalism (e.g. focusing on the rise of
big
Subject: FWDHoliday Giving (fwd)
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 14 Dec 1994 15:32:41 -0500 (EST)
From: Marshall Feldman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
From garnet.berkeley.edu!walker Wed Dec 14 14:59:05 1994
Date: Wed, 14 Dec 1994 11:50:07 -0800
Message-Id
Posted on 14 Nov 1994 at 15:25:44 by TELEC List Distributor (011802)
Greenfield strategies
Date: Mon, 14 Nov 1994 12:23:59 -0800
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Can someone guide me to references on the "Greenfield" practice
of a company threatening to transfer production
From: Doug Henwood [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Apologies for both the vulgar self-promotion and possible duplicate
postings! Please feel free to repost, redistribute, tack on telephone
polls, shout from rooftops, etc.
JUST PUBLISHED!
THE STATE OF THE USA ATLAS
The Changing Face of American Life in
Posted on 12 Sep 1994 at 11:15:13 by Uriacc Mailer (002033)
Broken vows Coase
Date: Mon, 12 Sep 1994 08:14:01 -0700
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: Doug Henwood [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Well the vote was 10-0 for me to unzip my lips. I'll celebrate the
occasion by asking a question instead of
Posted on 5 Sep 1994 at 01:43:31 by Uriacc Mailer (002033)
underconsumption
Date: Sun, 4 Sep 1994 22:42:31 -0700
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (donna jones)
Donna Jones wrote a very informative posting giving a critique of
underconsumption theory. In the hope of
Posted on 31 Aug 1994 at 17:32:31 by Uriacc Mailer (002033)
Re: URPE = UPE?
Date: Wed, 31 Aug 1994 14:31:31 -0700
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: "Chris Barrett" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I do think some of the recent postings on the URPE name change issue
are missing the serious point and
I may have posted this before, but because PEN-L hasn't been working too
well over the past month or two (at least here it hasn't), I may have
not have sent it to PEN-L or I may have missed some replies.
Since making the original posting, I have gotten feedback that a good strategy
is having
Hi,
I'm starting to think about the fall :^( and redesigning my course on
urban and regional theory. It's an introductory course for graduate
students in community planning who have no economics or social science
prerequisites. The course is called "Spatial and Fiscal Relationships
of
The following quote is from Earl Babbie (1992), _The Practice of Social
Research_, 6th ed. (Wadsworth), p. 261:
A little-known survey was attempted among French workers in 1880. A
German political sociologist mailed some 25,000 questionnaires to workers
to determine the extent of their
Sam Lanfranco write:
.. [lots of good stuff deleted]
What we need is an ability to flexibly configure, reconfigure, archive and
close down multiple virtual workspaces "in the same neighbourhood". The
CSU site has become our community storage locker of sorts, but we still only
have one meeting
Can anyone give me the full citation to Bertell Ollman's "Is there a
Marxian Ethic?" Thanks.
Marsh Feldman
Community Planning Phone: 401/792-2248
204 Rodman Hall FAX: 401/792-4395
University of Rhode Island Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Can anyone give me the full citation to Bertell Ollman's "Is there a
Marxian Ethic?" Thanks.
Marsh Feldman
Community Planning Phone: 401/792-2248
204 Rodman Hall FAX: 401/792-4395
University of Rhode Island Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Posted on 16 Mar 1994 at 01:00:17 by Uriacc Mailer (002033)
Who holds SL Mortgages?
Date: Tue, 15 Mar 1994 21:58:16 -0800
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Here's a question about SL Balance Sheets:
I was lecturing the other night to my adult-ed class at Baruch and
was
Posted on 16 Mar 1994 at 01:00:17 by Uriacc Mailer (002033)
Who holds SL Mortgages?
Date: Tue, 15 Mar 1994 21:58:16 -0800
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Here's a question about SL Balance Sheets:
I was lecturing the other night to my adult-ed class at Baruch and
was
Posted on 14 Mar 1994 at 10:59:09 by Uriacc Mailer (002033)
New system
Date: Mon, 14 Mar 1994 07:57:23 -0800
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: Doug Henwood [EMAIL PROTECTED]
It's confusing not to have PEN-L listed as the source of a message; the
new software makes everything look like
By popular demand, here are the two references I mentioned eariler this
week:
Eric Sheppard Trevor J. Barnes. 1990. _The Capitalist Space Economy:
Geographical Analysis after Ricardo, Marx, and Sraffa_. London: Unwin
Hyman.
Sayer, Andrew. 1992. _Method in Social Science: A Realist
I am a teaching fellow this year, and for our meeting next week we are
reading an article by Clark Kerr, "Knowledge Ethics and the New Academic
Culture" (_Change_ Jan/Feb, 1994: 9-15). I remember Clark as Chancellor
at UC Berkeley and one of the guys we demonized in the sixties.
Well Clark's
Posted on 3 Mar 1994 at 02:21:43 by Uriacc Mailer (002033)
space (i.e., where we actual stand)
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 02 Mar 1994 22:30:28 -0800 (PST)
I am not about to jump into Gil and Ajit's debates on GE and Sraffa. Not
my cup of tea. But something Jim Devine said, along with the
On Thu, 27 Jan 1994 22:23:46 CST Anthony M. Orum (312)-996-3015 said:
Dear Alex Hartley: I hope I am not pressing this issue too far, and in a
sense I am testing the dialogic limits of H-Urban, but I am curious why
you regard these programs as fruitless. What is it about the core city
in America
This is a summary of replies to a posting asking for input for a course
on "research methods." It is organized around the topics in the original
posting.
1 Introduction
1.1 General Comments
2 Textbooks on Social Science Research Methods
2.1 List of Suggested Texts
2.2. Comments on
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