Restructuring: Place, Class and Gender
- Paul Bagguley - University of Leeds, UK
- Jane Mark-Lawson - University of Lancaster, UK
- Dan Shapiro - University of Lancaster, UK
Using a locality study of Lancaster, they emphasize place as a decisive point in understanding social and economic changes. They consider how successfully concepts of `restructuring' explain the relation between local and global change. The book will be a major contribution to international debates on restructuring and the impact of global change on the locality. It will also be of interest to all social scientists interested in the sociology, economy and human geography of contemporary Britain.
`provides an excellent synthesis of diverse debates and of conceptual and empirical material... the integration of gender relations in the book's analysis is quite exceptional and deserves to have a major influence on future research across the many themes covered' - International Journal of Urban and Regional Research
`comprehensive and extensive.... very clearly written.... represents a substantial contribution to the restructuring debate in a commendably interdisciplinary fashion' - Sociology
`The literature review is excellent and the reader is not in any position to challenge the statistical picture given in the historical account. There is much of considerable value in tis book' - Environment and Planning
