Economic Restructuring
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San Francisco has arisen as an "instant city" not once but three times: after the California Gold Rush (1849-1875), following the 1906 earthquake and fire (1906-1930), and with the modern high-rise city (1960-1985). These pivotal periods... more
Bachelorscriptie. Na de mijnsluitingen, het herstructureringsbeleid in de Oostelijke Mijnstreek onder de loep, 1965-2000.
Gentrification has changed in ways that are related to larger economic and political restructuring. Among these changes is the return of heavy state intervention in the process. This paper explores heightened state involvement in... more
This article examines how local people's memories relate to processes of industrial decline and ruination in Walker Riverside, Newcastle upon Tyne, based on site observations and 30 semi-structured interviews conducted between June 2005... more
‘Herbert Marcuse and the Legacy of One Dimensional Man’, International Herbert Marcuse Society Conference, https://blogs.cul.columbia.edu/rbml/files/2014/09/One-Dimensional-Man-at-Fifty-Conference-Program1.pdf
The small town, an environment adapted to the paradoxes of West Africa. A study on the distribution of small towns, and a comparison of the spatial an social system of seven settlements: Badou and Anie (Togo) ; Jasikan and Kadjebi (Ghana)... more
Tampere is a Finnish city with a powerful industrial past. Like many other cities around the world, Tampere has been struggling to keep up with the changing demands of globalisation. Recently, special efforts have been made to shape... more
Documenting the historical sequence running from the post-war ‘New Deal’ and corresponding economic boom up until the Global Financial Crisis of 2008, this thesis outlines the rise of post-politics internationally. With the collapse of... more
The shift of manufacturing industry from Japan, the first industrializing nation in East Asia, to neighboring South Korea and China saw the emergence of restructuring problems and policies in traditional industries and regional economies... more
One of the core aims of economic geography is to explore people-place relationship. The geography of feminist economics, one of the sub-disciplines of economic geography, aims to study the gendered nature of economic processes, confined... more
Leaders who led the feeble skeleton of Pakistan’s politics crippled the state by implementing economic reforms of International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank . By meeting their conditions, they have become powerless, as West has... more
This chapter focuses on maintaining employment in the sector of small and medium-sized enterprises, which is crucial for the functioning of the economy. However, in an economic crisis, the changes in the area of employment of workers... more
This study analyzes the changing role of women in the new economic activity of farm tourism in two distinct areas of Spain: Catalonia and Galicia. One of the most evident effects of economic restructuring processes in rural areas is the... more
El presente trabajo concentra sus análisis en el contexto de las reformas y de la reestructuración de las instituciones del bienestar en la Europa occidental en el tránsito al siglo XXI. Se trata, entre otros propósitos, de examinar las... more
National culture can influence entrepreneurship by creating a specific cultural framework which defines the possibilities for the recognition of opportunities for entrepreneurial activities, as well as their social desirability. Very... more
AbstractThis article examines factors accounting for persisting regional inequality in Hungary during the regime change from socialism to a market economy in 1990. We examine the determinants of regional inequality through the lens of... more
Like many cities in the Midwestern United States in recent years, Kalamazoo, Michigan has experienced profound social and economic restructuring, resulting in significant job losses, poverty, homelessness, hunger, and racialized... more
Industrial restructuring that took place in most developing countries after the mid-1980s failed to take into consideration the working and living conditions of workers, since multinational companies that bought over state... more
From the early settlements which were a manifestation of concentrated human activities in space to the modern period, the form of cities has defined our imagination. Constantly evolving, reflecting technological changes, such as the... more
This paper examines the engagement of different regions in Norway in the EU's environmental programmes. The aim is to explore the programmes' potential for supporting green restructuring through branching and new path creation. The paper... more
Korea’s state-led, bank-based, and closed financial system helped generate its impressive development record from 1961 until the 1997 crisis. However, an ill-conceived liberalization process in the early 1990s eventuated in an IMF... more