Socioeconomic Restructuring and Regional Change: Rethinking Growth in the European Community

摘要: Scientific literature on the spatial effects of socioeconomic restructuring has tended to highlight three key components in what been considered be emergence a new territorial model: significance of subnational units (regions and cities) as genuine "post-Fordist" unit analysis; growing prominence service activities configuration development areas; and, finally, either "randomizing" location growth poles or appearance social dimension determinant growth. Most studies have confined, however, theoretical case study analyses. There is lack large empirical cross-sectional topic. In this article, I try discern, using method, extent which pattern developing European Community (EC) the influence previously existing conditions current changes wealth levels. conclude that flexible production model not yet dominant pattern. Many characteristics mass system are still evident trends. Furthermore, by no means global homogeneous process, since it implies different transformations core, intermediate, lagging areas.