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Capitalism and regional inequality

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The existence of regional disparities is not a necessary requirement for the perpetuation of capitalism. Nevertheless pockets of high unemployment and economic distress are likely features of the capitalist spatial system. The lack of coordination in time and space between individual firms will inevitably result in accumulation crises and spatial agglomeration. Inequality is the product of an economic system that is dominated by the interests of individual enterprises. The existence of region...

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
SSD
Department:
SOGE
Sub department:
Geography
Research group:
Transformations: Economy, Society and Place
Oxford college:
St Peter's College
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Publisher:
Routledge
Journal:
Annals of the Association of American Geographers Journal website
Volume:
70
Issue:
2
Pages:
226-235
Publication date:
1980-06-01
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EISSN:
1467-8306
ISSN:
0004-5608
Language:
English
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Local pid:
ora:1894
Deposit date:
2008-05-02

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