Beyond Anecdotes and Aggregates: The Pattern of Industrial Decline in Philadelphia Textiles, 1916–1931*

Scranton, Philip

doi:10.1111/j.1467-8330.1986.tb00369.x

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“…The spatial structure of production associated with the competitive variant is locationally concentrated (Massey 1984, 77) in cities and regions with particular industrial specializations. Such industrial centers are broadly described by Harley (1973) and Coppock (1973) in their discussions of nineteenth century British industry and more specifically in Shapiro-Perl's (1979) study of the Providence jewelry industry and Scranton's (1986) study of the Philadelphia textile industry.…”

Section: Structural Variation Within Capitalist Industriesmentioning

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Restructuring in U.S. Manufacturing: The Decline of Monopoly Capitalism

Graham

Gibson

Horvath

et al. 1988

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

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We outline a framework grounded in Marxist political economy for investigating structural change in particular industries as well as the larger economy. Our approach focuses upon processes of capital and labor restructuring that lie behind the geographical manifestations of industrial change. An empirical study of capitalist restructuring in 51 U.S. manufacturing sectors from 1958–77 reveals the emergence of a distinctively new variant of capitalism, termed “global capitalism,” and a coincident decline in the monopoly capitalist variant which had previously prevailed. Two statistical analyses identify the existence of restructuring, which is defined as transition between monopoly and global capitalism within a particular sector. The results generated by discriminant analysis, confirmed by a cluster analysis, sustain the hypothesis of structural transition in the U.S. economy. We find that by 1977 sixteen U.S. manufacturing industries had experienced transition to the global variant of capitalism while thirty industries remained unchanged. Many of those recording no change were basic industries in regions experiencing significant economic decline during the 1970s.

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Section: Structural Variation Within Capitalist Industriesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Restructuring in U.S. Manufacturing: The Decline of Monopoly Capitalism

Graham

Gibson

Horvath

et al. 1988

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

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Dangers of the Empirical Turn: Some Comments on the Curs Initiative*

Smith

1987

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Evaluating and Rethinking the Case Study

Stoecker

1991

The Sociological Review

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This paper will first explore briefly how the case study fell out of favour as a legitimate research tool, and how case study researchers responded to the critique that case study research lacked internal and external validity. Some case study advocates attempted to meet this critique by using the case to compare different theoretical predictions, dividing the case into subcases, or treating the case as an experiment. A more effective response distinguishes between ‘extensive’ and ‘intensive’ research designs, and critiques the extensive model. The paper then provides a clarification of purpose and a revived emphasis on theory, history, and intervention to develop the case study method. This paper will begin to construct a comprehensive case study methodology independent of the old critiques, and will show the crucial place which case studies must occupy in our craft.

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Beyond Anecdotes and Aggregates: The Pattern of Industrial Decline in Philadelphia Textiles, 1916–1931*

Cited by 4 publications

References 21 publications

Restructuring in U.S. Manufacturing: The Decline of Monopoly Capitalism

Restructuring in U.S. Manufacturing: The Decline of Monopoly Capitalism

Dangers of the Empirical Turn: Some Comments on the Curs Initiative*

Evaluating and Rethinking the Case Study

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