Labor's spatial praxis and the geography of contract bargaining in the US east coast longshore industry, 1953–1989

Herod, Andrew

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“…The boundaries they draw, tentative and contingent as they may be, define the geographical scales that channel and limit their political horizons. ' Although focusing upon a different political constituency, Andrew Herod's (1995;1997a;1997b) work on the International Longshoremen's Association (and, more recently, the International Metalworkers' Federation (1998)) complements and reinforces the arguments about scale made by Agnew. In his more comprehensive project, Herod examines how struggles over the scale at which contract bargaining can occur have been central to shaping the new geography of the longshore industry in the USA.…”

Section: Case Studies Of the Social Construction Of Scalementioning

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The social construction of scale

Marston

2000

Progress in Human Geography

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Abstract:Over the last ten years, scholars in human geography have been paying increasing theoretical and empirical attention to understanding the ways in which the production of scale is implicated in the production of space. Overwhelmingly, this work reflects a social constructionist approach, which situates capitalist production (and the role of the state, capital, labor and nonstate political actors) as of central concern. What is missing from this discussion about the social construction of scale is serious attention to the relevance of social reproduction and consumption. In this article I review the important literature on scale construction and argue for enlarging our scope for understanding scale to include the complex processes of social reproduction and consumption. I base my critique on a short case study which illustrates that attention to other processes besides production and other systems of domination besides capitalism can enhance our theorizing and improve our attempts to effect real social change.

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Section: Case Studies Of the Social Construction Of Scalementioning

confidence: 97%

The social construction of scale

Marston

2000

Progress in Human Geography

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“…Or, as exemplified by the provincial Network in the case studied, it may be acting as one element of an increasingly multiscalar mobilization in which demands for higher scale, provincial standards of intervention jostle uneasily with the attachment of women's movement actors to autonomous policymaking at the regional scale. Contrary to Swyngedouw, Herod (1997) suggests that the ''optimal scale'' for movement mobilization is not fixed. Rather, it depends upon political context, movement perceptions, and the nature of the interscalar arrangements in which movements, their political resources and their issues are embroiled.…”

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“…Consequently, it has been suggested that the posture of social movement actors in the politics of rescaling is essentially one of contestation-of resisting, challenging, or ''jumping'' scales (Brenner, 1999(Brenner, , 2001Swyngedouw 1997aSwyngedouw , 2004. Others, however, have proposed that the wide variety of modes of governance to which the new scalar arrangements are associated may provide for different kinds of political opportunity structures, some of which movements may very well be able to take advantage of (Cox, 1998a(Cox, , 1998bHerod, 1997;Marston, 2000;Miller, 1997) 2 . From a feminist viewpoint, the intellectual and strategic issue then becomes: how are such changes in the scales and political arenas of public policy processes affecting the capacity of women's movements and other feminist actors to pursue more gender inclusive public policy?…”

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Engaging with the politics of downward rescaling: representing women in regional development policymaking in Québec (Canada)

Masson

2006

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“…In this sense, scale not only establishes boundaries but it can engender a metaphorical sense of hierarchy that may disable political contestation by weak publics. Herod (1991Herod ( , 1997…”

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Mothers, communities and the scale of difference

Aitken

2000

Social & Cultural Geography

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Only recently did geographic concern turn to why and how, and when and where political identities are reproduced but, as yet, our understanding of the political relations between families and communities remains understudied. This lack of attention is attributable, in part, to the complexities of families and communities but, this aside, all societies regulate reproduction and there are always claims for legitimization of particular views of family values and community relations. With this paper, I argue that highlighting the social construction of scale suggests ways that the social imaginary of a domestic myth is spatially embedded within a nurturing local community. I outline some recent feminist discussion of local childcare cultures and critique of 'the public sphere' prior to raising scale as a way to open up static versions of justice and difference. Arguments in the paper that relate to the social construction of scale are illustrated by examples from a study of the impact of a new child and a residential move on mothers in San Diego. I argue that although the birth of a child highlights important questions that relate to responsibility, self-identity and notions of family, community and society, it is from within a politically structured notion of scale that many of the constraints and contexts of childcare arise. This paper focuses speci cally on negotiating childcare as a basis of resistance through day-to-day contestations at multiple scales.

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Labor's spatial praxis and the geography of contract bargaining in the US east coast longshore industry, 1953–1989

Cited by 143 publications

References 12 publications

The social construction of scale

The social construction of scale

Engaging with the politics of downward rescaling: representing women in regional development policymaking in Québec (Canada)

Mothers, communities and the scale of difference

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