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Spatialising industrial policies: a view from the South
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Abstract A new approach to industrial policy which advances the 'spatial turn' of industrial policy thinking has matured and gained considerable attention in both developed and developing countries. However, the notion of 'spatiality' forwarded by the new approach is one which has essentially emerged from in... view more
A new approach to industrial policy which advances the 'spatial turn' of industrial policy thinking has matured and gained considerable attention in both developed and developing countries. However, the notion of 'spatiality' forwarded by the new approach is one which has essentially emerged from industrialised Northern economies and this raises questions relating to the largely uncritical way in which it is being adopted in developing countries. Drawing on original research conducted in Argentina, the paper demonstrates that without a context-sensitive industrial policy and a sound macro-economy, the policy tenets forwarded by the new approach are, in the South, condemned to fail.... view less
Classification
Area Development Planning, Regional Research
Economic Policy
Document language
English
Publication Year
2008
Page/Pages
p. 1385-1397
Journal
Regional Studies, 42 (2008) 10
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1080/00343400701543223
Status
Postprint; peer reviewed
Licence
PEER Licence Agreement (applicable only to documents from PEER project)