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1、Antipode26:1,1994,pp.59-76ISSN00664812DebatesUNIONSANDTHEPOLITICSOFDEINDUSTRIALIZATION:SOMECOMMENTSONHOWGEOGRAPHYCOMPLICATESCLASSANALYSISRonMartin*,PeterSunley**andJaneWills*Akeyprocessinthespatialeconomicrestructuringthatissweepingthroughtheadvancedcapitalistcountriesisthe
2、deindustrializationofmanufacturing(MartinandRowthorn,1986;RodwinandSazanami,1991).Thelossofmanufacturingemploymentandproductionnotonlyhasnationalimplicationsbutalsohighlylocalizedeffects:therational-izationorclosureoflocalmanufacturingplants,especiallyiftheyarethemajoremplo
3、yersinacommunity,cangenerateacutelocaleconomicandsocialdisruptionandmajorproblemsoflabormarketadjustment.Notsurprisingly,deindustrializationhasoftenbeenahighly-chargedpoliticalissueatthelocallevel.ArecentpaperbyHerod(1991)inthisjournalattemptstoanalyzetherelationbetweenloca
4、lpoliticalpracticeanddeindustrializationintheUnitedStatesand,inparticular,highlightsthepartplayedbyge-ographyinthisrelation.Heseekstodothisbymeansofacasestudywhichoutlineshowastategovernorlegallyopposedtheclosureofamanufacturingplantwhichunionsacquiescedto.Thepaperraisesani
5、mportantsetofissueswhichcanbeplacedatseveralconceptuallevels.Indeed,theargumentconsistsofatleastthreedifferentlayersofab-stractionandspecificity.First,aneffortismadetoexplainthepoliticsofthecasestudy.Second,conclusionsaredrawnwhichrelatetolocalpoliticalpracticeinresponsetop
6、lantclosuresintheUnitedStates.Third,andmoregenerally,thepaperoffersinsightsintothewaysin*DepartmentofGeography,UniversityofCambridge,CambridgeCB23ENEngland**DepartmentofGeography,UniversityofEdinburghEH89XPScotland.01994EditorialBoardofAntipode.PublishedbyBlackwellPublisher
7、s,238MainStreet,Cambridge,MA02142,USA,and108CowleyRoad,OxfordOX41JFUK.60RONMARTIN,PETERSUNLEYandJANEWILLSwhichgeographyisconstitutiveofthepoliticsofdeindustrialization.Attemptingtobuildsuchanargumentistobeapplauded.However,whilesympathetictothisendeavor,wehaveanumberofreser
8、vationsaboutHerod’sanalysis.Thesestemfromthewayinwhichtheargumentskatesacrossthese
