SOC110 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Urban Studies, Human Ecology, World-Systems Theory
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Detailed writings on the development of a regional division of labor: Detailed writings on the development of a regional division of labor between. During the late 1970s a paradigm change occurred in urban studies around the. During the earlier decades of the twentieth century, in particular, focus was placed. According to this school of thinking, changes took place naturally within towns as. By contrast, the coordinated actions of groups of people or governments have. Cities and their components were "commodities," subject to marketplace. While the role of government was largely ignored in earlier ecological studies, the later paradigm emphasized the connection between economic interests and political behaviour. Many global observers assumed that the principles governing city-wide activity and development were similar to those affecting relationships between city and city. Thus, analysts focused on the cities where fiscal activity was concentrated in forms such as the biggest stock exchanges, banks, and associated financial institutions.
