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The rise (and decline) of American regional science: lessons for the new economic geography?

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Regional science weaves in and out of the story of post-war economic geography. The vision of one man, the American economist Walter Isard, regional science represented the first systematic attempt to further joint work between geographers and economists. Within this context, the tasks of the paper are twofold. The first is to provide an interpretative history of the rise of regional science, and to a much lesser extent its decline. The interpretative framework derives from science studies, and in particular the work of Bruno Latour. The history is based on archival material and interviews. The second is to speculate briefly on the implications of both the interpretive framework used in the paper, and the history of regional science told, for the new economic geography that similarly attempts to convene discussions between economists and geographers. Copyright 2004, Oxford University Press.

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  • Trevor J. Barnes, 2004. "The rise (and decline) of American regional science: lessons for the new economic geography?," Journal of Economic Geography, Oxford University Press, vol. 4(2), pages 107-129, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:jecgeo:v:4:y:2004:i:2:p:107-129
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    1. Aspers, Patrik & Kohl, Sebastian & Power, Dominic, 2008. "Economic sociology discovering economic geography," economic sociology. perspectives and conversations, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies, vol. 9(3), pages 3-16.
    2. David Plane, 2012. "What about aging in regional science?," The Annals of Regional Science, Springer;Western Regional Science Association, vol. 48(2), pages 469-483, April.
    3. Trevor Barnes, 2013. "What Regional Studies Might Have Been: Cold War American Social Science," Regional Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 47(3), pages 461-464, March.
    4. Zhenhua Chen & Laurie A. Schintler, 2023. "Rediscovering regional science: Positioning the field's evolving location in science and society," Journal of Regional Science, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 63(3), pages 617-642, June.
    5. Andy Pike & Gillian Bristow & Mike Coombes & Cindy Fan & Andy Gillespie & Richard Harris & Angela Hull & Neill Marshall & Colin Wren, 2007. "Editorial: Regional Studies : 40 Years and More …," Regional Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 41(sup1), pages 1-8.

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