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P ECK J. (2003) Fuzzy old world: a response to Markusen , Reg. Studies 37 , 729-740. Critical regional studies and economic geography have both taken "qualitative turns' over the past 15 years. The paper takes issue with the claim that this methodological shift has entailed declining standards of evidence, a proclivity for "fuzzy' theorizing, and a drift into policy irrelevance, making instead a positive argument for the further deepening of intensive, case-study approaches. This need not occur at the expense of quantitative research, because there is not a zero-sum competition in research methods. There should be continuing methodological pluralism, and intensive methods have a legitimate and important role to play. In this spirit, an argument is made for extending case-study methodologies in critical regional studies. The field needs more, not less, of this kind of work. There is no reason to believe that it will be any less rigorous or relevant as a result. P ECK J. (2003) Drole-confus: une reponse a Markusen, Reg. Studies 37 , 729-740. Les etudes regionales critiques et la ge ographie economique ont, toutes les deux, pris des "tournures' qualitatives depuis les dernieres quinze annees. Cet article cherche a signifier son desaccord sur l'affirmation que ce changement de methodologie a entraine une baisse de la qualite des preuves, une propension a theoriser de facon confuse, et un deplacement vers un manque d'a-propos de la politique, pronant plutot un approfondissement des facons intensives fondees sur des etudes de cas. Cela ne doit pas se produire au de pens de la recherche qualitative, parce qu'il n'y a pas de jeu a somme nulle pour la recherche. Un pluralisme de methodologies devrait persister, et les methodes intensives ont un role valable et important a jouer. Dans cet esprit, on soutient que, dans les etudes re gionales critiques, les methodologies fondees sur les etudes de cas soient elargies. Le domaine a besoin de plus de et non pas moins de ce genre de travail. Rien porte a croire qu'il s'averera moins rigoureux ou pertinent. P ECK J. (2003) Unklare alte Welt: eine Erwiderung auf Markusens Aufsatz, Reg. Studies 37 , 729-740. Kritische Regionalstudien und Wirtschaftsgeographie sind in den letzten funfzehn Jahren "qualitativen Wenden' ausgesetzt gewesen. Der vorliegende Aufsatz widerspricht dem Anspruch, dass diese methodologische Verschiebung sich verschlechternde Standarde der Beweise, Neigung zu verschwommenem Theorerisieren und ein Sich-gehen- lassen in Unwesentlichkeiten von Bestrebungen statt positiven Argumenten fu r weitere Vertiefung von intensiven Fallstudienansatzen mit sich gebracht habe. Dies muss nicht auf Kosten der quantitaiven Forschung geschehen, weil es keinen Nullsummenwettbewerb in Forschungsmethoden gibt. Methodologischer Pluralismus sollte fortbestehen, und intensive Methoden haben eine legitime und wichtige Rolle zu spielen. In diesem Sinne wird dafur eingetreten, Fallstudienmethodologien in kritischen Regionalstudien weiter auszudehnen. Das Fachgebiet braucht mehr, nicht weniger Beitrage dieser Art. Es besteht kein Grund, anzunehmen, dass es deswegen weniger grundlich oder sachdiemlich sein wird.
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Jamie Peck, 2003.
"Fuzzy Old World: A Response to Markusen,"
Regional Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 37(6-7), pages 729-740.
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RePEc:taf:regstd:v:37:y:2003:i:6-7:p:729-740
DOI: 10.1080/0034340032000108813
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