Doreen Massey is Professor of Geography, The Open University, Milton Keynes. Richard Meegan is a Research Member, CES Ltd, London.

• Notes on contributors, 1. Introduction: the debate, 2. Editorial introduction Recession and restructuring in the North-West region, 1974–82: the implications of recent events, 3. Editorial introduction An approach to the analysis of redundancies in the UK (post-1976): some methodological problems and policy implications, 4. Editorial introduction Ideology and methods in industrial location research, 5. Editorial introduction Profits and job loss, 6. Editorial introduction A modern industry in a declining region: links between method, theory and policy, 7. Postscript: doing research, Bibliography, Index

"Extremely interesting reading... Each of the chapters are clearly written and are most helpfully introduced by the editors... Overall, it is hard to fault this volume... An excellent volume and well-worth purchasing." Economic Geography

Doreen Massey is Professor of Geography, The Open University, Milton Keynes. Richard Meegan is a Research Member, CES Ltd, London.

• Notes on contributors, 1. Introduction: the debate, 2. Editorial introduction Recession and restructuring in the North-West region, 1974–82: the implications of recent events, 3. Editorial introduction An approach to the analysis of redundancies in the UK (post-1976): some methodological problems and policy implications, 4. Editorial introduction Ideology and methods in industrial location research, 5. Editorial introduction Profits and job loss, 6. Editorial introduction A modern industry in a declining region: links between method, theory and policy, 7. Postscript: doing research, Bibliography, Index

"Extremely interesting reading... Each of the chapters are clearly written and are most helpfully introduced by the editors... Overall, it is hard to fault this volume... An excellent volume and well-worth purchasing." Economic Geography

Doreen Massey is Professor of Geography, The Open University, Milton Keynes. Richard Meegan is a Research Member, CES Ltd, London.

• Notes on contributors, 1. Introduction: the debate, 2. Editorial introduction Recession and restructuring in the North-West region, 1974–82: the implications of recent events, 3. Editorial introduction An approach to the analysis of redundancies in the UK (post-1976): some methodological problems and policy implications, 4. Editorial introduction Ideology and methods in industrial location research, 5. Editorial introduction Profits and job loss, 6. Editorial introduction A modern industry in a declining region: links between method, theory and policy, 7. Postscript: doing research, Bibliography, Index

"Extremely interesting reading... Each of the chapters are clearly written and are most helpfully introduced by the editors... Overall, it is hard to fault this volume... An excellent volume and well-worth purchasing." Economic Geography