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Review,V, 1, Summer1981,3-11
GeographicalScales within
the World-EconomyApproach
PeterJ. Taylor
3
4 PeterJ. Taylor
An Interpretation
of the ThreeScales
It is suggestedherethatthethreescaleshavedifferentprime
rolesin the world-economy and thatthisis reflectedby their
commonidentification withsocialsciences.We shalltreateach
scale in turn,concentratingon onlythese"prime"roles.
8. See, forexample,Wolpert(1970).
9. See Castells(1978).
10. See Gordon (1971).
11. See Deutch (1966) and Rokkan (1970).
8 PeterJ. Taylor
Discussion
Studiesusingtheworld-economy approachbutoperatingat
less than a global scale have generallyincorporatedtwo
elementsinto theirexplanation.First,theygive priorityto
"external"factorsin accountingfor a givensituationseeing
thisas a linkagewiththeworld-economy. Secondly,theylook
the
for interrelationships betweenthelocal classstructures
and
-
theworld-economy i.e., whatopportunities does incorpora-
10 PeterJ. Taylor
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