Cities and Services - The Geography of Collective Consumption

Caught between the twin pressures of rising public expectations and falling resources, public services have become the subject of intense academic scrutiny and public debate. Much of this controversy has been fuelled by a growing realisation that where people live has an important influence upon their access to services. The so-called 'postcode lottery.'

The first part of this book considers what is meant by the term 'collective consumption' and discusses the main differences between the British and American loyal government systems. It examines various geographical schools of analysis which focus on jurisdictional partitioning, locational efficiency, externalities and locational conflict. Subsequent chapters explore the relevance of public choice, neo-Weberian and neo-Marxist theories for an understanding of collective consumption. The final section looks at ways in which spatial perspectives can be linked with broader theoretical approaches in the context of modern developments.

This book was first published in it's current form in 1985.

List of contents

1. The geography of collective consumption 2. Jurisdictional partitioning and the 'outputs' approach 3. Externalities, locational efficiency and conflict 4. Neo-Weberian approaches 5. Neo-Marxist approaches 6. Beyond locational analysis and structuralism

About the author

Pinch, Steven

Product details

• Authors: Steven Pinch, Pinch Steven
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.07.2013
• EAN: 9780415846554
• ISBN: 978-0-415-84655-4
• No. of pages: 228
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban, Urban & municipal planning, Human Geography, Urban communities, Urban and municipal planning and policy, Settlement, urban and rural geography, Urban communities / city life