Journal article
Replacing the services sector and three-sector theory: Urbanization and control as economic actors
- Abstract:
- Developed during the Second World War, ‘three-sector theory’ popularized the notion of the ‘services’ sector. It has quietly underpinned understandings of economic structure ever since. The limitations and influence of this basic breakdown have led to many critiques and extensions, but no replacements. Inspired by Henri Lefebvre’s The Urban Revolution (1968), we develop a four-sector model that replaces services with sectors focused on urbanization and control. We argue that this model is a better reflection of material economic life, and a more useful way of approaching the 21st-century economy. It also offers scholars of urbanization and regional development a creative new way of seeing urbanization.
- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher copy:
- 10.1080/00343404.2018.1464136
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- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Journal:
- Regional Studies More from this journal
- Volume:
- 52
- Issue:
- 12
- Pages:
- 1708-1719
- Publication date:
- 2018-05-21
- Acceptance date:
- 2018-03-27
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1360-0591
- ISSN:
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0034-3404
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pubs:847083
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pubs:847083
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847083
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2018-05-10
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- Copyright holder:
- Regional Studies Association
- Copyright date:
- 2018
- Notes:
- © 2018 Regional Studies Association. This is the accepted manuscript version of the article. The final version is available online from Taylor and Francis at: 10.1080/00343404.2018.1464136
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