Elliot Siemiatycki
Biographic Data
| ID | 2201290 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Elliot Siemiatycki |
| GIVEN NAMES | Elliot |
| FAMILY NAME | Siemiatycki |
| SIGNATURE | SIEMIATYCKI E |
| AFFILIATIONS | York University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 31 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Skill
The concept of skill has been closely linked to some of the most significant debates in the social sciences over the past half‐century including the “deskilling debates” of the 1970s and 1980s regarding the growing levels of income inequality and ideas emanating from human geography about creativity and innovation. Yet it is a difficult term to define and has been studied in many different ways across various academic disciplines. This entry deta…
Restructuring
Restructuring is defined as a change in the way that a system or structure is organized. In economic terms, it refers to the ways that sectors, industries, cities, and corporations are transformed from one state to another. Urban and economic geographers have been particularly interested in restructuring because of its inherently spatial dimensions. The dramatic shift in the orientation of city‐regional and national economies since the 1970s has …
W irth, L ouis
Louis Wirth (1897–1952) was a key member of the renowned Chicago School of urban sociology in the early to mid‐twentieth century. Best known for his classic essay “Urbanism as a Way of Life,” Wirth might more broadly be appreciated as a social theorist interested in space, social organization, and human behavior. Wirth's main contribution to modern social theory was to foreground the role of the city in shaping human behavior.
Making or Administering Law and Policy? Discretion and Judgment in Employment Standards Enforcement in Ontario
The purpose of this paper is to advance an approach to analyzing decision-making by front line public officials. The notion of discretion in front line decision-making has been examined widely in the law and society literature. However, it has often failed to capture the different kinds and levels of decisions that enforcement officials make. Taking an interdisciplinary approach that draws on political, sociological, and legal analysis, we propos…
Trouble in paradise: Resilience and Vancouver’s second life in the “new economy”
Resilience is an increasingly important concept within urban studies, economic geography, and evolutionary economics for measuring the capacity of city-regions to respond to economic shocks. In this article, we provide a sympathetic critique of the resilience metaphor in urban studies, which we explicate through an analysis of the recent history of the Vancouver economy. On the surface, Vancouver seemingly showed resilience when it overcame the a…
Vancouver's suburban involution
Contemporary urban theorists are deeply suspicious of city-inspired models and 'schools', but policy elites, investors and journalists harbor few reservations. One of the more prominent new contestants in the evolving locational tournaments for urban 'model' status is 'Vancouverism', an ensemble of planning and design innovations for high-density downtown living that is widely regarded as an antidote to suburban sprawl. Vancouverism may represent…
Mobile urbanism: Cities and policymaking in the global age edited by Eugene McCann and Kevin Ward
A Smooth Ride? From Industrial to Creative Urbanism in O shawa, O ntario
In mainstream media, policy circles and academic scholarship, economic discourses have highlighted the importance of knowledge, creativity and innovation for generating economic growth. This has been translated into an urban planning and policy agenda which favours the establishment of research parks, innovation clusters, and especially universities along with amenities to attract creative‐class workers. In much of this literature universities ar…
Forced to Concede: Permanent Restructuring and Labour's Place in the North American Auto Industry
The stunning decline of Ford, General Motors and Chrysler over the past decade has rendered the once “Big Three” US automakers a vulnerable “Detroit Three”. In their attempts to return to profitability, the Detroit Three have undertaken a series of “turnarounds” aimed at renewing their competitive edge. Through this corporate restructuring agenda, 250,000 assembly jobs in North America have been lost, upwards of 50 auto plants have been closed, w…
Vancouver's suburban involution
Contemporary urban theorists are deeply suspicious of city-inspired models and 'schools', but policy elites, investors and journalists harbor few reservations. One of the more prominent new contestants in the evolving locational tournaments for urban 'model' status is 'Vancouverism', an ensemble of planning and design innovations for high-density downtown living that is widely regarded as an antidote to suburban sprawl. Vancouverism may represent…
Forced to Concede: Permanent Restructuring and Labour's Place in the North American Auto Industry
The stunning decline of Ford, General Motors and Chrysler over the past decade has rendered the once “Big Three” US automakers a vulnerable “Detroit Three”. In their attempts to return to profitability, the Detroit Three have undertaken a series of “turnarounds” aimed at renewing their competitive edge. Through this corporate restructuring agenda, 250,000 assembly jobs in North America have been lost, upwards of 50 auto plants have been closed, w…
Making or Administering Law and Policy? Discretion and Judgment in Employment Standards Enforcement in Ontario
The purpose of this paper is to advance an approach to analyzing decision-making by front line public officials. The notion of discretion in front line decision-making has been examined widely in the law and society literature. However, it has often failed to capture the different kinds and levels of decisions that enforcement officials make. Taking an interdisciplinary approach that draws on political, sociological, and legal analysis, we propos…
Trouble in paradise: Resilience and Vancouver’s second life in the “new economy”
Resilience is an increasingly important concept within urban studies, economic geography, and evolutionary economics for measuring the capacity of city-regions to respond to economic shocks. In this article, we provide a sympathetic critique of the resilience metaphor in urban studies, which we explicate through an analysis of the recent history of the Vancouver economy. On the surface, Vancouver seemingly showed resilience when it overcame the a…
A Smooth Ride? From Industrial to Creative Urbanism in O shawa, O ntario
In mainstream media, policy circles and academic scholarship, economic discourses have highlighted the importance of knowledge, creativity and innovation for generating economic growth. This has been translated into an urban planning and policy agenda which favours the establishment of research parks, innovation clusters, and especially universities along with amenities to attract creative‐class workers. In much of this literature universities ar…
A Smooth Ride? From Industrial to Creative Urbanism in O shawa, O ntario
In mainstream media, policy circles and academic scholarship, economic discourses have highlighted the importance of knowledge, creativity and innovation for generating economic growth. This has been translated into an urban planning and policy agenda which favours the establishment of research parks, innovation clusters, and especially universities along with amenities to attract creative‐class workers. In much of this literature universities ar…
Forced to Concede: Permanent Restructuring and Labour's Place in the North American Auto Industry
The stunning decline of Ford, General Motors and Chrysler over the past decade has rendered the once “Big Three” US automakers a vulnerable “Detroit Three”. In their attempts to return to profitability, the Detroit Three have undertaken a series of “turnarounds” aimed at renewing their competitive edge. Through this corporate restructuring agenda, 250,000 assembly jobs in North America have been lost, upwards of 50 auto plants have been closed, w…
Mobile urbanism: Cities and policymaking in the global age edited by Eugene McCann and Kevin Ward
Vancouver's suburban involution
Contemporary urban theorists are deeply suspicious of city-inspired models and 'schools', but policy elites, investors and journalists harbor few reservations. One of the more prominent new contestants in the evolving locational tournaments for urban 'model' status is 'Vancouverism', an ensemble of planning and design innovations for high-density downtown living that is widely regarded as an antidote to suburban sprawl. Vancouverism may represent…
Making or Administering Law and Policy? Discretion and Judgment in Employment Standards Enforcement in Ontario
The purpose of this paper is to advance an approach to analyzing decision-making by front line public officials. The notion of discretion in front line decision-making has been examined widely in the law and society literature. However, it has often failed to capture the different kinds and levels of decisions that enforcement officials make. Taking an interdisciplinary approach that draws on political, sociological, and legal analysis, we propos…
Trouble in paradise: Resilience and Vancouver’s second life in the “new economy”
Resilience is an increasingly important concept within urban studies, economic geography, and evolutionary economics for measuring the capacity of city-regions to respond to economic shocks. In this article, we provide a sympathetic critique of the resilience metaphor in urban studies, which we explicate through an analysis of the recent history of the Vancouver economy. On the surface, Vancouver seemingly showed resilience when it overcame the a…
Skill
The concept of skill has been closely linked to some of the most significant debates in the social sciences over the past half‐century including the “deskilling debates” of the 1970s and 1980s regarding the growing levels of income inequality and ideas emanating from human geography about creativity and innovation. Yet it is a difficult term to define and has been studied in many different ways across various academic disciplines. This entry deta…
Restructuring
Restructuring is defined as a change in the way that a system or structure is organized. In economic terms, it refers to the ways that sectors, industries, cities, and corporations are transformed from one state to another. Urban and economic geographers have been particularly interested in restructuring because of its inherently spatial dimensions. The dramatic shift in the orientation of city‐regional and national economies since the 1970s has …
W irth, L ouis
Louis Wirth (1897–1952) was a key member of the renowned Chicago School of urban sociology in the early to mid‐twentieth century. Best known for his classic essay “Urbanism as a Way of Life,” Wirth might more broadly be appreciated as a social theorist interested in space, social organization, and human behavior. Wirth's main contribution to modern social theory was to foreground the role of the city in shaping human behavior.
Sociology (8 works) · Economic geography (5 works) · Economics (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Cultural Industries and Urban Development (3 works) · Economy (3 works) · Engineering (3 works) · Geography (3 works) · Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis (3 works) · Restructuring (3 works)