Space and power. The location oj decision-making forces in the world : towards a theoretical political geography. — The structural basis of a society's space is its central core whose emotional and psychological importance has long been neglected by geographers. But studies based on the centre /periphery antithesis must now be superseded by a global concept of economic development which takes account of specific technical problems, principles of spatial organization and political alternatives. In fact, the development of an international economy renders the choice of location more dificult : one is faced with three networks (production, decision-making) of differing structure. The structures which are established should be responsive to the...