The Cultural Politics of Local Economic Development: The Case of Toledo Jeep

Jay D. Gatrell and Neil Reid

Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, 2002, vol. 93, issue 4, 397-411

Abstract: This paper examines the inter–relationship between local dependence and local culture, reviews the historical development of Toledo’s industrial bases with an emphasis on automobiles and Jeep, and considers the historical context of the recent Jeep Crisis. The authors assert that the shared culture practices of Toledo residents –locality as cultures of production– contributed to community–wide mobilisation, the construction of a unique business coalition, and the resolution of the 1997 Jeep Crisis. Using a case study, the paper builds on a growing literature in economic and cultural geographies that repositions ‘culture’ as a core theme of contemporary economic development and demonstrates that the scalar politics of globalisation are not only local, but cultural.

Date: 2002
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