ABSTRACT
The spatial separatist theme has been defined by Robert Sack as the notion that 'it is possible to identify, separate and evaluate the spatial either as an independent phenomenon or property of events examined through spatial analysis' (Sack, 1974b, p. 1). The argument of this book is that the basic weaknesses within Anglo-American regional development theory stem from adherence to this theme. One side of this argument was completed at the end of Part One when it was concluded that normative statements about the socio-economic implications of spatial distributions are weak and that their weakness is a consequence of the attempt to isolate the effects of spatial distributions from the development processes of which they are an integral part. This final part of the book completes the argument by showing how the spatial separatist theme is at work in the explanatory theories of urban and regional development discussed earlier in the book, and by examining the logical limitations and practical implications which stem from the way in which these theories relate 'space' to 'development'.
