ABSTRACT
Introduction In the last decade or tw o the disciplines o f sociology and geography have come much closer together. If it is the case that sociology studies society or the social, and geography the spatial, then there has been a grow ing research program m e oriented to the analysis o f socio-spatial interactions (see Soja 1985). It has come to be accepted both that social life is spatially organized and that this makes a difference, and that space is necessarily the outcome in part at least o f social processes. This is not to say that all sociologists and all geographers are aware o f this sea-change in modes o f thinking and analysis. But there has been a consider able body o f writings in both subjects which suggests that there is a major shift occurring in the very relationship between them.
