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1. Universities and Regional Development

   A Critical Assessment of Tensions and Contradictions

   Edited by Rómulo Pinheiro, Paul Benneworth, Glen A. Jones

   Series: International Studies in Higher Education

   Universities are under increasing pressure to help promote socio-economic growth in their local communities. However until now, no systematic, critical attention has been paid to the factors and mechanisms that currently make this process so daunting. In Universities and Regional Development,...

   To Be Published June 13th 2012 by Routledge
2. The Rise of the English Regions?

   Edited by Irene Hardill, Paul Benneworth, Mark Baker, Leslie Budd

   Series: Regions and Cities

   This book analyzes devolution as it affects the English Regions, working from the perspective of uneven development, and drawing on the rich tradition of regional geography. Currently, London is the power centre ruling over the other English regions. The first part of the book looks at how this...

   Published October 1st 2006 by Routledge