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'Whither regional studies?' book cover

1st Edition

'Whither regional studies?'

Edited By Andy Pike Copyright 2009
136 Pages
by Routledge

132 Pages
by Routledge

136 Pages
by Routledge
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Regional studies are at a vibrant conjuncture. ‘Regions’ continue to provide a conceptual and analytical focus for often overlapping concerns with economic, social, political, cultural and ecological change. In the context of increased interest in inter- and multi-disciplinary approaches, ‘regions’ remain an arena in which synthesis across disciplines – economics, geography, planning, politics... Read more

1. Introduction: Whither Regional Studies?  Andy Pike

2. Regions and Regional Uneven Development Forever? Some Reflective Comments upon Theory and Practice  Ray Hudson

3. Beyond the Territorial Fix: Regional Assemblages, Politics and Power  John Allen and Allan Cochrane

4. Territorial, Scalar, Networked, Connected: In What Sense a ‘Regional World’?  Gordon MacLeod and Martin Jones

5. The Accident of the Region: A Strategic Relational Perspective on the Construction of the Region’s Significance  Arnoud Lagendijk

6. Observational Equivalence? Regional Studies and Regional Science  Philip McCann

7. Power in Firm Networks: What it Means for Regional Innovation Systems  Susan Christopherson and Jennifer Clark

8. The Polycentric State: New Spaces of Empowerment and Engagement?  Kevin Morgan

9. What Kind of Local and Regional Development and for Whom?  Andy Pike, Andrés Rodríguez-Pose and John Tomaney

Biography

Andy Pike is based at the Centre for Urban and Regional Studies (CURDS) at Newcastle University, UK.

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