The Political Economy of RegionalismMichael Keating, John Loughlin This book examines the effects on regions of economic and political restructuring in Europe and North America. The main theses are: international economic restructuring and its impact on regions; political restructuring at the supranational, national and regional levels; political realignments at the regional level; questions of territorial identity and their connection with class, gender and neighbourhood identity; policy choices and policy conflicts in regional development. Published in association with the Robert Schuman Centre of the European University Institute in Florence, this book is essential reading for political scientists, geographers, and economists, as well as practitioners with an interest in the regional question today. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
The Political Economy of Regionalism | 17 |
State Traditions Administrative Reform | 41 |
Regional Policy and European Governance | 63 |
New Dimensions of Regional Policy in Western | 77 |
An International Relations Perspective | 90 |
Territory Identity and Language | 112 |
Regional Planning and Urban Governance in Europe | 139 |
Regional Economic Development and Political | 262 |
Regions in the New Germany | 275 |
Local Political Classes and Economic Development | 306 |
From the Regionalized State to the Emergence | 347 |
Reorganizing | 370 |
A Developing Political Economy | 388 |
Scotland the Union State and the International | 406 |
The North of England and the Europe of the Regions | 422 |
Perspectives | 171 |
CASE STUDIES | 195 |
Competitive Regionalism in Australia Sub | 215 |
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