The Political Economy of RegionalismMichael Keating, John Loughlin Psychology Press, 1997 - 491 strani 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. |
Vsebina
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 |
| 437 | |
| 477 | |
Druge izdaje - Prikaži vse
Pogosti izrazi in povedi
Abruzzo administrative agenda agriculture areas authorities autonomy Baden-Württemberg Brussels Canada Canadian capital Catalonia central government centre changes clientelism co-operation Commission competition constitutional context countries created cultural decentralization economic development elected emergence employment Europe European Commission European regional European Union factors favour federal France free trade German global Greater Western Sydney groups growth identity impact implementation important increasingly industrial initiatives institutions interests investment involved issues Keating labour Länder Languedoc London Loughlin metropolitan movements NAFTA national governments nationalist Netherlands networks Office organizations Parti Québécois parties political problems production programmes provinces public policy Puglia quangos Quebec reform regional councils regional development regional economic regional government regional planning regional policy relations restructuring Rhône-Alpes role Scotland Scottish Scottish Enterprise Scottish Office sector social sovereignty strategy Structural Funds sub-national territorial traditional University urban Wales Welsh Welsh Office Western Sydney WSROC