Regional / International studies Books

Book SynopsisThis book examines some of the major origins of change in institutions and policies in European governance. The authors combine a sophisticated institutional analysis with in-depth insights into European policies across a wide variety of policy fields. The fields examined are higher education, employment, research, police co-operation, as well as foreign affairs, trade, energy, and security and defence policy. Presenting the fruit of years of collaboration in an EU-funded Research Training Network, the authors expand the mechanisms through which political actors transform apparent deadlock into actual change in European policy making.Providing a systematic treatment of changing modes of European governance, Dynamics and Obstacles of European Governance will be of great interest to those in the fields of international politics and European studies, as well as European law and policy studies.Table of ContentsContents: Preface Introduction: Yet it Moves: Overcoming Obstacles in European Governance PART I: THE DYNAMICS OF CHANGING MODES OF GOVERNANCE IN EUROPE 1. Variations on Soft EU Governance: The Open Method(s) of Coordination Elissaveta Radulova 2. The Emergence of the Bologna Process: Pan-European Instead of EU Governance Cornelia Racké 3. Governing Security in the European Union: Institutions as Dynamics and Obstacles Christopher Reynolds 4. The EU Regulatory Trade Agenda and the Quest for WTO Enforcement Dirk De Bièvre PART II: POLICY CHANGE IN EU EXTERNAL RELATIONS 5. Avoiding Deadlock in European Trade Policy Andreas Dür 6. Unwelcome Europeans: EU External Governance and Shallow Europeanisation in Ukraine Stephan Hofer 7. Liberty and Security in Anti-Terrorist Police Cooperation in the EU Simon Dalferth 8. Conflicting Expectations in Overlapping Systems of Multi-Level Governance Pat Lyons 9. Decision-Making by Antagonistic Representation: On the Path to Conflict Prevention and Crisis Management Mariano Barbato and Isabelle Tannous Index

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Book SynopsisTechnological Change and Mature Industrial Regions explicitly adopts an inter-disciplinary approach to analysing the structural transformation of mature regions. The major focus of the book is from an economics perspective, but it also employs sociological analyses, business history approaches and technological analyses. It critically considers the identification and development of regional capabilities and regional policy initiatives for mature industrial areas in the context of globalisation and technological change. Specific cases from a range of different countries help to distinguish which aspects of mature regions' technology, knowledge or structure are region-specific, and which are more generally applicable to mature industrial regions throughout the world. The book will prove to be invaluable for academic researchers as well as government and policy communities.Trade Review'. . . the timing of this book is fortuitous as mature regions around the world struggle through the Great Recession of 2008-2009. Many of the chapters inform the reader about how regions with important manufacturing industries have responded to longer term forces of change from globalization to technological advances. Political constraints and limitations of regional development policy across a diverse set of mature industrial regions are revealed. Policy wonks, development bureaucrats, and academics will each find chapters that help them think about new directions for public development initiatives.' -- Mark Henry, Review of Regional Studies'Until recently, regional scientists put their main focus on successful regions but paid scant attention to mature industrial regions. A key achievement of this volume is that it goes beyond the usual description of mature regions as being hopeless cases. Instead, Farshchi et al. have brought together a number of superb contributions by world leading scholars that provide evidence-based insights on the complexity of structural adjustment in mature regions. This volume will also be of great value to policy makers who aim to change the economic fortunes of mature regions. There is no doubt this volume provides a timely and invaluable contribution to the literature on regional development and regional policy.' -- Ron Boschma, Utrecht University, the Netherlands'This book provides a comprehensive analysis of one of the major problems of our rapidly changing world: how is it that some cities and regions move from prosperity to economic decline and why is that some regions restructure quicker than others? The various chapters in this book show that this is often associated with the rise and fall of certain key industries. Yet, regional decline is not the end of the story. Even when these industries are mature or declining, the competences acquired in a specific territory offer the opportunity to start new adventures and to generate new jobs, income and well-being. This book provides an excellent tool-kit for analysts and policy-makers as to how such restructuring operates.' -- Daniele Archibugi, Italian National Research CouncilTable of ContentsContents: PART I: MATURE REGIONS: TECHNOLOGY, SOCIETY AND INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURE 1. The Problems of Mature Regions: An Introduction and Overview Mahtab Akhavan Farshchi, Odile E.M. Janne and Philip McCann 2. Regional Capabilities and Industrial Regeneration Nick von Tunzelmann 3. Multinational Firms and Technological Innovation: The ‘Global Versus Local’ Challenge Simona Iammarino, Odile E.M. Janne and Philip McCann 4. Interdependence Among the Brazilian States: An Input–Output Approach Fernando Salgueiro Perobelli, Eduardo Amaral Haddad and Edson Paulo Domingues 5. The Changing Structure of Trade and Interdependence in a Mature Economy: The US Midwest Geoffrey J.D. Hewings and John B. Parr 6. Mature Industries and Declining Regions: An Analysis of the Spanish Case Josep-Maria Arauzo-Carod and Elisabet Viladecans-Marsal PART II: MATURE REGION–INDUSTRY CASE STUDIES 7. Birmingham’s Marshallian Knowledge: A Constraining Geo-Historical Context for Domestic Saloon Manufacturers? Peter Clark 8. Life After Longbridge? Crisis and Restructuring in the West Midlands Auto Cluster David Bailey and Seiji Kobayashi 9. Massachusetts Medical Devices: Leveraging the Region’s Capabilities Michael H. Best 10. Economic Restructuring, Regional ‘Visioning’ and the Role of Universities: The Outcomes of an Automobile Plant Closure in Southern Adelaide, Australia Andrew Beer and Holli Thomas 11. Maturity or Decline of Italian Industrial Districts Ivana Paniccia 12. Knowledge Spillovers and Industrial Transformation: The West Midlands and Saxony Automotive Clusters Odile E.M. Janne and Mahtab Akhavan Farshchi PART III: REGIONAL POLICY AND MATURE INDUSTRIAL REGIONS 13. A Cost–Benefit Approach to the Assessment of Regional Policy J. Kim Swales 14. Regional Policies in Italy, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom: A Shift in Paradigm? Ilaria Mariotti 15. Innovation Policy After the ‘Celtic Tiger’ Declan Jordan and Eoin O’Leary 16. Grants and the Location of Foreign Direct Investment: Evidence from the UK Regions Colin Wren and Jonathan Jones 17. Cluster Policy Implementation and Evaluation in Slovenia: Lessons from a Transition Economy Anja Cotič Svetina, Marko Jaklič and Hugo Zagorsek 18. Lagging Regions and Policy Options: The Case of Greece in the European Context Yannis Psycharis and George Petrakos Index

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Book SynopsisThis book presents various empirical analyses of cross border strategies adopted by global firms with a particular emphasis on the European and East Asian experiences. It also provides studies of the trends and prospects of regional economic integration, focusing mainly on East Asia. The book addresses the topic of economic integration from both a corporate perspective and a policy perspective.The contributors illustrate the powerful integrative effects of cross border strategies of global firms and their impact on the increasing economic interdependence between countries, as shown for example by production sharing within multinational corporate networks. For their part, governments and policy makers are endeavouring to influence the path of globalisation by means of international cooperation, among which the shaping of regional economic areas is an outstanding one. While Europe still stands unrivalled in terms of its regional integration achievements, East Asian countries are also trying to forge their own path by building preferential trade and investment links on a regional basis. Such attempts are still in their infancy, but they raise some healthy debates to which this edited book makes a valuable contribution.Corporate Strategies in the Age of Regional Integration will appeal to scholars and researchers of economics, business and regional studies.Table of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction Jong-Kil Kim and Pierre-Bruno Ruffin PART I: CROSS BORDER STRATEGIES OF GLOBAL FIRMS 2. Sectoral Concentration of Foreign Direct Investment in OECD Countries Ysabel Nauwelaerts and Ilke Van Beveren 3. European Integration and Inter-Firm Alliances: Some Evidence from Portuguese Data João Dias and Vítor Magriço 4. Fragmentation in Europe and East Asia: Evidences from International Trade and Foreign Direct Investment Data Mitsuyo Ando and Fukunari Kimura 5. The Determinants of Local Procurements by Japanese Foreign Affiliates: An Estimation of Factor Demand Function Kozo Kiyota, Toshiyuki Matsuura, Shujiro Urata and Yuhong Wei 6. Outsourcing and Skill Upgrading in Japanese Manufacturing: Destination Effects Evidenced from the International Input–Output Tables Iwao Tanaka and Eiichi Nakazawa 7. European Retailing Multinationals: Investment in Asia and Return Effects Marie-Laure Baron 8. Effect of Globalization on Logistics Networks in East Asia Jong-Kil Kim and Jung-Wouk Woo PART II: REGIONAL ECONOMIC INTEGRATION IN EAST ASIA AND EUROPE: TRENDS AND PROSPECTS 9. Free Trade Agreements in East Asian Countries: What Has Been Done and Needs to Be Done Jung Taik Hyun and Jin Young Hong 10. A Two-Hub Trading Bloc in East Asia? Lurong Chen 11. Exchange Rate Instability and Trade Integration: The Case of Asia Kang-Soek Lee and Philippe Saucier 12. Economic Power Shift in East Asia and Its Political-Economic Implications Dong-Chon Suh 13. Mutual Trade Potential of Central and Eastern European Countries: Evidence from Hausman–Taylor Estimations Fabienne Boudier-Bensebaa and Olivier Lamotte 14. The Impact of Trade Integration on FDI Flows: Evidence from the EU and ASEAN+3 Seyed Komail Tayebi and Amir Hortamani Index

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Book SynopsisThis comprehensive book analyses debates on globalisation in China, focusing on the consequences of globalisation for the ideological, political and cultural realms.Since the mid-1990s, there has been intense interest in globalisation among the leaders and theorists of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), and amongst non-Party Chinese intellectuals. It is the ideological, political and cultural dimensions of globalisation that are the focus of this book. Employing criteria drawn from the ideological history of the CCP and Western globalisation theory, Nick Knight critically evaluates these debates. He demonstrates that, under the influence of the CCP, a regime of truth has emerged on the nature and benefits of globalisation. The book provides a critical assessment of the Chinese discourse on this important subject.Drawing on a huge number of Chinese and Western documents on globalisation, this book will be invaluable to academics and students interested in contemporary Chinese politics and ideology, and international relations and globalisation theory. It will also greatly appeal to policymakers interested in China's position in and perception of the world.Trade Review'This is a fascinating account of how China has confronted the current era of "globalisation", not just through their use of inward investment, export surpluses and foreign exchange reserves, but also ideologically - how Chinese Communist Party theorists and non-Party intellectuals alike have analysed both the potential benefits and dangers in these global economic developments for Chinese sovereignty and for the prospects for socialism in China.' -- Jonathan Michie, University of Birmingham, UK'A product of serious scholarship and extensive research Professor Knight's fascinating study deserves to be widely read by those with an interest in globalisation and China's emergence as a global power. It presents a sophisticated analysis of the domestic tensions arising from China's embrace of globalisation and reactions to it. A significant corrective to the many one dimensional studies of China and globalisation.' -- Tony McGrew, Southampton University, UK'One of the least discussed aspects of reform in contemporary China is the commitment of the Communist Party leadership to policies of globalisation. In this important new study, Nick Knight offers a comprehensive discussion of what the Chinese leadership understands by globalisation, the social and political implications of their policies, and the debates the idea of globalisation has provoked within and without the party. Not the least among the study's virtues is Knight's grasp of issues within Chinese Marxism that enables him to bring an indispensable critical perspective to these debates.' -- Arif Dirlik, Chinese University of Hong Kong'Nick Knight's close reading of the debate on increased globalisation within China provides an essential analysis for anyone seeking to identify the dynamics of change in that country. In the process he not only highlights the extent to which the idea of globalisation is fashionable yet contested for China, as elsewhere, but also the paradoxes of a Communist Party State embracing a neoliberal agenda and world system.' -- David S.G. Goodman, University of Technology, Sydney, AustraliaTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction 2. Precursors to Globalisation in the Marxist Tradition 3. Ideology or Reality? Globalisation and its (Dis)contents in China 4. Globalisation, Socialism and the Search for Ideological Coherence in China 5. The Paradox of Globalisation: China’s Search for Cultural Identity and Coherence 6. China’s Response to Global Capital: Issues of Sovereignty and State Capacity 7. China Goes Global 8. Conclusion Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis book provides an authoritative contribution to applied cost-benefit analysis (CBA) and other evaluation methods in the context of the regional policy of the European Union. Through the use of Structural Funds and other financial and regulatory mechanisms, the EU will help to promote thousands of infrastructure projects in the next decade. CBA will be a key ingredient in the investment decision process and the authors provide important insights from their international experiences in project appraisal and evaluation and point to some valuable lessons to be learnt for the future. Some key questions addressed by the expert contributors include: How should a planner design incentives to stimulate evaluation efforts in project appraisal? What can we learn from the evaluation experience at the European Commission, the European Investment Bank, The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the World Bank? What is the appropriate shadow price of time for Trans-European networks in transport? Is there a consensus on the value of the statistical life in environment projects? Should we use one unique European social discount rate or several? Edited by Massimo Florio, a leading expert in CBA and author of the EC, Guide to Cost-Benefit Analysis of Investment Projects (2002), this book will be warmly welcomed by practitioners in investment planning and evaluation, students in public economics, planning, development and European studies, and academics and researchers of CBA and applied welfare economics.Table of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction: Multi-government Cost–Benefit Analysis, Shadow Prices and Incentives Massimo Florio PART I: LEARNING FROM INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE 2. Cost–Benefit Analysis and EU Cohesion Policy Andrea Mairate and Francesco Angelini 3. Assessing Projects and Programmes for Cohesion Policy at the EIB Gianni Carbonaro 4. Assessing the Contribution of Investment Projects to Building a Market Economy: Beyond Cost–Benefit Analysis? José Carbajo 5. Is Development Evaluation Relevant to the European Project? Robert Picciotto PART II: PROJECT EVALUATION IN TRANSPORT AND ENVIRONMENT 6. Economic Evaluation and Incentives in Transport Infrastructure Investment Ginés De Rus 7. Cost–Benefit Analysis of Transport Projects in France Emile Quinet 8. Environmental Valuation: A Brief Overview of Options Giles Atkinson and Susana Mourato 9. On the Definition and Estimation of the Value of a ‘Statistical Life’ Per-Olov Johansson 10. Economic Evaluation in Environmental Policymaking and Implications for Children Pascale Scapecchi PART III: KEY PARAMETERS FOR APPLIED COST–BENEFIT ANALYSIS 11. Social Discount Rates for the European Union: An Overview Michael Spackman 12. Social Discount Rates for the European Union: New Estimates David Evans 13. Regional Welfare Weights Erhun Kula 14. Derivation of Regional Welfare Weights: An Application to Turkey Haluk Sezer Index

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Book SynopsisThis book analyses the economic development of cities from the 'cultural economy' and 'creative industry' perspectives, examining and differentiating them as two related but distinct segments of contemporary city economies. The authors argue that although they are normally conflated, the first is largely subsidized while the second is highly entrepreneurial hence they actually make very different kinds of contribution to a city's character, attractiveness and competitiveness. Creative Cities, Cultural Clusters and Local Economic Development also examines the nature of agglomeration economies, drawing on evidence from two types of clustering activity based in the cultural economy. The first type is exemplified in the chapter analysing the long-established Florentine art restoration cluster beside the Arno that exports its services globally to other art cities such as Kyoto. The second type is denoted by creative industry clusters such as new media, film-making and music in a variety of city contexts. The book concludes with an invaluable review and mapping of these developments in relation to their contributions to the city economies, labour markets and societies in which they operate.The book will appeal to academics and scholars of urban and regional studies and cultural economics. Policymakers and others involved in the creative industries and the cultural economy will also find much to engage them.Trade Review'An extremely interesting package of ideas that is a pleasure to read, both for those who are new to the topic and those who are looking for new insights concerning the role of culture in local economic development.' -- Udo Staber, Growth and Change'Each of the 14 papers contained in this volume provides a comprehensive evaluation of the culture-creativity-local development relationship. The volume represents an important addition to the regional development genre, and is essential reading for academics, policymakers, city councillors and those engaged in the cultural and creative sectors.' -- Economic Outlook and Business ReviewTable of ContentsContents: Preface Creative Cities: An Introduction Philip Cooke and Luciana Lazzeretti PART I: CULTURAL DISTRICTS, CULTURAL CLUSTERS AND LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 1. Culture, Clusters, Districts and Quarters: Some Reflections on the Scale Question Philip Cooke 2. Cultural Resources and Regional Development: The Case of the Cultural Legacy of Watchmaking Leïla Kebir and Olivier Crevoisier 3. Cultural Clusters and Districts: The State of the Art Tommaso Cinti 4. The Cultural Districtualization Model Luciana Lazzeretti 5. Collective Trademarks and Cultural Districts: The Case of San Gregorio Armeno, Naples Tiziana Cuccia, Massimo Marrelli and Walter Santagata 6. Fixed Book Pricing in Spain: A Debate between Economic Efficiency and Cultural Diversity Maria Luisa Palma Martos and Luís Palma Martos 7. Why do Cultural Industries Cluster? Localization, Urbanization, Products and Projects Mark Lorenzen and Lars Frederiksen PART II: KNOWLEDGE, CREATIVE INDUSTRIES AND LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 8. Creativity, Innovation and Territorial Agglomeration in Cultural Activities: The Roots of the Creative City Pedro Costa 9. Knowledge Externalities and Networks of Cities in the Creative Metropolis Joan Trullén and Rafael Boix 10. The Management of ‘Events’ in the Veneto Performing Music Cluster: Bridging Latent Networks and Permanent Organizations Fiorenza Belussi and Silvia Rita Sedita 11. Creative Clusters and Governance: The Dominance of the Hollywood Film Cluster Lisa De Propris and Laura Hypponen 12. The Creative City: A Matter of Values Richard Smith and Katie Warfield 13. Evolving Singapore: The Creative City Hing Ai Yun 14. Mapping and Analysing Creative Systems in Italy (1991–2001) Francesco Capone Index

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Book SynopsisThis book brings together a range of viewpoints on a number of the burning issues affecting urban sustainability in North America and Europe at the beginning of the 21st century. H.S. Geyer and his contributors cover a wide spectrum of the urban policy issues that determine the growth and development progress as well as the livability of cities in the Occident.The volume focuses on three broad themes: nuances in urban policy formulation in Britain and the United States; the evolvement of urban systems regionally and globally; and the social and economic forces that determine urban livability and bring about change in the demographic landscape of cities in both Europe and the United States. In this Handbook some of the world's most experienced researchers express their views - often controversial - on topics as diverse as the role of the IT sector, population ageing, migration, global warming and social economics within urban development. This important Handbook has a strong demographic and developmental focus and covers urban policy issues that should be of interest to a wide readership - from urban planning, geography, regional science and economics to international business, population studies, history and political science.Table of ContentsContents: Preface PART I: THE URBAN POLICY CONTEXT 1. Introduction: The Policy Context of Urbanization M. Pacione PART II: EVOLVING URBAN SYSTEMS 2. Differential Urbanization Trends in Europe: The European Case E. Heikkilä and H. Kaskinoro 3. Large Urban Economies: The Role of Knowledge and ICT Infrastructure P. van Hemert, M. van Geenhuizen and P. Nijkamp 4. World Cities: Organizational Networking and the Global Urban Hierarchy P.J. Taylor PART III: FORCES OF SPATIAL ECONOMIC CHANGE 5. The New Economic Geography: A Simple Exposition D. Urban 6. Land Markets and their Regulation: The Economic Impacts of Planning P. Cheshire and W. Vermeulen 7. The Continuing Urban Form Controversy: Towards Bridging the Divide H.S. Geyer 8. Spatial Planning and Institutional Design: What Can We Expect From Transaction Cost Economics? F. Moulaert and A. Mehmood 9. The Economy of the Large European City: The Social Nature of Articulated Rationality F. Moulaert and J. Nussbaumer 10. E-Government: Turning the Digital Divide into a Digital Dividend in Manchester (UK) D. Carter PART IV: THE CHANGING DEMOGRAPHIC LANDSCAPE 11. International Labour Migration in the EU: Likely Social and Economic Implications T. El-Cherkeh 12. Immigration in the USA: Evolving Demographic Contexts, Geographies and Policy Debates D.A. Plane and L. Hoffman 13. Winds of Change: Controversies Underlying the Urban Policy Debate H.S. Geyer Index

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Book SynopsisThis important book takes a critical view on regional industry clusters, in particular their identification and formation, and the policies which help create and support them. The distinguished international contributors comprehensively discuss the theoretical and empirical issues concerning clusters and cluster policy from a regional economic perspective. Based on a broad range of methods, the authors derive results about the existence and structure of regional industrial clusters and assess their contribution to the development of regions. As a whole, the book examines the hyperbole that often surrounds clusters by employing sound scientific evidence and rigorous analysis.Academics and advanced students of regional science, regional economics and economic geography will find the academic discussion of spatial concentrations of economic activities to be of much interest. Policymakers will also appreciate the critical approach taken towards the currently fashionable cluster policy.Trade Review'. . . this book will be of greatest interest to empirical researchers who wish to stay up-to-date with the recent work from both sides of the Atlantic. The blend of methods, empirics, and policy will also be of value to researchers that are interested in understanding the policy context of their research.' -- Henry Renski, Review of Regional StudiesTable of ContentsContents: 1. The Starting Point Uwe Blien and Gunther Maier 2. Innovation Dynamics and the Structure and Evolution of Industrial Clusters Simona Iammarino and Philip McCann 3. First Steps Towards a Critical Appraisal of Clusters André Torre 4. A Network Based Approach Towards Industry Clustering Juan C. Duque and Sergio J. Rey 5. Industry-specific Spatial Agglomerations in Germany Thomas Brenner 6. Sectoral Concentration, Business Networks and Innovative Competences in East Germany – An Empirical Approach to Identify Economic Clusters Martin T.W. Rosenfeld, Peter Franz and Gerhard Heimpold 7. Clusters and the Spatial Structure of Wages in Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil): A Multilevel Approach Leonardo Monteiro Monasterio 8. Measuring Specialisation and Concentration in Regional Clusters – An Empirical Analysis for Eastern Bavaria Joachim Möller and Nicole Litzel 9. Inter-Firm Relations and Economic Clustering in the Dutch Randstad Region Frank G. van Oort, Martijn J. Burger and Otto Raspe 10. The Contribution of New and Young Firms to the Economic Development of Clusters in Germany: Comparative Analysis of a Growing, a Mature and a Declining Cluster Anne Otto and Stefan Köhler 11. On Building Clusters versus Leveraging Synergies in the Design of Innovation Policy for Developing Economies Edward Feser 12. Geographic Concentration of Sectors in the German Economy: Some Unpleasant Macroeconomic Evidence for Regional Cluster Policy Björn Alecke, Christoph Alsleben, Frank Scharr and Gerhard Untiedt 13. Clusters and Networks. . . Their Spell Has By No Means Been Broken! Martin Wrobel 14. Cluster Approaches to Local Economic Development: Conceptual Remarks and Case Studies from Lower Saxony, Germany Matthias Kiese Index

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Book SynopsisThe authors of this timely book investigate various forms and measures of corruption, examine whether corruption is more acute in Persian Gulf countries than elsewhere, and illustrate the unique forms it takes in oil- and natural gas-rich economies. They also analyze the major factors that promote corrupt practices and how they impact economic growth and social development. While corruption is globally pervasive and adversely affects the interests of citizens worldwide, it has perhaps received the most notoriety in developing countries that have an abundance of mineral deposits. Among these developing countries, the oil-exporting countries of the Persian Gulf have received a significant amount of this attention in the popular media. This book argues that for intergenerational equity to be preserved while exploiting oil and gas reserves, other forms of capital must replace their depletion to preserve a constant capital stock. Corruption, wasteful expenditures - such as spending on armament and war - and even productive expenditures - those that enrich individual segments of society - rob much of the world's population. The authors conclude the book by offering a radical solution for containing corruption in natural resource-rich countries. This timely and thought-provoking work will resonate within the academic and business worlds alike. Those interested in Middle Eastern studies, the Persian Gulf, multinational corporations, corporate governance efforts and private NGOs will find this book of particular importance.Table of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction to Corruption in the Persian Gulf 2. Islamic Teachings and Corruption 3. A Review of the Causes and Consequences of Corruption 5. The Impact of Oil and Gas Dependency on Corruption 6. Corruption, Economic Growth and the Petroleum Sector in the Persian Gulf 7. Addressing Corruption, the Natural Resource Curse and Intergenerational Equity in the Persian Gulf References Index

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Book SynopsisPerhaps the most exceptional aspect of the current era of globalisation is that entrepreneurship has become the engine for local processes of economic, social and cultural development throughout the world. This important new book brings together a number of leading scholars in the field to explore the development aspects of globalisation, in particular those that foster the evolution of entrepreneurs in local-global processes.The expert contributions consider local processes such as entrepreneurship, new firm formation, creativity, media clustering, migration, and many more. They examine how the footprints of these processes reveal themselves in the contemporary global context, characterized by increasing economic interdependence as evidenced by the expanding trade in goods and services, and the growth in capital, knowledge and technology flows. The authors highlight the fact that global patterns of change are the result of innumerable local processes driven by economic, political and social entrepreneurs in localities, regions and nations around the world. With a variety of geographic perspectives, this book will appeal to researchers, students and policymakers in a range of fields including urban and regional economics, economic geography, international trade, and entrepreneurship and innovation policy.Trade Review‘“Think Global, Act Local” has become the policy mantra for innovation, growth and competitiveness in the global economy. In this important and insightful book, Karlsson, Johansson and Stough assemble an all star team of international scholars to explicitly draw out the key role that entrepreneurship plays for local economic performance. The interdisciplinary approach contained in this book yields a pathbreaking set of insights for regional policy that will be of great value to both scholars and policy makers.’ -- David Audretsch, Indiana University, Bloomington, US and Otto Beisheim School WHU, Germany‘The world is experiencing the fourth globalization trend since the collapse of the Berlin Wall twenty years ago. This trend unlike previous ones is characterized by both broader global interconnection and deeper localization. In other words, the world is both flatter and spikier at the same time. The key to a successful development policy is to integrate these two seemingly counter intuitive trends. The solution to this is a more or less regional strategy with a very strong focus on entrepreneurship. While this approach is not new and is not the first, it is the best one that I have seen. The editors of this collection are some of the best informed, most careful and deep thinking scholars in the business and have produced a work worthy of their stature.’ -- Zoltán J. Ács, George Mason University, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction Charlie Karlsson, Börje Johansson and Roger R. Stough 2. Globalization and the Emergence of the Entrepreneurial Society David B. Audretsch 3. New Firm Formation and Economic Development in a Globalizing Economy Sierdjan Koster and Charlie Karlsson 4. Entrepreneurship and Local Growth: A Comparison of the US and Sweden Benny Borgman and Pontus Braunerhjelm 5. Gibrat’s Law Reconsidered: A Creativity Perspective Zoltan J. Acs and Catherine Armington 6. International Linkages and Entrepreneurship in Media Clusters: Evidence from the UK Gary A.S. Cook and Naresh R. Pandit 7. Household Migration and Attractiveness in Consumer Service Supply Charlotta Mellander and Johanna Palmberg 8. Knowledge Intensive Business Services as Gazelles: Implications of Size on Innovation Johanna Nählinder 9. The Community Entrepreneur as a Facilitator of Local Economic Development Lars Rønning, Elisabet Ljunggren and Johan Wiklund 10. Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Danish Regional Policy Andreas P. Cornett 11. Modeling Just-in-Time Manufacturing in a Vertically Integrated Industry Ho Yeon Kim 12. The Innovation and Productivity Effect of Foreign Takeover of National Assets Börje Johansson, Hans Lööf and Bernd Ebersberger 13. Creative Industries and Regional Economic Development – The Example of Public Supported Regional Film Centres in Sweden Per Assmo 14. Local Patterns of Growth in a Global Perspective: A Territorial Scenario of an Enlarged Europe Roberta Capello Index

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Book SynopsisThis insightful book shows how small and medium enterprises (SMEs) from some of the traditionally less dynamic peripheral economies of the ?old? EU ? namely Ireland, Italy, Portugal and Spain ? have responded to the twin challenges of globalisation and industrial restructuring. Through a series of unique case studies the contributing authors discuss how these economies, and in particular the SME sector, can be transformed. The book begins by examining the key drivers of the globally competitive SME sector in the EU, before moving on to explore the relationship between multinational enterprises (MNEs), SMEs and industrial development. The authors investigate important policy implications and provide lessons for SME development and growth.With empirical and theoretical contributions on SMEs in both the manufacturing and the services sectors, this essential book will be invaluable for researchers and policymakers in small business economics and management. Postgraduate students of entrepreneurship, business economics, industrial economics and European studies will appreciate this unique set of insights.Table of ContentsContents: Preface 1. SMEs in a Globalised World: Conceptual Issues Helena Lenihan, Bernadette Andreosso-O’Callaghan and Mark Hart PART I: KEY DRIVERS OF A GLOBALLY COMPETITIVE SME SECTOR IN THE EU 2. Why do SMEs Grow? A Rejection of Gibrat’s Law for Spanish Firms (1994–2002) Mercedes Teruel-Carrizosa 3. Access of Small Firms to Knowledge Networks as a Determinant of Local Economic Development Miren Larrea, Alazne Mujika and Mari Jose Aranguren 4. Innovation Behaviour of Spanish Fashion Manufacturing SMEs José L. Calvo and Angel L. Culebras de Mesa 5. Family-based Firms: Evidence from the Portuguese Furniture and Events Organisation Industries Vitor Braga and Bernadette Andreosso-O’Callaghan 6. Forms of Industrial Development in Chinese Specialized Towns and Types of Challenges to European Manufacturing SMEs: An Italian Perspective Marco Bellandi and Annalisa Caloffi PART II: MNEs, SMEs AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT 7. MNE Subsidiaries, Productivity Spillovers and SMEs Rita Buckley 8. Entrepreneurship and Inward Foreign Direct Investment in Portugal Natália Barbosa and Vasco Eiriz 9. The Large Leader Firm: Good or Bad? A Case Study of a Leader Firm–Supplier Relationship Helen McGrath and David Jacobson 10. Dynamics of the SME Sector in Ireland: A Driver of Growth in the Irish Economy Since 1994? Helena Lenihan, Briga Hynes and Mark Hart Index

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Book SynopsisRegional Economic Policy in Europe presents a tightly focused selection of policy, empirical and theoretical perspectives on contemporary dimensions of regional economic policy in the EU. It concentrates on three areas; the dissimilarities and resulting convergence of disparate regions within the EU; the localisation of economic activities and how regions can understand and manage them and, finally, the experiences and lessons that can be drawn from European regional policy. While exploring EU cohesion and regional development more widely, the book also examines Spanish, Belgian and Eastern European experiences on growth, human capital, foreign investment and technological spillovers.This up-to-date and thoroughly researched study is one that will be appreciated by academics and researchers of European studies and regional economics in Europe. Policymakers will also find the conclusions reached within the pages of this book invaluable.Trade Review'The book is recommended because it contains several interesting chapters that will prove useful for future research into the effects of the cohesion policy on the economic development of the new European Union member states over the past five years.' -- Toni Mora, Papers in Regional ScienceTable of ContentsContents: Preface PART I: OVERVIEW 1. New Challenges in Regional Economics: An Overview Ulrike Stierle-von Schütz, Michael H. Stierle, Frederic B. Jennings, Jr. and Adrian T.H. Kuah PART II: THE ECONOMIC LANDSCAPE IN EUROPE: REGIONAL DISPARITIES, CATCHING-UP AND CONVERGENCE 2. Human Capital, Growth and Inequality in the Spanish Regions Angel de la Fuente and Rafael Doménech 3. What Helps Regions in Eastern Europe Catch Up? The Role of Foreign Investment, Human Capital and Geography Gabriele Tondl and Goran Vuksic PART III: LOCALISATION OF ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES: THE ROLE OF TECHNOLOGY SPILLOVERS, CLUSTERS AND FISCAL POLICY 4. Asymmetric Economic Integration in a Two-Region Model and the Effects on Unemployment and Growth Pascal Hetze 5. Intra-Industry Trade and Technological Spillovers: The Case of Belgian Manufacturing Filip Abraham and Jan van Hove 6. Industrial Clusters and Transaction Cost Hailin Sun and Luoping Sun 7. Fiscal Design and the Location of Economic Activity Ulrike Stierle-von Schütz PART IV: EUROPEAN REGIONAL POLICY: EXPERIENCES AND LESSONS 8. Do Economic Models Tell Us Anything Useful about Cohesion Policy Impacts? John Bradley and Gerhard Untiedt 9. Conditions for a Contribution by the Structural Funds to Real Convergence of the Recently Acceded Member States Michael H. Stierle and Anita Halasz 10. Convergence and Public Investment in Spain: Regional Policies Revisited Santiago Lago-Peñas and Diego Martínez-López 11. European Cohesion Policy and the Spanish Economy Simón Sosvilla-Rivero and José A. Herce Index

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Book SynopsisThe option for consumers to make payments for services and products via mobile telephones has created a dynamic new industry. High-Tech Entrepreneurship in Asia illustrates how small, entrepreneurial firms in Asia have devised and produced innovations crucial for this industry's development. Marina Zhang and Mark Dodgson explore the evolution of the mobile payment industry which has emerged in recent years through the convergence of services provided by financial and mobile telecommunications companies. They consider how leading Asian economies are increasingly becoming the source of important technological innovations. Detailed case studies are used to reveal the technological, social, political, national and cultural factors that encourage and constrain entrepreneurship in Asia, paying particular attention to China and Korea, the industry vanguards. The role played by entrepreneurial start-ups in bridging the gap between banking, credit card and mobile telecommunications sectors is also explored. This highly original work will strongly appeal to students, researchers, policymakers and managers interested in international entrepreneurship, innovation, industrial and technological development and Asian business.Table of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction 2. Mobile Payment Technologies 3. The Development of Emerging Technologies 4. High-Tech Entrepreneurship 5. Entrepreneurship Research by Process-Oriented Case Inquiry 6. The Development of Mobile Payment Technologies in Korea 7. The Development of the Mobile Payment Industry in China 8. High-Tech Entrepreneurship: Technology, Firms and International Context Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis innovative book offers a critical perspective on the state of the current global economy, making sense of knowledge-related issues by critically assessing existing institutional choices, as well as pointing to new ways forward.The pioneering chapters reposition knowledge in a number of economic debates including regional development, property rights, social enterprises, corporate governance, the management of universities, and the role of creative activities. They explore the possibility of an institutional dynamism that impacts not only on the characteristics of localities and their place in a hierarchical and ordered system of relationships, but on the nature of the system itself. Conclusions point at the individual and collective dimensions of the knowledge discovery process, suggesting a renewed approach to the assessment of economic choices.This insightful book offers an original perspective on knowledge-related issues and constitutes a valuable read for academics and postgraduate students in international business and economic competitiveness, as well practitioners and policymakers who are interested in alternative analyses and methods for economic development.Trade Review'This book presents an entirely new approach to knowledge, creativity and social organisation. The first part of the book provides a trenchant critique of current globalisation, of multinational corporations, the WTO, and intellectual property rights. The rest of the book outlines an alternative globalisation based on inclusion, democratic participation, and equality. The role of the universities in this process is given special attention. The alternative globalisation is still based on the market economy but not necessarily one in which the sole objective of the corporations is to maximise profits. The book is a must-read for all economists, including those who are satisfied with the current state of the subject. The analyses of this volume of outstanding papers edited by Sacchetti and Sugden are fresh, sober and entirely convincing.' -- Ajit Singh, University of Cambridge, UK'It is arguable that at the root of the current global crisis lies the ferocious attack on critical thinking - indeed freedom of thought - that has taken place over the past 30 years or so. The editors of this volume are among the minority voices that kept thinking outside the box and voicing their views during this period. Their present volume offers fascinating readings on diverse issues ranging from uneven development, through university and art management, to motivation, capabilities and democratic governance, as they relate to knowledge and learning. It is hoped that the book will receive the attention it deserves and that more such voices will now be raised and heard.' -- Christos Pitelis, University of Cambridge, UK'While the relevance of knowledge in economic development represents a consolidated result, this volume takes some important steps forward in new directions. Highly valuable is the attempt to integrate the study of knowledge production, with its potential for improved creativity, whose expression is now dependent on the social structure and is not merely exogenous any more. The focus on heterodox approaches and on non-traditional organisational and proprietary forms is particularly coherent with both the theoretical premises of the volume and the expected evolution of economies.' -- Carlo Borzaga, University of Trento, Italy'This is a collection of essays which escapes the confines of mainstream economics, raising fundamental questions of the role of academics in policy making. It requires the reader to imagine different worlds - to think beyond present realities; a book striving to deal with important issues, not sliding over them to make cheap points. A scholarly work; demanding, in places difficult, but worth persevering with. Should be read by everyone interested in a different way forward for economic development in a global world.' -- Keith Cowling, University of Warwick, UKTable of ContentsContents: Preface PART I: INTRODUCTION 1. Introduction Silvia Sacchetti PART II: KNOWLEDGE, PRODUCTION AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT 2. The Organisation of Production and the Risk of Regional Divergence: A Perspective on the Development of Knowledge Across Economies Silvia Sacchetti 3. Harmonization, Differentiation, and Development: The Case of Intellectual Property in the Global Trading Regime Kenneth C. Shadlen 4. Knowledgeable Regions, Jacobian Clusters and Green Innovation Philip Cooke 5. Higher Education and Economic Development: Do We Face an Intertemporal Trade-off? James R. Wilson PART III: EMERGING INSTITUTIONAL SETTINGS, CRITICAL THINKING AND KNOWLEDGE 6. Destroying Creativity? Universities and the New Public Management Sonja Grönblom and Johan Willner 7. A Theoretical Analysis of the Relationship between Social Capital and Corporate Social Responsibility: Concepts and Definitions Lorenzo Sacconi and Giacomo Degli Antoni 8. Creativity and Institution Building: The Case of Italian Social Cooperatives Alberto Ianes and Ermanno Tortia 9. Creativity in Economic Development: Space in an Inferno Silvia Sacchetti and Roger Sugden PART IV: CREATIVE ACTIVITIES: ART, MEDIA, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY… 10. Economic Development Lite: Communication, Art and ICTs in a Globalised Economy Roger Sugden, Robbin Te Velde and James R. Wilson 11. Media, Governance and the Public Interest J. Robert Branston and James R. Wilson 12. Quantity, Quality and Creativity Francesco Sacchetti PART V: CONCLUSIONS 13. Positioning Order, Disorder and Creativity in Research Choices on Local Development Silvia Sacchetti and Roger Sugden Index

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Book SynopsisRecent research has found pronounced differences in the level of entrepreneurship and new business formation across various regions and nations. This timely Handbook reveals that the development of new ventures as well as their effects on overall economic growth is strongly shaped by their regional and national environment. The expert group of contributors give an overview on the current state of the art in this field and propose avenues for further investigation. Topics include the regional determinants of new business formation, the effects of start-ups on growth, the role of globalization for regional entrepreneurship, the effect of national and regional framework conditions, as well as the role of universities as incubators of innovative new firms.Trade Review'Entrepreneurship can have powerful effects on local as well as national economies. The chapters in this edited volume, authored by well known experts in their fields, explore various aspects of entrepreneurship and regional development. The book provides an illuminating overview of the current state of knowledge while also sharing with the reader several new findings and insights on issues as diverse as globalization, regional employment growth, nascent entrepreneurs, gazelles, labor productivity, government regulations and university entrepreneurship. It is recommended reading for anyone interested in these topics.'- Simon C. Parker, The University of Western Ontario, Canada 'There is substantial evidence regarding the considerable regional variation in business creation. Michael Fritsch has done a fine job of assembling the most recent analyses of the best scholars on the regional factors affecting firm creation and the consequences. It is essential reading for any scholar or policy analyst seeking a state of the art overview of the current empirical status of research on this important topic.'- Paul D. Reynolds, George Washington University, US 'This Handbook examines the contribution of the entrepreneur and related processes to regional economic development. The recognition that the indirect entrepreneurial effects on development are more significant than on the direct is an important and under girding conclusion. And further, that entrepreneurial driven effects are often not felt immediately but in some cases only across decades as illustrated by the over two decade incubation of the entrepreneurial culture in the Silicon Valley which only later resulted in it becoming the dominant icon of scientific and technology regional development that it is today.'- Roger Stough, George Mason University, US 'This volume fills an important gap in the research literature on entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurship is a localized phenomenon and all too many studies disregard this fact. Thus, the regional economic milieu is a critical factor determining both the volume and type of entrepreneurship but also the effects of entrepreneurship in terms of value added growth, employment growth, etc. The contributions in this book by a number of leading scientists in the field provide an excellent overview and understanding of the prerequisites for and the role of entrepreneurship in regional growth and development.' --- Charlie Karlsson, Jonkoping University, SwedenTable of ContentsContents: 1. The Role of New Businesses in Regional Development: Introduction and Overview Michael Fritsch 2. Globalization, Entrepreneurship, and the Region David B. Audretsch, Isabel Grilo and A. Roy Thurik 3. Regional Determinants of Entrepreneurial Activities – Theories and Empirical Evidence Rolf Sternberg 4. The Effect of New Business Formation on Regional Employment: Empirical Evidence, Interpretation, and Avenues for Further Research Michael Fritsch 5. Entrepreneurship, Urbanization Economies, and Productivity of European Regions Niels Bosma 6. High-Impact Firms: Gazelles Revisited Zoltan J. Acs 7. Firm Growth, Institutions, and Structural Transformation Magnus Henrekson and Dan Johansson 8. Inadvertent Infrastructure and Regional Entrepreneurship Policy Maryann P. Feldman, Lauren Lanahan and Jennifer M. Miller 9. Universities, Entrepreneurship, and Local Economic Development Thomas Åstebro and Navid Bazzazian Index

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Book SynopsisToday, economic growth is widely understood to be conditioned by productivity increases which are, in turn, profoundly affected by innovation. This volume explores these key relationships between innovation and growth, bringing together experts from both fields to compile a unique Handbook. The Handbook considers innovation from fresh perspectives, encompassing topics such as services innovation, inward investment and innovation, creative industry innovation and green innovation. It is divided into seven sections, dealing with regional innovation and growth theory, dynamics, evolution, agglomeration, innovation 'worlds', innovation system institutions, and innovation governance and policy. This definitive compendium on regional innovation and growth will undoubtedly appeal to teachers, students, researchers and practitioners of innovation and growth dynamics worldwide.Contributors: M. Abreu, E.S. Andersen, Y. Aoyama, B. Asheim, S. Bagchi-Sen, M. Bellandi, F. Belussi, R. Boschma, N. Bosma, S. Breschi, R. Capello, C. Carrincazeaux, J.L. Christensen, P. Cooke, M. Coris, O. Crevoisier, L. De Propris, A. Eriksson, D. Felsenstein, A. Frenkel, K. Frenken, E. Giuliani, V. Harmaakorpi, M. Heidenreich, R. Horner, S. Iammarino, A. Isaksen, A. James, M. Klofsten, K. Koschatzky, A. Lagendijk, L. Lazzeretti, E. Malecki, R. Martin, H. Melkas, C. Nauwelaers, S. Öberg, P. Prud'homme van Reine, S. Ptak, S. Rosenfeld, V. Schutjens, D. Schwartz, D. Shefer, J. Simmie, E. Stam, M. Steiner, P. Sunley, G. Tichy, F. Tödtling, M. Trippl, T. Tura, E. Vatne, D. WolfeTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction to the Handbook of Regional Innovation and Growth Philip Cooke, Bjørn Asheim, Ron Boschma, Ron Martin, Dafna Schwartz and Franz Tödtling PART I: REGIONAL INNOVATION THEORY Introduction Bjørn Asheim and Dafna Schwartz 2. Schumpeter and Regional Innovation Esben Sloth Andersen 3. Neo-Schumpeterian Perspectives on Innovation and Growth David Wolfe 4. Regional Agglomeration and Growth: The Classical Approach Eirik Vatne 5. Innovation, Product Life Cycle and Diffusion: Vernon and Beyond Gunther Tichy 6. Perspectives on Mature Marshallian Industrial Districts Marco Bellandi 7. The New Marshallian Districts and their Process of Internationalization Fiorenza Belussi PART II: REGIONAL INNOVATION AND GROWTH DYNAMICS Introduction Philip Cooke, Franz Tödtling and Dafna Schwartz 8. Innovation and Productivity: Local Competitiveness and the Role of Space Roberta Capello 9. Human Capital and Labour Mobility Determinants of Regional Innovation Daniel Felsenstein 10. The Geography of Knowledge Flows Stefano Breschi 11. Regional Innovation and Diversity Simona Iammarino 12. Networks of Innovation Elisa Giuliani 13. From Regional Anchors to Anchoring Lisa De Propris and Olivier Crevoisier PART III: REGIONAL INNOVATION AND EVOLUTION Introduction Ron Boschma and Ron Martin 14. Technological Relatedness, Related Variety and Economic Geography Ron Boschma and Koen Frenken 15. Regional Economies as Path-Dependent Systems: Some Issues and Implications Ron Martin 16. Absorptive Capacity in a Regional Context Maria Abreu 17. Regional Knowledge Networks Michael Steiner 18. Regional Competitiveness: From Endowments to Externalities to Evolution Ron Martin 19. Regional Cultural Economy: Evolution and Innovation Al James PART IV: AGGLOMERATION AND INNOVATION Introduction Philip Cooke and Bjørn Asheim 20. Proximity and Innovation Christophe Carrincazeaux and Marie Coris 21. The Changing Form and Geography of Social Capital Stuart Rosenfeld 22. Cluster Evolution Arne Isaksen 23. Transversality and Regional Innovation Platforms Philip Cooke 24. Technology Clusters Edward Malecki PART V: REGIONAL WORLDS OF INNOVATION Introduction Philip Cooke and Dafna Schwartz 25. Worlds of Production: Conventions and the Microfoundations of Regional Economies Peter Sunley 26. Culture as a Source for Growth and Change: Some Evidences from Cultural Clusters in Andalusia Luciana Lazzeretti 27. Service Innovation Yuko Aoyama and Rory Horner 28. Regional Services Innovation Philip Cooke 29. Open Innovation and Regional Growth Peter Prud’homme van Reine 30. Foreign Direct Investment and Regional Innovation Philip Cooke and Dafna Schwartz 31. Innovation Systems in Emerging Economies: The Case of India Scott Ptak and Sharmistha Bagchi-Sen 32. Green Innovation Philip Cooke PART VI: REGIONAL INNOVATION SYSTEM INSTITUTIONS Introduction Dafna Schwartz and Franz Tödtling 33. Regional Innovation Systems Franz Tödtling and Michaela Trippl 34. Intermediaries in Regional Innovation Systems: Role and Challenges for Policy Claire Nauwelaers 35. Regional Entrepreneurship Niels Bosma, Veronique Schutjens and Erik Stam 36. Venture Capital in Regional Innovation and Growth Jesper Lindgaard Christensen 37. Regional Entrepreneurship Development: Promoting Spin-offs through Coaching and Mentoring Magnus Klofsten and Staffan Öberg 38. Regional Innovation and Incubation: The Technological Incubators Programme for Entrepreneurship and Innovation Daniel Shefer and Amnon Frenkel PART VII: REGIONAL INNOVATION POLICY Introduction Philip Cooke and Ron Boschma 39. Regional Innovation Governance Martin Heidenreich and Knut Koschatzky 40. Learning Regions James Simmie 41. Regional Innovation Platforms Vesa Harmaakorpi, Tomi Tura and Helinä Melkas 42. Regional Innovation Policy and Dramaturgy Philip Cooke 43. Design-Driven Regional Innovation Philip Cooke and Arne Eriksson 44. Regional Innovation Policy between Theory and Practice Arnoud Lagendijk Index

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Book SynopsisThis unique and original book focuses on institutional changes, welfare reforms and transformations in both Britain and Italy over the last three decades. The book illustrates that although it was a widely held belief in both countries that the arena of social and economic governance would shift to the national level, to the surprise of many, a different trend has emerged. In otherwise very different national experiences, both Britain and Italy have seen the sub-national level of governance become crucial in redefining public services, and in designing, delivering, and monitoring key services. The expert contributors use a distinctive and original principle - subsidiarity - as a lens through which to examine and assess these governance regimes, their philosophies, and their organizational choices. Academics, researchers and students of social policy, public policy, public administration and regional studies will find this book to be a highly fascinating read. It will also provide a wealth of information for policymakers and think tanks.Trade Review‘Alberto Brugnoli and Alessandro Colombo have put together an important collection of essays on government and governance in Italy and Britain. This richly documented comparative study proposes to answer two key questions: how does the change from government to governance emerge, and what enables this transformation to survive and even to displace State-centric solutions to public policy issues? The book will be a milestone in highlighting the distinctive and original role of the principle of subsidiarity, in examining and assessing governance regimes, their philosophy and their organizational choices and in linking subsidiarity with the prospects of freedom, responsibility and self-governing societies in the modern world. I know of no other book that brings the principle of subsidiarity to the frontier of the most current research in social science.’ -- – Filippo Sabetti, McGill University, CanadaTable of ContentsContents: Introduction Alberto Brugnoli and Alessandro Colombo PART I: GOVERNANCE AND GOVERNMENT: BEYOND THE STATE-CENTRIC APPROACH 1. Key Principles of Governance Alberto Martinelli 2. Subsidiarity: A New Partnership between State, Market and Civil Society Giorgio Vittadini 3. Governance and Subsidiarity Lorenzo Ornaghi PART II: BUILDING COMPETITIVENESS: TERRITORIES, INSTITUTIONS AND SOCIAL CAPITAL 4. The New Regionalism Michael Keating 5. Regional Competitiveness and Regional Policy in the UK Michael Kitson 6. The Pursuit of Regional Competitiveness in Lombardy: Productivity, Resilience and Aggregate Welfare Massimo M. Beber and Alberto Brugnoli PART III: WELFARE REFORMS: FREEDOM AND RESPONSIBILITY FOR AN EMPOWERED SOCIETY 7. The Lombardy Model of Governance Alessandro Colombo and Tim O’Sullivan 8. Innovation in Governance: The Involvement of Social Enterprises in Health Service Delivery Helen Haugh 9. Horizontal Subsidiarity in Lombardy and the UK: Decentralization, Partnership and Governance of Welfare Martin Powell 10. New Frontiers of Welfare State and New Challenges for the Third Sector Stefano Zamagni PART IV: THE FUTURE OF INVESTING IN PEOPLE: FROM STATE MONOPOLY TO RESPONSIBLE CHOICE 11. The Importance of Investing in Very Young People Luigi Campiglio 12. Subsidiarity and Individual Responsibility: Quasi-markets and Asset-based Welfare Julian Le Grand 13. Freedom of Choice in the Italian Educational System: The Idea of a Dote Lorenza Violini and Daniele Capone Conclusions Alberto Brugnoli and Alessandro Colombo Index

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Book SynopsisThis book rigorously explores the critical, initial stage of cluster emergence in which the seeds for further growth are sown. Whether economic growth actually occurs, however, ultimately depends on various regional conditions and the processes in place.The contributors offer a broad spectrum of conceptual perspectives and empirical case studies on the regional factors and policies required for economic growth. They discuss the link between new clusters and established regional paths, the generation of institutions and endogenous dynamics, and the patterns of emergence and growth of successful clusters. A number of important questions are addressed, including: ? How do opportunities and crises influence cluster emergence? ? Is cluster emergence purely random or can it be planned? ? How can emerging clusters be identified and their growth patterns measured? ? How can regional policies support cluster emergence? Filling a gap in the literature on the actual genesis of clusters, this path-breaking book will prove a fascinating read for academics focusing on economics, geography, entrepreneurship, technological change and innovation, and regional studies.Trade Review‘The empirical data and analysis is rich and well-written and so is the policy section. . . the book provides a valuable addition to the literature of regional clusters and should be included as a must-read for those involved not only in research, but also in policy-making on regional clusters.’ -- Jukka Teräs, Regional StudiesTable of ContentsContents: 1. Emerging Clusters: A Conceptual Overview Max-Peter Menzel, Sebastian Henn and Dirk Fornahl PART I: ACCIDENTS, PATH DEPENDENCY AND STRATEGIC ACTION 2. Jacobian Cluster Emergence: Wider Insights from ‘Green Innovation’ Convergence on a Schumpeterian ‘Failure’ Philip Cooke 3. Economic Policy and its Impact on the Evolution of Clusters and Spatial Systems Exemplified by German TV Programme Production Ansgar Dorenkamp and Ivo Mossig 4. Bridging Ruptures: The Re-emergence of the Antwerp Diamond District After World War II and the Role of Strategic Action Sebastian Henn and Eric Laureys PART II: INSTITUTIONS AND ENDOGENOUS DYNAMICS 5. Origins of Human Capital in Clusters: Regional, Industrial and Academic Transitions in Media Clusters in Germany Anne Otto and Dirk Fornahl 6. The Co-evolution of ICT, VC and Policy in Israel During the 1990s Gil Avnimelech and Morris Teubal 7. Standards as Institutions Supporting the Cluster Emergence Process: The Case of Aquaculture in Chile Paola Perez-Aleman PART III: PATTERNS OF EMERGENCE AND GROWTH 8. The Evolution of the Banking Cluster of Amsterdam, 1850–1993: A Survival Analysis Ron Boschma and Floris Ledder 9. The Role of the University in the Genesis and Evolution of Research-based Clusters Donald Patton and Martin Kenney 10. Sources of ‘Second Generation Growth’: Spin-off Processes in the Emerging Biochip Industries in Jena and Berlin Max-Peter Menzel 11. The Emergence and Development of the Cambridge Ink Jet Printing Industry Elizabeth Garnsey, Erik Stam and Brychan Thomas PART IV: CLUSTER EMERGENCE AND EMERGENCE OF CLUSTER POLITICS 12. Neither Planned Nor by Chance: How Knowledge-Intensive Clusters Emerge Rolf Sternberg 13. Policy Transfer and Institutional Learning: An Evolutionary Perspective on Regional Cluster Policies in Germany Matthias Kiese Index

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Book SynopsisThe authors of this comprehensive book provide a detailed rationale and original theory for the study of leadership and institutional factors, including entrepreneurship, in the growth and development of cities and regions. They demonstrate why leadership, institutions and entrepreneurship can - and indeed do - play a crucial enhancing role as key elements in the process of regional endogenous growth. The so-called 'new growth theory' emphasizes endogenous processes. While some of the literature refers to leadership and institutional factors, there has been little analysis of the explicit roles these factors play in the growth and development of cities and regions. This book remedies that gap, beginning with a brief overview of the evolution of the 'new growth theory' in regional economic development, in which the emphasis is on endogenous factors. The book then discusses leadership and institutional factors in that context, creating a new path for understanding regional economic development processes. Multiple case studies from different parts of the world illustrate the theoretical concepts.Students and scholars in regional development, planning and public policy will find this volume invaluable.Table of ContentsContents: Preface 1. A New Perspective on Regional Endogenous Development Part I: Developing a New Conceptual Model Framework for Endogenous Regional Economic Growth and Development: Incorporating Resource Endowments and Market Fit, Leadership, Institutional Factors and Entrepreneurship 2. A New Conceptual Framework for Regional Endogenous Development 3. Resource Endowments and Market Fit 4. Leadership 5. Institutions and Institutional Factors 6. Entrepreneurship Part II: Examples of Regional Development Initiatives Involving Leadership and Institutional Factors: Case Studies from North America, Europe and the Pacific Rim 7. Case Studies from the United States 8. Case Studies from Europe 9. Case Studies from the Pacific Rim 10. Modeling Endogenous Regional Economic Development: Measurement, Operational Issues and Conclusions References Index

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Book SynopsisThis book brings together studies conducted by researchers in East Asian countries who seek to better understand the impact of China's rise and the consequent policy challenges.The expert contributors illustrate that the rise of China and its integration with the rest of the world is one of the most important developments in the global economy. Over the past thirty years or so, China's economy has grown at nearly ten percent per annum with the expansion of the modern, export-oriented industrial sector, to become the third largest economy in the world and the second largest in trade. This book reviews the economic growth of East Asian countries since the 1990s and the various impacts that the rise of China has had on these countries. In particular, it addresses policy challenges faced in coping with the rise of China and maintaining economic growth.This timely book will strongly appeal to academics and researchers focusing on East Asia and China as well as those interested in international trade, development and economic growth.Table of ContentsContents: Introduction Takatoshi Ito and Chin Hee Hahn PART I: CHINA AS A GROWTH ENGINE OF ASIA AND THE WORLD 1. Post-1990s’ East Asian Economic Growth Danny Quah 2. China’s Economic Rise and its Impact Zhang Yunling 3. China’s Rise and East Asian Economies: Towards a Sino-Centric Regional Grouping? John Wong PART Ⅱ: IMPACTS ON KOREA’S ECONOMY 4. Understanding the Post-Crisis Growth of the Korean Economy: Growth Accounting and Cross-Country Regessions Chin Hee Hahn and Sukha Shin 5. The Economic Growth of Korea Since the 1990s: Identifying Contributing Factors from Demand and Supply Sides Seok-Kyun Hur PART Ⅲ: IMPACTS ON KOREAN FIRMS AND WORKERS 6. China’s Rise and Production and Investment Growth in Korean Manufacturing Industries: Channels and the Effects Chin Hee Hahn and Yong-Seok Choi 7. The Impact of Outward FDI on Export Activities: Evidence from the Korean Case Siwook Lee 8. The Rise of the Chinese Economy and Korea’s Job Growth Dae Il Kim PART Ⅳ: IMPACTS ON OTHER COUNTRIES 9. The Rise of China and the Sustained Recovery of Japan Shin-ichi Fukuda 10. East Asian Production Networks and the Rise of China Fukunari Kimura 11. The Rise of China and Structural Change in Thailand Kanit Sangsubhan Index

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Book SynopsisThis volume extends our understanding of the many different ways in which distance impacts the knowledge conversion process. While addressing different facets of knowledge, innovation and space, the authors provide an overview of relevant topics in contemporary research concerned with the global, national, regional and local dynamics of knowledge and innovation.Knowledge itself is a raw input into the innovation process, which can then transform it into an economically useful output such as a prototype, patent, licence or new firm. New knowledge is often tacit and thus tends to be highly localized, as indeed is the conversion process. Consequently, as the book demonstrates, space or distance matter significantly in the transformation of raw knowledge into beneficial knowledge.This innovative book will appeal to academics, students and researchers in the fields of regional science, economics, sociology and innovation. It will also be of interest to policymakers and consultants in international organizations, in particular those dealing with entrepreneurship, development, R&D policies and regional policies on different spatial scales.Contributors include: M. Andersson, T. Arvemo, M. Backman, L. Bjerke, A.P. Cornett, O. Ejermo, U. Gråsjö, T. Hatori, H. Jeong, B. Johansson, S. Johansson, C. Karlsson, K. Kobayashi, H. Lawton-Smith, S. Ochi, M. Okumura, O. Raspe, R.R. Stough, M. Tsukai, T. Ueda, F Van Oort, R. Waters, M. YokomatsuTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Knowledge, Innovation and Space: Introduction Charlie Karlsson, Börje Johansson, Kiyoshi Kobayashi and Roger R. Stough PART I THEORETICAL AND EMPIRICAL ANALYSES 2. Entrepreneurial Opportunity in Innovative Urban Environments Otto Raspe and Frank Van Orte 3. Accessibility to R&D: A Reexamination of the Consequences for Invention and Innovation Olof Ejermo and Urban Gråsjö 4. Imports and Regional Development Martin Andersson, Lina Bjerke and Charlie Karlsson 5. The Influence of Knowledge on Firms’ Export Decisions Sara Johansson 6. Knowledge and Skill for Infrastructure Technology and Economic Growth Seiki Ochi, Takayuki Ueda and Muneta Yokomatsu 7. Business Service Location with Spatially Stochastic Demands: Agglomeration Economies Generated by the Intersection of Costs and Localized Uncertain Demand - An Optimal Stock Location Model Approach Makoto Okumura and Makoto Tsukai 8. Regional Learning and Trust Formation Tsuyoshi Hatori, Hayeong Jeong and Kiyoshi Kobayashi 9. Cluster Development Policy as a Tool in Regional Development and Competitiveness Policy – Theoretical Concepts and Empirical Evidence Andreas P. Cornett PART II UNIVERSITIES AND HIGHER EDUCATION CASE ANALYSES 10. Returns to Higher Education: A Regional Perspective Mikaela Backman and Lina Bjerke 11. Universities, Science and Engineering Labour Markets in High Technology Local Economies: The Cases of Oxfordshire and Cambridgeshire Rupert Waters and Helen Lawton-Smith 12. University Colleges’ Effect on Economic Growth in Swedish Middle-Sized Municipalities Tobias Arvemo and Urban Gråsjö Index

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Book SynopsisEntrepreneurship and regional development can be addressed from many different angles: clusters, creativity and human capital. Professor Acs, a distinguished researcher in this field, approaches this debate through technology. Technological change can be regarded as the most important factor in long-run macroeconomic growth. It has been argued in new growth theory that the technological element of the growth process results from the profit-motivated choices of economic agents. This important volume makes an essential contribution to this debate by presenting an authoritative selection of the most significant published work on entrepreneurship and regional economic growth.Trade Review‘. . . Ács compiled an impressive amount of knowledge about the connections between entrepreneurship and urban and regional economic development. The book combines contributions from the best thinkers in the field of entrepreneurship studies and it is a must read for every scholar and student interested in the topic.’ -- Heike Mayer, Journal of Planning Education and Research‘The relationship between entrepreneurship, technology, knowledge and growth at a regional level is complicated and for research sometimes even uneasy. This volume brings together contributions from recognized scholars with the aim to offer a pluriform panorama and new horizons on entrepreneurial activity and regional (or urban) development. It forms a brilliant composition that no doubt will leave its footprints among the research community and practitioners at large.’ -- Peter Nijkamp, VU University Amsterdam, The NetherlandsTable of ContentsContents: Acknowledgements Introduction Zoltan J. Acs PART I OVERVIEW 1. Sander Wennekers and Roy Thurik (1999), ‘Linking Entrepreneurship and Economic Growth’ 2. Edward J. Malecki (1994), ‘Entrepreneurship in Regional and Local Development’ 3. Allen J. Scott (2006), ‘Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Industrial Development: Geography and the Creative Field Revisited’ PART II THEORIES 4. James A. Schmitz, Jr. (1989), ‘Imitation, Entrepreneurship, and Long-Run Growth’ 5. Michael E. Porter (1998), ‘Clusters and the New Economics of Competition’ 6. David B. Audretsch and Max Keilbach (2004), ‘Entrepreneurship Capital and Economic Performance’ 7. Zoltan J. Acs, Pontus Braunerhjelm, David B. Audretsch and Bo Carlsson (2009), ‘The Knowledge Spillover Theory of Entrepreneurship’ PART III REGIONAL VARIATIONS IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP 8. Timothy J. Bartik (1989), ‘Small Business Start-Ups in the United States: Estimates of the Effects of Characteristics of States’ 9. Paul Reynolds, David J. Storey and Paul Westhead (1994), ‘Cross-national Comparisons of the Variation in New Firm Formation Rates’ 10. Toby Stuart and Olav Sorenson (2003), ‘The Geography of Opportunity: Spatial Heterogeneity in Founding Rates and the Performance of Biotechnology Firms’ 11. Zoltan J. Acs and Catherine Armington (2004), ‘The Impact of Geographic Differences in Human Captial on Service Firm Formation Rates’ PART IV ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND REGIONAL EMPLOYMENT GROWTH 12. Paul D. Reynolds (1999), ‘Creative Destruction: Source or Symptom of Economic Growth?’ 13. David B. Audretsch and Michael Fritsch (2002), ‘Growth Regimes over Time and Space’ 14. Zoltan J. Acs and Catherine Armington (2004), ‘Employment Growth and Entrepreneurial Activity in Cities’ 15. Pamela Mueller, André van Stel and David J. Storey (2008), ‘The Effects of New Firm Formation on Regional Development Over Time: The Case of Great Britain’ PART V ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND REGIONAL PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH 16. Douglas Holtz-Eakin and Chihwa Kao (2003), ‘Entrepreneurship and Economic Growth: The Proof is in the Productivity’ 17. Richard Disney, Jonathan Haskel and Ylva Heden (2003), ‘Restructuring and Productivity Growth in UK Manufacturing’ 18. Luc Anselin, Attila Varga and Zoltan Acs (1997), ‘Local Geographic Spillovers between University Research and High Technology Innovations’ PART VI ENTREPRENEURSHIP, INNOVATION AND CREATIVITY 19. Zoltan J. Acs and Attila Varga (2005), ‘Entrepreneurship, Agglomeration and Technological Change’ 20. David B. Audretsch and Erik E. Lehmann (2005), ‘Does the Knowledge Spillover Theory of Entrepreneurship Hold for Regions?’ 21. Sam Youl Lee, Richard Florida and Zoltan J. Acs (2004), ‘Creativity and Entrepreneurship: A Regional Analysis of New Firm Formation’ 22. Richard Florida (2003), ‘Entrepreneurship, Creativity, and Regional Economic Growth’ PART VII ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND REGIONAL CLUSTERS 23. Maryann P. Feldman (2001), ‘The Entrepreneurial Event Revisited: Firm Formation in a Regional Context’ 24. Hector O. Rocha (2004), ‘Entrepreneurship and Development: The Role of Clusters’ 25. Rui Baptista and Peter Swann (1998), ‘Do Firms in Clusters Innovate More?’ 26. Guy Dumais, Glenn Ellison and Edward L. Glaeser (2002), ‘Geographic Concentration as a Dynamic Process’ PART VIII POLICY 27. Zoltan Acs, Ed Glaeser, Robert Litan, Lee Fleming, Stephan Goetz, William Kerr, Steven Klepper, Stuart Rosenthal, Olav Sorenson and William Strange (2008), Entrepreneurship and Urban Success: Toward a Policy Consensus Name Index

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Book SynopsisWith the publication of The Rise of the Creative Class by Richard Florida in 2002, the 'creative city' became the new hot topic among urban policy makers, planners and economists. Florida has developed one of three path-breaking theories about the relationship between creative individuals and urban environments. The economist Ake E. Andersson and the psychologist Dean Simonton are the other members of this 'creative troika'. In the Handbook of Creative Cities, Florida, Andersson and Simonton appear in the same volume for the first time. The expert contributors in this timely Handbook extend their insights with a varied set of theoretical and empirical tools. The diversity of the contributions reflect the multidisciplinary nature of creative city theorizing, which encompasses urban economics, economic geography, social psychology, urban sociology, and urban planning. The stated policy implications are equally diverse, ranging from libertarian to social democratic visions of our shared creative and urban future. Being truly international in its scope, this major Handbook will be particularly useful for policy makers that are involved in urban development, academics in urban economics, economic geography, urban sociology, social psychology, and urban planning, as well as graduate and advanced undergraduate students across the social sciences and in business.Table of ContentsContents: PART I: FOUNDATIONS 1. Analysing Creative Cities David Emanuel Andersson and Charlotta Mellander 2. Creative People Need Creative Cities Åke E. Andersson 3. The Creative Class Paradigm Richard Florida, Charlotta Mellander and Patrick Adler 4. Big-C Creativity in the Big City Dean Keith Simonton 5. Clusters, Networks and Creativity Charlie Karlsson PART II: PEOPLE 6. The Open City Peter Jason Rentfrow 7. The Value of Creativity Todd M. Gabe 8. Understanding Canada’s Evolving Design Economy Tara Vinodrai 9. Technology, Talent and Tolerance and Inter-regional Migration in Canada Karen M. King 10. Higher Education and the Creative City Roberta Comunian and Alessandra Faggian PART III: NETWORKS 11. Research Nodes and Networks Christian Wichmann Matthiessen, Annette Winkel Schwarz and Søren Find 12. Scenes, Innovation, and Urban Development Dan Silver, Terry Nichols Clark and Christopher Graziul 13. The Arts: Not Just Artists (and Vice Versa) Elizabeth Currid-Halkett and Kevin M. Stolarick 14. The Creative Potential of Network Cities David F. Batten 15. Why Being There Matters: Finnish Professionals in Silicon Valley Carol Marie Kiriakos PART IV: PLANNING 16. Creative Cities Need Less Government David Emanuel Andersson 17. Land-use Regulation for the Creative City Stefano Moroni 18. The Emergence of Vancouver as a Creative City Gus diZerega and David F. Hardwick PART V: MARKETS 19. Cultivating Creativity: Market Creation of Agglomeration Economies Randall G. Holcombe 20. The Sociability and Morality of Market Settlements Arielle John and Virgil Henry Storr 21. Creative Environments: The Case for Local Economic Diversity Pierre Desrochers and Samuli Leppälä 22. Does Density Matter? Peter Gordon and Sanford Ikeda 23. Creative Milieus in the Stockholm Region Börje Johansson and Johan Klaesson 24. The Creative City and its Distributional Consequences: The Case of Wellington Philip S. Morrison PART VI: VISIONS 25. Contract, Voice and Rent: Voluntary Urban Planning Fred E. Foldvary 26. A Roadmap for the Creative City Charles Landry Index

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Book SynopsisThis book is a welcome and timely analysis of how global economic and financial powerhouses in Asia also aim to become global cultural cities. It critically examines the tension between top-down policies implemented by strong states to boost urban culture, which are typically focused on the hardware of iconic venues, museums, and opera houses mostly designed by famous western architects, and the need for freedom to enable more organic cultural initiatives rooted in local practices.'- Robert C. Kloosterman, University of Amsterdam, the NetherlandsWhile global cities have mostly been characterized as sites of intensive and extensive economic activity, the quest for global city status also increasingly rests on the creative production and consumption of culture and the arts. Arts, Culture and the Making of Global Cities examines such ambitions and projects undertaken in five major cities in Asia: Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Taipei and Singapore.Providing a thorough comparison of their urban imaging strategies and attempts to harness arts and culture, as well as more organically evolved arts activities and spaces, this book analyses the relative successes and failures of these cities. Offering rich ethnographic detail drawn from extensive fieldwork, the authors challenge city strategies and existing urban theories about cultural and creative clusters and reveal the many complexities in the art of city-making.This noteworthy study will appeal to undergraduate and graduate students, as well as academics from a variety of disciplines ranging from urban and cultural geography to Asian studies. Arts and cultural policy makers and artists will also find this a fascinating read.Contents: 1. Arts spaces, New Urban Landscapes and Global Cultural Cities PART I 2. The National Grand Theatre in a City of Monuments: Discourse and Reality in the Construction of Beijing's New Cultural Space 3. Rivalling Beijing and the World: Realizing Shanghai's Ambitions through Cultural Infrastructure 4. Hong Kong's Dilemmas and the Changing Fates of West Kowloon Cultural District 5. The Making of a 'Renaissance City': Building Cultural Monuments in Singapore 6. In Search of New Homes: The Absent New Cultural Monument in Taipei PART II 7. Cultural Creativity, Clustering and the State in Beijing 8. Remaking Shanghai's Old Industrial Spaces: The Growth and Growth of Creative Precincts 9. Factories and Animal Depots: The 'New' Old Spaces for the Arts in Hong Kong 10. Reusing Old Factory Spaces in Taipei: The Challenges of Developing Cultural Parks 11. From Education to Enterprise in Singapore: Converting Old Schools to New Artistic and Aesthetic Use 12. Culture, Globalization and Urban Landscapes References IndexTrade ReviewThis book not only establishes the importance of cultural projects in crafting Asia's new global cities, it offers the first systematic comparison of both governmental plans and artists' actions in major urban sites from Beijing to Singapore. Whether art is viewed as an economic engine or a creative act, the authors show that it is a highly visible part of Asian societies that no one can ignore. --- Sharon Zukin, author of Naked City: The Death and Life of Authentic Urban PlacesThis volume makes two very significant contributions to the literature on Asian cities: it shifts the focus away from manufacturing and real estate as drivers of growth to the role of creativity in fostering the development of global cities; and it chronicles how arts and culture are changing the physical character of the cities studied. It is a highly welcome addition to our understanding of the dynamics of urban Asia and its increasing importance in generating global culture. --- Susan Fainstein, Harvard Graduate School of Design, US and author of The Just CityTable of ContentsContents: 1. Arts spaces, New Urban Landscapes and Global Cultural Cities PART I 2. The National Grand Theatre in a City of Monuments: Discourse and Reality in the Construction of Beijing’s New Cultural Space 3. Rivalling Beijing and the World: Realizing Shanghai’s Ambitions through Cultural Infrastructure 4. Hong Kong’s Dilemmas and the Changing Fates of West Kowloon Cultural District 5. The Making of a ‛Renaissance City’: Building Cultural Monuments in Singapore 6. In Search of New Homes: The Absent New Cultural Monument in Taipei PART II 7. Cultural Creativity, Clustering and the Sstate in Beijing 8. Remaking Shanghai’s Old Industrial Spaces: The Growth and Growth of Creative Precincts 9. Factories and Animal Depots: The ‛New’ Old Spaces for the Arts in Hong Kong 10. Reusing Old Factory Spaces in Taipei: The Challenges of Developing Cultural Parks 11. From Education to Enterprise in Singapore: Converting Old Schools to New Artistic and Aesthetic Use 12. Culture, Globalization and Urban Landscapes References Index

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Book Synopsis`The region-specific nature of economic success matters in urban and rural regions alike, as this volume illustrates with a wide-ranging set of theoretical perspectives and empirical studies. The authors in this collection provide fresh ideas and new insights into a concept "endogenous development" that remains central to understading regional development.'---Ed Malecki, The Ohio State University, USAIncreasingly, endogenous factors and processes are being emphasized as drivers in regional economic development and growth. This 15 chapter book is unique in that it commences by presenting five disciplinary takes on endogenous development from the perspectives of economics, geography, sociology, planning and organizational management.Several chapters demonstrate how researchers have developed operational models to investigate the roles played by endogenous factors in regional ecocnomic development, including the role of entrepreneurial rents. Further chapters provide empirical investigations of endogenous factors in regional development at various levesl of spatial scale - from the supra-region to the nation, city and small town - and in a variety of situational settings, including the European Union, Asia and Australia.The book is an invaluable up-to-date resources for researchers and students in regional science, and regional economic development and planning.Trade Review‘The region-specific nature of economic success matters in urban and rural regions alike, as this volume illustrates with a wide-ranging set of theoretical perspectives and empirical studies. The authors in this collection provide fresh ideas and new insights into a concept “endogenous development” that remains central to understanding regional development.’ -- Ed Malecki, The Ohio State University, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface Robert Stimson, Roger Stough and Peter Nijkamp 1. Endogenous Regional Development Robert Stimson, Roger Stough and Peter Nijkamp 2. The Economist’s Perspective on Regional Endogenous Development Kenneth Button 3. Endogenous Regional Theory: A Geographer’s Perspective and Interpretation Michael Taylor and Paul Plummer 4. Endogenous Rural Development from a Sociological Perspective Frank Vanclay 5. Rural, Urban or Regional Endogenous Development as the Core Concept in the Planning Profession Edward Blakely 6. Diversity and Endogeny in Regional Development: Applying Appreciative Intelligence Tojo Thatchenkery and Jessica Heineman-Pieper 7. An Exploratory Approach to Model Determinants of Endogenous Regional Growth Performance Robert Stimson and Roger Stough 8. A Theory of Entrepreneurial Rents in Endogenous Growth: Implications for Regional Innovation Policies Zoltan Acs and Mark Sanders 9. Foreign Direct Investment, Knowledge Assets and the Economic Geography of Growth in the Asian BRIICS Countries Tomokazu Arita, Chie Iguchi and Philip McCann 10. Implications of European Union Structural Assistance to New Member States on Regional Disparities: The Question of Absorption Capacity Daniela Constantin, Zizi Goschin and Gabriela Dragan 11. Macroeconomic and Territorial Policies for Regional Competitiveness: Theory and Empirical Evidence from the EU Roberto Camagni and Roberta Capello 12. Endogenous Employment Growth and Decline in Australian Capital City Statistical Divisions Alistair Robson 13. A Case Study Approach to Investigating Local Development Initiatives in Rural Small Towns in Victoria John Martin 14. Economic Development Incentives and the Measurement of Local Endogenous Growth: Is There a Need for Modeling Adjustment? Terry Clower 15. Regional Growth and Development Theories Revisited Roberta Capello and Peter Nijkamp Index

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Book SynopsisThe contributors expertly provide a comparative perspective on regional integration in different regions of the world while at the same time analyzing the various facets of integration, relating to trade, FDI, finance and monetary policies. They provide a comprehensive treatment of the subject and offer new perspectives on the potential developmental effects of regional integration and the implications of regional integration for global economic governance. While highlighting and illustrating the potential benefits deriving from regional economic integration, the book also stresses the problems and challenges regional integration processes are usually confronted with. This informative book will be of interest to academic researchers, students, policy makers and professional economists working on matters of regional economic cooperation and integration, international economics and development economics. While applying state of the art economic tools, it is written in a clear and accessible style, intended for a wide readership among professionals and general readers interested in these fields.Contributors: R. Baumann, R.U. Das, P. Draper, T. Hartzenberg, Y. Huang, J. Kubny, R. Kumar, D. Malungisa, J. McKay, F. Molders, L. Muhlich, V. Nitsch, P. Nunnenkamp, J.A. Ocampo, E. Ogawa, M. Pomerleano, M. Qobo, J.J. Reade, J.J. Schott, U. Volz, R. Wolfinger, Y. ZhangTrade ReviewIf you are interested in finding out more about regionalism's potential to reshape globalization and global governance, turn to this excellent and thoroughly researched volume. While the authors focus on international trade and finance, their stimulating analyses are of much broader relevance. They point to an emerging new phase of globalization made more open and participatory 'flatter' by enhanced regionalism. Inge Kaul, Hertie School of Governance, GermanyIt is the distinctive contribution of this book to explore the complex relationship between the reality of regionalisation and the objective of achieving global economic cooperation and integration. - Michele Fratianni, University of Ancona, Italy This book explores a central issue of the world economy today: the role of regional integration for economic development and global governance. The importance of this issue comes from the fact that the globalisation process that we have been experiencing in recent decades is also a process of open regionalism. [ - ] To what extent does this process contribute to development? The reader will find many interesting answers to this question in the book, [which] is an outstanding contribution to this debate. I welcome its publication and look forward to its influence on global debates on the relations between regional integration, development and global governance. --- From the foreword by Jose Antonio Ocampo, Columbia University, USTable of ContentsContents: Foreword José Antonio Ocampo Introduction Ulrich Volz PART I: INTEGRATION EXPERIENCES IN DIFFERENT REGIONS 1. SAARC: Changing Realities, Opportunities and Challenges Rajiv Kumar 2. East Asian Economic Integration and its Impact on the Chinese Economy Yanghua Huang and Yongsheng Zhang 3. Regional Integration in Southern Africa: Key Issues and Challenges Trudi Hartzenberg and Davie Malungisa 4. Integration in Latin America – Trends and Challenges Renato Baumann PART II: REGIONAL INTEGRATION AND THE MULTILATERAL TRADING SYSTEM 5. The Future of the Multilateral Trading System in a Multi-polar World Jeffrey J. Schott 6. Rabbits Caught in the Headlights? Africa and the ‘Multilateralizing Regionalism’ Paradigm Peter Draper and Mzukisi Qobo PART III: REGIONAL TRADE AND FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT 7. Regional Trade-FDI-Poverty Alleviation Linkages – Some Analytical and Empirical Explorations Ram Upendra Das 8. Regional Integration and FDI in Emerging Markets Julia Kubny, Florian Mölders and Peter Nunnenkamp PART IV: REGIONAL FINANCIAL INTEGRATION 9. Developing Regional Financial Markets – the Case of East Asia Michael Pomerleano 10. Regional Financing Arrangements and the IMF Julie McKay, Ulrich Volz and Regine Wölfinger PART V: TOPICS IN MONETARY INTEGRATION 11. Monetary Integration and Trade: What do we Know? Volker Nitsch 12. When You Got Nothing, You Got Nothing to Lose – Regional Monetary Integration and Policy Independence J. James Reade and Ulrich Volz 13. South–South Regional Monetary Cooperation: Potential Gains for Developing Countries and Emerging Markets Laurissa Mühlich 14. Currency Baskets for East Asia Eiji Ogawa Index

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Book Synopsis'The challenges of poverty and social exclusion cannot be fully resolved through conventional public sector policies and market-led innovation. The case studies in this Handbook capture some of the key success factors of socially innovative action in different socio-economic contexts. This Handbook will inspire readers as it highlights the creativity and commitment of diverse enterprises and movements working for social innovation.'- Anna Kajumulo Tibaijuka, Minister for Lands, Housing and Human Settlements, United Republic of Tanzania, and retired UN Under Secretary General, immediate former Executive Director of UN-HABITAT 'Social innovation may not be a new idea but it is clearly an idea whose time has come, not least because the traditional models of innovation - narrowly framed technical models - have run their course and no longer resonate in a world of societal challenges. This Handbook has two great merits - it brings conceptual rigour to the debate and it provides compelling narratives of social innovation in practice.'- Kevin Morgan, Cardiff University, UKThis enriching Handbook covers many aspects of the scientific and socio-political debates on social innovation today.The contributors provide an overview of theoretical perspectives, methodologies and instructive experiences from all continents, as well as implications for collective action and policy. They argue strongly for social innovation as a key to human development. The Handbook defines social innovation as innovation in social relations within both micro and macro spheres, with the purpose of satisfying unmet or new human needs across different layers of society. It connects social innovation to empowerment dynamics, thus giving a political character to social movements and bottom-up governance initiatives. Together these should lay the foundations for a fairer, more democratic society for all.This interdisciplinary work, written by scholars collaborating to develop a joint methodological perspective toward social innovation agency and processes, will be invaluable for students and researchers in social science and humanities. It will also appeal to policy makers, policy analysts, lobbyists and activists seeking to give inspiration and leadership from a social innovation perspective.Contributors: A. Abreu, J. Andersen, I. André, L. Arthur, A. Ashta, A. Bilfeldt, I. Calzada, S. Cameron, A. Carmo, K. Dayson, P. Debruyne, J. Defourny, K. Delica, A. Dubeux, S. Eizaguirre Anglada, V. Espinoza, A.C. Fernandes, J.-M. Fontan, L. Fraisse, M.S. Frandsen, M. García Cabeza, R. Gera, J.K. Gibson-Graham, S. Habersack, A. Hamdouch, D. Harrisson, S. Hettihewa, J. Hillier, L. Hulgård, B. Jessop, J.-L. Klein, H. Konstantatos, N.V. Krishna, N. Kunnen, B. Lévesque, D. MacCallum, F. Martinelli, A. Mehmood, A. Membretti, E. Midheme, F. Moulaert, A. Novy, M. Nyssens, S. Oosterlynck, C. Parra, T. Pilati, M. Pradel Miquel, G. Roelvink, B. Schaller, P.K. Shajahan, D. Siatitsa, P. Singer, C. Tornaghi, D.-G. Tremblay, D. Vaiou, P. Van den Broeck, B. Van Dyck, S. Vicari Haddock, T. Vitale, C. Wright, S. YoungTrade Review'Moulaert, MacCallum, Mehmood and Hamdouch's International Handbook on Social Innovation is a refreshing and stimulating contribution to Edward Elgar's line of handbooks, appropriate for primarily academics and graduate students researching social innovation, through theoretically oriented practitioners interested in the topic will find much to learn from the book as well.' --Gordon Shockley, Journal of Regional Science'In an era where social innovation is re-emerging as an important policy framework for bringing social transformation, this volume is a significant contribution to the theory and practice of social innovation. The incremental discussion from concepts to theory to practice and then to social innovation research is supported by cases literally from all over the globe. It moves the discourse from isolated models of neighbourhood engagements and social enterprises, to a comprehensive, multidimensional approach combining needs, social relations and empowerment. A must read for academicians, learners, practitioners and policy makers alike.' --S. Parasuraman, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, India'Social innovation is an important instrument for understanding how contemporary societies deal with social change and how social practices and policies intended to combat poverty and social exclusion are developed and implemented effectively. The Handbook offers a valuable contribution to the development of a clear, transdisciplinary and critical understanding of social innovation practices. The reader will find an in-depth discussion of the most important theoretical approaches to the concept and a thorough exposition of the epistemological and methodological framework for research in social innovation. The volume includes a number of interesting case studies in different areas of social change and issues of policy and governance.' --Enzo Mingione, University of Milano-Bicocca, ItalyTable of ContentsContents: General Introduction: The Return of Social Innovation as a Scientific Concept and a Social Practice Frank Moulaert, Diana MacCallum, Abid Mehmood and Abdelillah Hamdouch PART I: SOCIAL INNOVATION: FROM CONCEPT TO THEORY AND PRACTICE Introduction: Social Innovation at the Crossroads between Science, Economy and Society Juan-Luis Klein 1. Social Innovation: Intuition, Precept, Concept, Theory and Practice Frank Moulaert, Diana MacCallum and Jean Hillier 2. Social Innovation in Governance and Public Management Systems: Toward a New Paradigm? Benoît Lévesque 3. Social Innovation, Social Economy and Social Enterprise: What Can the European Debate Tell Us? Jacques Defourny and Marthe Nyssens 4. Social Innovation in an Unsustainable World Abid Mehmood and Constanza Parra 5. Social Innovation through Arts and Creativity Diane-Gabrielle Tremblay and Thomas Pilati 6. Microcredit as a Social Innovation Arvind Ashta, Karl Dayson, Rajat Gera, Samanthala Hettihewa, N.V. Krishna and Christopher Wright 7. Social Innovation for People-Centred Development Lars Hulgård and P.K. Shajahan PART II: SOCIAL INNOVATION THEORY: ITS ROLE IN KNOWLEDGE BUILDING Introduction: Social Innovation – An Idea Longing for Theory Stijn Oosterlynck 8. Social Innovation Research: A New Stage in Innovation Analysis? Bob Jessop, Frank Moulaert, Lars Hulgård and Abdelillah Hamdouch 9. Social Innovation: A Territorial Process Barbara Van Dyck and Pieter Van den Broeck 10. Social Sustainability: A Competing Concept to Social Innovation? Constanza Parra 11. Theorizing Multi-level Governance in Social Innovation Dynamics Marc Pradel Miquel, Marisol García Cabeza and Santiago Eizaguirre Anglada 12. Towards a Deleuzean-inspired Methodology for Social Innovation Research and Practice Jean Hillier PART III: INSTRUCTIVE CASE STUDIES IN SOCIAL INNOVATION ANALYSIS Introduction: Social Innovation Experience and Action as a Lead for Research Stuart Cameron 13. Just Another Roll of the Dice: A Socially Creative Initiative to Assure Roma Housing in North Western Italy Tommaso Vitale and Andrea Membretti 14. From ‘Book Container’ to Community Centre John Andersen, Kristian Delica and Martin Severin Frandsen 15. Venturing Off the Beaten Path: Social Innovation and Settlement Upgrading in Voi, Kenya Emmanuel Midheme 16. Knowledge Building and Organizational Behavior: The Mondragón Case from a Social Innovation Perspective Igor Calzada 17. Going Beyond Physical Urban Planning Interventions: Fostering Social Innovation through Urban Renewal in Brugse Poort, Ghent Stijn Oosterlynck and Pascal Debruyne 18. Social Innovation through the Arts in Rural Areas: The Case of Montemor-o-Novo Isabel André, Alexandre Abreu and André Carmo PART IV: SOCIAL INNOVATION ANALYSIS: METHODOLOGIES Introduction: ‘Reality’ as a Guide for SI Research Methods? Abdelillah Hamdouch 19. A Transversal Reading of Social Innovation in European Cities Serena Vicari Haddock and Chiara Tornaghi 20. Qualitative Approaches for the Study of Socially Innovation Initiatives Haris Konstantatos, Dimitra Siatitsa, Dina Vaiou 21. Research Strategies for Assets and Strengths Based Community Development Nola Kunnen, Diana MacCallum and Susan Young 22. Technological Incubators of Solidarity Economy Initiatives: A Methodology for Promoting Social Innovation in Brazil Ana Dubeux 23. Partnership-based Research: Coproduction of Knowledge and Contribution to Social Innovation Jean-Marc Fontan, Denis Harrisson and Juan-Luis Klein 24. Social Innovation in Public Elder Care: The Role of Action Research John Andersen and Annette Bilfeldt 25. Reflections on the Form and Content of Participatory Action Research and Implications for Social Innovation Research Len Arthur PART V: COLLECTIVE ACTION, INSTITUTIONAL LEVERAGE AND PUBLIC POLICY Introduction: The Institutional Space for Social Innovation Diana MacCallum 26. Learning from Case Studies of Social Innovation in the Field of Social Services: Creatively Balancing Top-down Universalism with Bottom-up Democracy Flavia Martinelli 27. The Social and Solidarity-based Economy as a New Field of Public Action: A Policy and Method for Promoting Social Innovation Laurent Fraisse 28. The Québec Model: A Social Innovation System Founded on Cooperation and Consensus Building Juan-Luis Klein, Jean-Marc Fontan, Denis Harrisson and Benoît Lévesque 29. The Linkages between Popular Education and Solidarity Economy in Brazil: An Historical Perspective Ana Cristina Fernandes, Andreas Novy and Paul Singer 30. Local Associations in Chile: Social Innovation in a Mature Neoliberal Society Vicente Espinoza 31. Gender and Social Innovation: The Role of EU Policies Isabel André PART VI: FRONTIERS IN SOCIAL INNOVATION RESEARCH Introduction: The Pillars of Social Innovation Research and Practice Serena Vicari Haddock 32. Innovative Forms of Knowledge Production: Transdisciplinarity and Knowledge Alliances Andreas Novy, Sarah Habersack and Barbara Schaller 33. Holistic Research Methodology and Pragmatic Collective Action Frank Moulaert and Abid Mehmood 34. Social Innovation for Community Economies: How Action Research Creates ‘Other Worlds’ J.K. Gibson-Graham and Gerda Roelvink 35. Framing Social Innovation Research: A Sociology of Knowledge Perspective Frank Moulaert and Barbara Van Dyck Index

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Book SynopsisSince 1986 Laos has been engaged in radical reform designed to transform its repressed socialist economy into a market economy open to international trade and investment.The Economics of Transition in Laos analyses the successes and failures of economic transition in the context of the institutional and political constraints faced by the reform process. It focuses on the change from a socialist economic system to a market-orientated system, and the transfer from subsistence to market agriculture. Special attention is given to the integration of Laos into the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN). The author shows that this integration into ASEAN is likely to be an important determining factor in the transformation of Laos into a successful market economy.This authoritative book, the first of its kind, will prove essential reading to social scientists concerned with Southeast Asia, transition or development issues, and to all those interested in contemporary Indochina.Trade Review'This book provides the reader with an intelligent and clear overview of the Lao economy in the past 20 years, and is the only book I know of dedicated to purely economic questions.' -- Grant Evans, Journal of Agrarian Change'. . . Bourdet's work is a most useful and scholarly addition to the literature on Laos.'– Paul Reddicliffe, Asian AffairsTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction 2. Reforming Laos’ Economic System: The First Venture 1986–1990 3. Rural Reforms and Agricultural Productivity 4. Macroeconomic Evaluation of Laos’ Transition Mix 5. Fiscal Policy in Transition 6. Labour Market Adjustment 7. The Regional Dimension References Index

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Book SynopsisThis major four-volume collection brings together the key analytical contributions on the economies of Southeast Asia, countries which together have a population of more than 500 million people.This group of economies is of interest for a number of reasons. Firstly, they feature great diversity - Singapore has one of the highest per capita incomes in the world, while several of the mainland Southeast Asian states are among the poorest. Brunei is a tiny oil sultanate, while Indonesia is the world's fourth largest nation. In addition, several of these economies have been consistently among the world's most open, while others are emerging from a long period of international commercial isolation. Thirdly, the group includes one sizeable country, the Philippines, which for reasons still only poorly understood has consistently under-performed compared to its potential. Four of the economies - Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand - grew extremely quickly in the three decades through to the recent Asian economic crisis. Lastly, the Asian economic crisis of 1997-98 particularly affected three of the countries - Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand. The factors explaining this sudden, and largely unanticipated, event are still only poorly understood.This comprehensive reference collection is essential reading for all those interested in the economic performance of these economies.Trade Review'Professor Hal Hill has done us all an invaluable service by assembling the best literature on contemporary Southeast Asian economic development. These four volumes provide a comprehensive, detailed description and analysis of essential themes and topics. This is an essential reference source for every library and scholar specializing in Southeast Asia.' -- Hugh T. Patrick, Columbia University, USTable of ContentsContents: Volume I Acknowledgements Introduction Hal Hill PART I INTRODUCTION A Historical Backdrop 1. H. Myint (1967), ‘The Inward and Outward Looking Countries of Southeast Asia’ 2. Anne Booth (1991), ‘The Economic Development of Southeast Asia: 1870–1985’ B Country Overviews 3. Romeo M. Bautista and Mario B. Lamberte (1996), ‘The Philippines: Economic Developments and Prospects’ 4. Hal Hill (1994), ‘The Economy’ 5. W.G. Huff (1999), ‘Singapore’s Economic Development: Four Lessons and Some Doubts’ 6. Robert E.B. Lucas and Donald Verry (1999), ‘National Economic Trends’ 7. James Riedel and Bruce Comer (1997), ‘Transition to a Market Economy in Viet Nam’ 8. Peter G. Warr (1993), ‘The Thai Economy’ PART II MACROECONOMICS AND THE INTERNATIONAL ECONOMY A Outcomes and Policy Instruments 9. W. Max Corden (1996), ‘Pragmatic Orthodoxy: Macroeconomic Policies in Seven East Asian Economies’ 10. Ross H. McLeod (1997), ‘Explaining Chronic Inflation in Indonesia’ B Exchange Rate Policy 11. Ross Garnaut (1999), ‘Exchange Rates in the East Asian Crisis’ 12. Stephen Grenville and David Gruen (1999), ‘Capital Flows and Exchange Rates’ C International Financial Markets 13. Gordon de Brouwer (1999), ‘Capital Flows to East Asia: The Facts’ 14. David C. Cole and Betty F. Slade (1999), ‘The Crisis and Financial Sector Reform’ D Fiscal Policy 15. Mukul G. Asher, Ismail Muhd Salleh and Datuk Kamal Salih (1994), ‘Tax Reform in Malaysia: Trends and Options’ 16. Malcolm Gillis (1994), ‘Indonesian Tax Reform, 1985–1990’ E Domestic Saving and External Debt 17. Eli M. Remolona, Mahar Mangahas and Filologo Pante, Jr. (1986), ‘Foreign Debt, Balance of Payments, and the Economic Crisis of the Philippines in 1983–84’ 18. Steven Radelet (1995) ‘Indonesian Foreign Debt: Headed for a Crisis or Financing Sustainable Growth?’ 19. Ross H. McLeod (1996), ‘Indonesian Foreign Debt: A Comment’ and Steven Radelet (1996), ‘Indonesian Foreign Debt: A Reply’ 20. Frank Harrigan (1998), ‘Asian Saving: Theory, Evidence, and Policy’ F ASEAN Economic Cooperation 21. Chia Siow Yue (1996), ‘The Deepening and Widening of ASEAN’ Name Index Volume II Acknowledgements An Introduction by the editor to all four volumes appears in Volume I PART III EXPLANATIONS A Growth 1. Helen Hughes (1995), ‘Why Have East Asian Countries Led Economic Development?’ 2. Asian Development Bank (1997), excerpt from ‘Economic Growth and Transformation’ B The Crisis 3. Prema-chandra Athukorala (2000), ‘Capital Account Regimes, Crisis, and Adjustment in Malaysia’ 4. Hal Hill (2000), ‘Indonesia: The Strange and Sudden Death of a Tiger Economy’ 5. Joseph Y. Lim (1998), ‘The Philippines and the East Asian Economic Turmoil’ 6. Steven Radelet and Jeffrey D. Sachs (1998), ‘The East Asian Financial Crisis: Diagnosis, Remedies, Prospects’ 7. Peter G. Warr (1999), ‘What Happened to Thailand?’ PART IV SOCIAL AND DISTRIBUTIONAL ISSUES A Poverty and Inequality 8. Arsenio M. Balisacan (1995), ‘Anatomy of Poverty During Adjustment: The Case of the Philippines’ 9. Anne Booth (2000), ‘The Impact of the Indonesian Crisis on Welfare: What Do We Know Two Years On?’ 10. Medhi Krongkaew (1994), ‘Income Distribution in East Asian Developing Countries: An Update’ 11. Martin Ravallion and Monika Huppi (1991), ‘Measuring Changes in Poverty: A Methodological Case Study of Indonesia During an Adjustment Period’ B Labour Markets and Human Resources 12. Prema-chandra Athukorala and Jayant Menon (1999) ‘Outward Orientation and Economic Development in Malaysia’ 13. Anne Booth (1999), ‘Education and Economic Development in Southeast Asia: Myths and Realities’ 14. Sirilaksana Khoman (1995), ‘Thailand’s Industrialization: Implications for Health, Education, and Science and Technology’ 15. Chris Manning (1994), ‘What Has Happened to Wages in the New Order?’ 16. Chris Manning (1999), ‘Labour Markets in the ASEAN-4 and the NIEs’ C Demographics 17. Gavin W. Jones (1999), ‘The Population of South-East Asia’ D Environmental Issues 18. Harold Brookfield (1993), ‘The Dimensions of Environmental Change and Management in the South-East Asian Region’ 19. Ian Coxhead (2000), ‘Consequences of a Food Security Strategy for Economic Welfare, Income Distribution and Land Degradation: The Philippine Case’ 20. Thomas P. Tomich, Meine van Noordwijk, Stephen A. Vosti and Julie Witcover (1998), ‘Agricultural Development with Rainforest Conservation: Methods for Seeking Best Bet Alternatives to Slash-and-burn, with Applications to Brazil and Indonesia’ 21. Jeffrey R. Vincent and Rozali Mohamed Ali with Chang Yii Tan, Jahara Yahaya, Khalid Abdul Rahim, Lim Teck Ghee, Anke Sofia Meyer, Mohd. Shahwahid Haji Othman and G. Sivalingam, (1997), ‘Conclusions’ E Regional Development 22. Hal Hill (1997), ‘Regional Development in Southeast Asia: The Challenges of Subnational Diversity’ 23. M. Govinda Rao (2000), ‘Fiscal Decentralization in Vietnam: Emerging Issues’ Name Index Volume III Acknowledgements An Introduction by the editor to all four volumes appears in Volume I PART V PUBLIC POLICY, INSTITUTIONS AND OWNERSHIP A Overviews 1. Stephan M. Haggard (1998), ‘Business, Politics and Policy in East and Southeast Asia’ 2. J.A.C. Mackie (1988), ‘Economic Growth in the ASEAN Region: The Political Underpinnings’ 3. Andrew MacIntyre (1999), ‘Political Institutions and the Economic Crisis in Thailand and Indonesia’ 4. Jon S.T. Quah (1998), ‘Singapore’s Model of Development: Is It Transferable?’ B Case Studies of Intervention and Reform 5. Ammar Siamwalla (1999), ‘Can A Developing Democracy Manage Its Macroeconomy? The Case of Thailand’ 6. Richard R. Barrichello and Frank R. Flatters (1991), ‘Trade Policy Reform in Indonesia’ 7. David C.E. Chew (1993), ‘Civil Service Pay in the Asian-Pacific Region’ 8. George Fane and Timothy Condon (1996), ‘Trade Reform in Indonesia, 1987–95’ 9. David K. Linnan (1999), ‘Insolvency Reform and the Indonesian Financial Crisis’ 10. Gerardo Sicat (1985), ‘A Historical and Current Perspective of Philippine Economic Problems’ 11. M. Hadi Soesastro (1989), ‘The Political Economy of Deregulation in Indonesia’ C Ownership and Business Structures 12. Kelly Bird (1999), ‘Concentration in Indonesian Manufacturing, 1975–93’ 13. Stijn Claessens, Simeon Djankov and Larry H.P. Lang (2000), ‘The Separation of Ownership and Control in East Asian Corporations’ 14. Edmund Terence Gomez and Jomo K.S. (1999), ‘Privatising State Assets’ 15. Hal Hill and Prema-chandra Athukorala (1998), ‘Foreign Investment in East Asia: A Survey’ 16. Linda Y.C. Lim (1996), ‘The Evolution of Southeast Asian Business Systems’ 17. Jamie Mackie (1992), ‘Changing Patterns of Chinese Big Business in Southeast Asia’ 18. Ng Chee Yuen and Toh Kin Woon (1992), ‘Privatization in the Asian-Pacific Region’ 19. Eric D. Ramstetter (1999), ‘Comparisons of Foreign Multinationals and Local Firms in Asian Manufacturing Over Time’ 20. Yuri Sato (1993), ‘The Salim Group in Indonesia: The Development and Behavior of the Largest Conglomerate in Southeast Asia’ 21. Yoshihara Kunio (1988), ‘Rent-seekers and Speculators’ Name Index Volume IV Acknowledgements An Introduction by the editor to all four volumes appears in Volume I PART VI SECTORS A Agriculture 1. Ponciano Intal, Jr. and John H. Power (1991), ‘The Philippines’ 2. Ammar Siamwalla, Suthad Setboonsarng, and Direk Patamasiriwat (1993), ‘Agriculture’ 3. Steven R. Tabor (1992), ‘Agriculture in Transition’ 4. Colin Barlow (1997), ‘Growth, Structural Change and Plantation Tree Crops: The Case of Rubber’ 5. Romeo M. Bautista (1993), ‘Trade and Agricultural Development in the 1980s and the Challenges for the 1990s: Asia’ 6. Takamasa Akiyama and Akihiko Nishio (1997), ‘Sulawesi’s Cocoa Boom: Lessons of Smallholder Dynamism and a Hands-off Policy’ 7. C. Peter Timmer (1993), ‘Rural Bias in the East and South-east Asian Rice Economy: Indonesia in Comparative Perspective’ B Services: Finance 8. H.W. Arndt (1989), ‘Trade in Services with Special Reference to ASEAN’ 9. Maxwell J. Fry (1995), ‘Financial Development in Asia: Some Analytical Issues’ 10. Ross H. McLeod (1999), ‘Control and Competition: Banking Deregulation and Re-regulation in Indonesia’ 11. Rob Vos and Josef T. Yap (1996), ‘Financial Intermediation and Adjustment of Internal and External Balances’ C Industry 12. Hal Hill (1999), ‘Industrialisation in ASEAN: Some Analytical and Policy Lessons’ 13. Erlinda M. Medalla, Gwendolyn R. Tecson, Romeo M. Bautista and John H. Power (1995), ‘Efficiency, Competitiveness and Structure of the Philippine Manufacturing Industries’ 14. Suphat Suphachalasai (1995), ‘Export-led Industrialization’ 15. Albert Berry and Dipak Mazumdar (1991), ‘Small-scale Industry in the Asian-Pacific Region’ 16. Henry Sandee, Roos Kities Andadari and Sri Sulandjari (2000), ‘Small Firm Development During Good Times and Bad: The Jepara Furniture Industry’ 17. Hal Hill (1996), ‘Indonesia’s Industrial Policy and Performance: "Orthodoxy" Vindicated’ 18. Sanjaya Lall (1995), ‘Malaysia: Industrial Success and the Role of the Government’ 19. Peter G. Warr (1989), ‘Export Processing Zones: The Economics of Enclave Manufacturing’ 20. Edward K.Y. Chen (1997), ‘The Total Factor Productivity Debate: Determinants of Economic Growth in East Asia’ 21. Mike Hobday (1994), ‘Technological Learning in Singapore: A Test Case of Leapfrogging’ Name Index

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Book SynopsisThe twin processes of integration and fragmentation have been the distinguishing features of contemporary globalization. Nowhere is this more strikingly evident than in the Asia Pacific. This first volume of a two-volume study concentrates on the geopolitical and economic transformation of Asia Pacific. It focuses on the complex relationship between the decline of ideological bipolarity, the rapid industrialization of East Asia and the tensions generated by the shifting balance of regional and global economic interests.Particular attention is devoted to the three major powers (the United States, China and Japan) and to a number of small and middle powers in particular Indonesia, Malaysia, South Korea, Australia and Canada. Underpinning the entire analysis is the complex interplay of geopolitics, economy and culture.States, Markets and Civil Society in Asia Pacific is essential reading for scholars and researchers of Asia Pacific politics and economy. The coherent analysis will also ensure the books appeal to those in NGOs and government agencies affected by, or working in, the region.Trade Review'. . . this book is a major contribution to the literature on the broadly conceived Asia-Pacific region and will, as they say, be an invaluable resource for scholars and students alike.' -- Mark Beeson, Labour and Industry'With thorough research, well-articulated analyses and sophisticated discussion of conceptions, this book is not only an excellent reference but also a source of stimulative ideas for researchers.' -- Jian Yang, New Zealand International Review'. . . this is indeed an outstanding book which ought to be read by all who are interested in the political economy of the Asia Pacific region. I look forward to Camilleri's second volume on the development of multilateral approaches to economics and security co-operation in Asia Pacific.' -- Peng Er Lam, Asia Pacific Journal of Management'His analyses of how such security complexes, in leading to the collective identity formation within multilateralist efforts in the region, will no doubt contribute to making the second volume of this study equally well worth reading.' -- Stuart Harris, Pacifica Review'. . . Camilleri's book . . . will work well as an undergraduate text . . . It might also be of interest to academics not immediately familiar with how the region's economy relates to geopolitics as a secondary reference text.' -- Alexius A. Pereira, Asia Pacific Business Review'The book will serve as a comprehensive, sophisticated and well-researched guide to the Pacific Rim's most recent past, worth reading. . . Recommended for public, academic (upper-division undergraduate and up), and professional library collections.' -- R.P. Gardella, Choice'Once again Joseph Camilleri has written a major work. Drawing on a vast literature, he has compiled a coherent whole out of the innumerable pieces of the vast puzzle that is the Asia Pacific. Conceiving of the area as three regional subsystems, his analysis is an impressive blend of historical, conceptual, and empirical materials that focus on the interplay of geopolitics and geoeconomics in a major part of the world that will substantially shape the course of world affairs in the decades ahead. Camilleri brings a keen understanding of the dynamics of change, democratization, and civil society to bear on both the varieties and uniformities to be found in the Asia-Pacific at the outset of a new century.' -- James N. Rosenau, The George Washington University, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Geopolitical Change: From the Nixon Doctrine to the End of the Cold War 2. East Asia’s Economic Transformation 3. From Hegemony to Competitive Interdependence 4. Periphery and Semi-Periphery: In Search of a New Equilibrium 5. State, Economy and Civil Society 6. Concluding Reflections Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis timely book examines the effects of financial liberalization in the more advanced economies of Southeast Asia. The book also analyses the degree to which emerging and transitional economies in East and South Asia can benefit from this example. The weakness of the banking sector is examined in order to explain the reasons behind the currency crisis and to prescribe policies to avoid a similar episode in the future.Further, the book documents the individual steps taken to liberalize the economies over a period of about 20-30 years in each country. The analyses reveal that liberalization led to high growth in economies undertaking such reforms while unwillingness to take such reforms appear to have led to poor growth and hence low social development. This finding contradicts the common belief that liberalization led to the financial crisis and then to growth collapse.An efficient and liberalized financial sector is an essential precondition for promoting and accelerating economic growth and welfare. Arguments supporting this policy are based on the experience of Southeast Asian economies, particularly the pioneers such as Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia and Thailand. This has led some less developed countries in East and South Asia to initiate the process of financial sector reforms and to realize the potential benefits of such reforms. The authors analyse the reform process and the lessons to be drawn from the experiences of these economies in their quest for sustained development in East and South Asia.Trade Review'This is an insightful, important, and good book. . . [the book] is a valuable addition to the debate on policy making and structures in Asia and will, I hope, be an influential one.' -- Gordon de Brouwer, Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies'. . . this book provides useful information about the Asian financial crisis.' -- Ying, Zhu, Asia Pacific Business ReviewTable of ContentsContents: Preface Part I: Liberalization and the Asian Financial Crisis Part II: The Early Reformers Part III: Communists Return to Market Forces Part IV: The Hesitant Reformers Part V: The Lessons from Liberalization Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisTo Know Our Many Selves profiles the history of Canadianstudies, which began as early as the 1840s with the Study of Canada. Indiscussing this comprehensive examination of culture, Hoerderhighlights its unique interdisciplinary approach, which included bothsociological and political angles. Years later, as the study of otherethnicities was added to the cultural story of Canada, a solidfoundation was formed for the nation’s master narrative. Against this background, To Know Our Many Selves focuses onwhy Canadian studies can be used as a sound model for the study ofother societies in a framework of transcultural societal studies.Table of ContentsPreface; Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Traditions and Practices: From Colonial and Area to Cultural orSocietal Studies I. Framing Research on Canada: Burdens and Achievements ofthe Past 2. The Atlantic World: Creating Societies in Imperial Hinterland 3. Canada’s Peoples: Inclusions & Exclusions 4. Self-Constructions: From Regional Consciousnesses to NationalBillboards II. From Privileged Discourses to Research on SocialSpaces 5. Privileged Discourses up to 1920: Scholarship in the Making 6. Substantial Research: The Social Spaces of the Geological Surveyof Canada 7. Learning and Society: Social Responsibility, EducationalInstitutions, Elite Formation III. The Study of Canada: The Social Sciences, the Arts, NewMedia, 1920s–1950s 8. Data-Based Studies of Society: Political Economy, History,Sociology 9. Discourse-Based Reflections about Society: Where Were theHumanities? IV. The Third Phase: Multiple Discourses about InterlinkedSocieties 10. Decolonization: The Changes of the 1960s 11. Visions and Borderlines: Canadian Studies since the 1960s 12. Views from the Outside: The Surge of International CanadianStudies 13. Agency in a Multicultural Society: Interdisciplinary ResearchAchievements V. Perspectives 14. From Interest-Driven National Discourse to TransculturalSocietal Studies Interviews with the Author; Index

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Book SynopsisThe Arab countries and the Arab Middle East have been projected as homogeneous and united social and political entities. Yet beneath the surface, ethnic tensions and conflicts simmer. Some of these conflicts are well known and the issues arising therefrom are part of the regular diet of news. Other tensions involving ethnic minorities and ethnic diasporas are less well known. But they are no less problematic for regional actors. Particularly so since they are not only influenced by global developments, but they also significantly influence political, economic, cultural and ideological regional and intrastate developments. The purpose of this book is to highlight the factors, forces, and circumstances that affect inter-communal relations in the region, and point toward strategies and circumstances that promote or hinder coexistence and integration, or antagonism. By studying diasporas in the Middle East in terms of their significant regional factors in relation to the Middle Eastern diaspora worldwide, this book makes an important and unique contribution to linking the study of Middle Eastern diasporas to the general new field of diasporic studies.Trade Review"In these timely essays, historian Ma'oz and political scientist Sheffer help to fill a significant gap in knowledge about Middle Eastern minorities and diasporas. Highly recommended." -- Choice.Table of ContentsContents: Introduction; Moshe Ma'oz and Gabriel Sheffer; Middle Eastern Minorities: Between Integration and conflict -- An Overview; National Self-Determination in the Middle East and North Africa; The Impact of Religion and Regime on Ethnic Conflict in the Middle East; Ethnic and Religious Conflicts in Sudan since Independence; The Elite Minority: Educated Sudanese and their Role in the State; The Christians in Israel: Aspects of Integration and the Search for Identity in a Minority within a Minority; Contested Identities: Berbers, 'Berberism', and the State in North Africa; Ethnic and Religious Conflicts in Iraq; Middle Eastern Diasporas -- An Overview; The Muslim Diaspora in the West; Lebanon: State, Diaspora and the Question of Political Stability; Chechen Identity, Culture, and Citizenship in Jordan; Territorial versus Personal Autonomy; Contributors; Index.

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Book SynopsisInvestment in Peace - The Politics of Economics Cooperation Between Israel, Jordan & the PalestiniansTable of ContentsContents: Foreword by HRH Prince El Hassan bin Talal of Jordan; Preface; Introduction: Perceptions of War, Peace, and Economics; The Domestic Environments; The Politics of the Israeli--Jordanian--Palestinian Triangle; Trade Regimes; Transnational Economic Co-operation; Regional Infrastructure Development; Conclusion: The Future of Arab--Israeli Economic; Relations -- Risks and Opportunities; Bibliography; Index.

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Book SynopsisIn general, all societies have evolved from a background in which people were many and resources were few. Thus the creation of their ideas, values, and institutions needed to adjust to that reality. The unique history of the United States, however, makes it an exception. There people were few but resources were endless. Thus, American traditions, values, ideas, and institutions which were of European origin had to undergo major transformations. The reality of plenty is thus the key to understanding the uniqueness of American civilization.Trade Review"A fresh intellectual history of the role of the frontier in the American national experience... An excellent analyis of the positive and dark sides of the American national experience." -- American Studies (University of Kansas and the Mid-American Studies Association)."...makes a compelling argument that displays a deep, highly original understanding of the historical myth and reality of the American frontier... Throughout his book, Gutfeld argues convincingly that 'plenty' and the 'frontier' have been weighty and malleable concepts in American history. Yet the ideas of available plenitude and an open frontier also entailed devastating practical consequences. Despite so much tragic history and such harsh contemporary reality, these ideas still flourish today. Insistent ahistoricism also is a key element of American theory and practice. Americans even seem inclined to repeat past mistakes as exactly as possible, rather than to learn much from them. Though one should not bet on the power of any book to change deep-rooted American behavioral patterns, American Exceptionalism clearly offers an insightful, important corrective." -- From the Foreword by Avi Soifer, Boston College Law School, Massachusetts.Table of ContentsContents: Foreword by Professor Aviam Soifer; Preface; Europe Dreamt and America Realised the Enlightenment, or Did It?; American Exceptionalism and the Forces that Maintain It; The Unique Nature of American Political Violence; The Deprivation of Indian Sovereignty; Genocide, North American Style; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index.

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Book SynopsisDiscusses the Druze in the Middle East in general, with a particular focus of the Druze relationship with the State of Israel. Part I -- Faiths, Commandments, and the Life-Cycle -- deals with practical religious commandments, religious rights and ceremonies, and the life-cycle of the individual. Original material is presented that places the Druze unequivocally as members of an independent faith with their own unique identity. Part II -- Spiritual Leadership and Community Organisation -- treats the spiritual leadership in various countries of the Middle East throughout their history. This leadership is of great importance in administering the life of the Druze community. Part III -- Population, Society, and Identity in Israel -- discusses the role of family, society, and religious identity, and the changes in attitudes that have taken place in recent generations. Part IV -- Laws of Personal Status -- is an analysis of the laws of personal status of individuals, and of the implementation of these laws in practice in the Druze religious courts.Trade Review"This is an especially accessible guide to Druze belief, ritual practice, ethnography, and history... The author has collected excellent demographic material on the Israel community and provides a clear and concise analysis of its social structure and struggle with change... This important little volume is arguably the best introduction currently available in English... Essential." -- Social & Behavioral Sciences.Table of ContentsContents: Faith, commandments and the life-cycle; spiritual leadership and community organization; population, society and identity in Israel; laws of personal status.

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Book SynopsisAsks pertinent questions without shying away from difficult answers. Some of Israel's leading thinkers and experts from Israeli academia, journalism and public life investigate the pressing issues that face the modern State of Israel. The radical political perspectives and alternatives presented in this book challenge long-held ideas about how Israel should conduct itself as a political entity, drawing on both past and present political discussion in Israel. Ultimately, the contributors arrive at a highly original and controversial portrayal of Israeli society, and present a blueprint for a radical new path for Israeli politics.Table of ContentsContents: Acknowledgements; Introduction: Radical Alternatives and Radical Responses: Israel, Jews, Palestinians; A Land Without a People; The Palestinian Arab Minority in Israel; Israeli Colonialism under the Guise of the Peace Process, 1993-2000; The End of Zionism?; Religion, State and Society: Who's Left?; The Making and Breaking of the Israeli Left; Post-Mortem for the Ashkenazi Left; Jewish National Self-Determination at the Crossroads; Left out -- the Ecological Paradox of the Israeli Left; The Left Needs Two Banners: Views from the Left; The Roots of Israel's Economic Crisis; The Dilemmas of Israeli Education; The Israeli Woman and the Feminist Commitment; The Mizrahim: Challenging the Ethos of the Melting Pot; Jerusalem: Constructive Division or Spartaheid?; Index.

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Book SynopsisCultural China is a unique annual publication for up-to-date, informed and accessible commentary about Chinese and Sinophone languages, cultural practices, politics and production, and their critical analysis. It builds on research and perspectives central to the Contemporary China Centre, based at the University of Westminster, and the Contemporary China Centre Blog. The chapters in this Review speak to the challenging and eventful year that was 2021 as it unfolded across cultural China. Thematically, they range from health and medicine, environment, food, children and parenting via film, red culture and calls to action. Many of the contributions in this edited collection focus on the People's Republic of China, but they also draw attention to the multiple Chinese and Sinophone cultural practices that exist within, across and beyond national borders. The Review is distinctive in its cultural studies-based approach and contributes a much-needed critical perspective from the humanities to the study of cultural China. It aims to promote interdisciplinary dialogue and debate about the social, cultural, political and historical dynamics that inform life in cultural China today offering academics, activists, practitioners and politicians a key reference with which to situate current events in and relating to cultural China in a wider context.

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Book SynopsisOver the past two decades, the oil sands region of northeastern Alberta has been the site of unprecedented levels of development. Alberta’s Lower Athabasca Basin tells a fascinating story of how a catastrophic ice age flood left behind a unique landscape, one that made deposits of bitumen available for surface mining. Less well known is the discovery that this flood also produced an environment that supported perhaps the most intensive use of boreal forest resources by prehistoric Native people yet recognized in Canada. Studies undertaken to meet the conservation requirements of the Alberta Historical Resources Act have yielded a rich and varied record of prehistoric habitation and activity in the oil sands area. Evidence from between 9,500 and 5,000 years ago – the result of several major excavations – has confirmed extensive human use of the region’s resources, while important contextual information provided by key eological and palaeoenvironmental studies has deepened our understanding of how the region’s early inhabitants interacted with the landscape.Touching on various elements of this rich environmental and archaeological record, the contributors to this volume use the evidence gained through research and compliance studies to offer new insights into human and natural history. They also examine the challenges of managing this irreplaceable heritage resource in the face of ongoing development.

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Book SynopsisIn Fighting Invisibility, Monica Mong Trieu argues that we must consider the role of physical and symbolic space to fully understand the nuances of Asian American racialization. By doing this, we face questions such as, historically, who has represented Asian America? Who gets to represent Asian America? This book shifts the primary focus to Midwest Asian America to disrupt—and expand beyond—the existing privileged narratives in United States and Asian American history. Drawing from in-depth interviews, census data, and cultural productions from Asian Americans in Ohio, Wisconsin, Nebraska, Minnesota, Illinois, Iowa, Indiana, and Michigan, this interdisciplinary research examines how post-1950s Midwest Asian Americans navigate identity and belonging, racism, educational settings, resources within co-ethnic communities, and pan-ethnic cultural community. Their experiences and life narratives are heavily framed by three pervasive themes of spatially defined isolation, invisibility, and racialized visibility. Fighting Invisibility makes an important contribution to racialization literature, while also highlighting the necessity to further expand the scope of Asian American history-telling and knowledge production. Trade Review"In this remarkably perceptive book, Trieu’s multilayered narratives of racialization in the Midwest brilliantly contextualize how belonging, representation, and resistance are negotiated." -- Linda Trinh Vo * author of Mobilizing an Asian American Community *"The stories of Asian Americans in the Midwest remain poorly recognized and understood – until now. Fighting Invisibility frames these Asian Americans’ experiences within the context of U.S. racial history and culture, revealing the power of geography in the process. The result is a thought-provoking, highly readable book that should be read from coast to coast." -- Pawan Dhingra * author of Hyper Education: Why Good Schools, Good Grades, and Good Behavior Are Not Enough *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations ix Introduction: Asian America in America’s Heartland 1 Who Is Midwestern Asian America? A Demographic Overview and Personal Histories of Post-1950s Midwestern Asian Americans 19 “I Only Knew It in Relation to Its Absence”: Isolated and Everyday Ethnics on Spatial Contexts, Community, and Identity 46 “Why Couldn’t I Be White?”: On the Legacy of Colonialism, Racism, and Internalized Racism in the Midwest 64 Crafting “Sharp Weapons” in the Heartland: The Making of Cultural Productions as Racialized Subjects 89 Conclusion 105 Epilogue: A Final Note on Moving Forward for Asian America 109 Appendix: Selected Characteristics of Study Participants 117 Acknowledgments 121 Notes 125 Bibliography 149 Index 000

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Book SynopsisThis book presents extensions to current commodity-flow models to analyze the economic and environmental impacts of recent structural changes, such as fragmentation of production and lengthening supply chains. The extensions enable augmented commodity-flow models to analyze the vulnerability of supply chains and regions to climate change and extreme weather events. The models allow the explicit treatment of trade in intermediate goods; the so-called “new economic geography” behavioral foundations for production and inter-industry and interregional trade; endogenous determination of capital investment and employment; and changes in emissions associated with production, consumption and freight movement. Presenting a modeling framework and simulations that are based on a thirty-year, spatial time-series of inter-industry and interstate trade in the US, this unique book is a valuable resource for regional scientists, economic geographers and transportation modelers, as well as environmental and atmospheric scientists.Table of ContentsSee attachments

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Book SynopsisThe book aims to face the challenge of post-COVID-19 dynamics toward green and digital transition, between metropolitan and return to villages’ perspectives. It presents a multi-disciplinary scientific debate on the new frontiers of strategic and spatial planning, economic programs and decision support tools, within the urban–rural areas networks and the metropolitan cities. The book focuses on six topics: inner and marginalized areas local development to re-balance territorial inequalities; knowledge and innovation ecosystem for urban regeneration and resilience; metropolitan cities and territorial dynamics; rules, governance, economy, society; green buildings, post-carbon city and ecosystem services; infrastructures and spatial information systems; cultural heritage: conservation, enhancement and management. In addition, the book hosts a Special Section: Rhegion United Nations 2020-2030. The book will benefit all researchers, practitioners and policymakers interested in the issues applied to metropolitan cities and marginal areas. Table of ContentsThe Valuation of Unused Public Buildings in Support of Culture-led Inner Areas’ Small Villages NRRP Strategies: an application model in Southern Italy.- Hydrological drivers and effects of wildfire in Mediterranean rural and forest ecosystems: A mini review.- River transport in Calabrian rivers.- Green Transition Towards Sustainability. Design, architecture, production.- (Un)earth vulnerable Chile.- Fostering resilience in Inner Areas. The Sicani case study in Sicily.- Application of crowd sensing for sustainable management of smart cities.- Ecological transition and planning strategies.

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Book SynopsisThis open access book explores the role of innovation in technological convergence processes in the EU regional space and shifts the focus from absolute and conditional income convergence to technological convergence and its determinants. Presenting new theoretical and empirical evidence on the determinants and trajectory of the EU region’s development and convergence, this book will appeal to scholars of economics and regional science, as well as practitioners and policymakers interested in the policy implications of regional technological convergence. The presented findings will also contribute to the development of the knowledge-based economy paradigm in the regional context.This is an open access book.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Innovation and Regional Development.- Chapter 3. Regional Technological Convergence: Patterns and Determinants.- Chapter 4. Empirical Analysis of Technological Convergence in the European Regional Area.

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Book SynopsisDer Band bietet eine Einführung in das politische System des Landes Brandenburg seit 1990. Er stellt die zentralen politischen Institutionen vor und beleuchtet die politische Praxis mit dem Fokus auf Regierung und Parlament. Dabei vergleicht er auch mit anderen Bundesländern und erlaubt so Aussagen über Spezifika Brandenburgs. Der „Brandenburger Weg“, der auf Konsens und Integration politischer und gesellschaftlicher Gruppen setzt, wird vielfach als Erfolgsmodell des Systemwechsels und Lehre aus der friedlichen Revolution begriffen. Oder handelt es sich hier um einen Mythos?Table of Contents​Landespolitik im Föderalismus – Vorgaben und Handlungsspielräume.- Demokratisierung und ihre Herausforderungen an die Politik.- Der Brandenburgische Landtag: Funktionen, Selbstverständnis der Abgeordneten und Gesetzgebung.- Die Brandenburgische Landesregierung: Funktionen und Verhältnis gegenüber dem Parlament.- Verfassungs- und Rechtspolitik und Fusionspolitik gegenüber Berlin.- Bildungs- und Kulturpolitik.- Polizei, Kommunen und Verwaltung.- Erfolgsmodell Brandenburger Weg.

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Book SynopsisIm Mittelpunkt dieser Einführung in die französische Politik, die für die 5. Auflage umfassend aktualisiert wurde, steht die Darstellung der V. Republik. Der Autor beschreibt, wie sich Frankreichs Innenpolitik unter den sieben Staatspräsidenten im Laufe der Jahrzehnte verändert hat. Er zeigt, wie das Parlament trotz Funktionsverlust bei parallel laufender Kompetenzausweitung der doppelköpfigen Exekutive versucht hat, seinen Kontrollfunktionen gerecht zu werden. Daneben werden die politischen Parteien sowie die Interessenverbände ausführlich dargestellt. Hintergrund der Analyse bilden die politische Kultur Frankreichs, seine Gesellschaftsstruktur und das Wirtschaftssystem.Table of ContentsÜbergangsphase und Ausarbeitung der neuen Verfassung.- Aspekte politischer Kultur.- Der Staatspräsident.- Die Regierung und die Verwaltungselite.- Das Parlament.- Der Verfassungsrat.- Der Staatsrat.- Der Wirtschafts-, Sozial- und Umweltrat.- Der Défenseur des droits.- Die politischen Parteien.- Wahlen, Wählerverhalten und Wahlfinanzierung.- Interessenverbände.- Massenmedien.- Kommunal- und Regionalpolitik.- Wirtschaftspolitik.- Gesellschaft und sozialer Wandel.- Frankreich und Europa.

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Book SynopsisDieses Buch führt in das britische Regierungssystem ein, welches zu den „Klassikern“ der vergleichenden Regierungslehre zählt. Das „Westminster Modell“ des Regierens hat sich in den letzten Jahrzehnten weitgehend verändert. Wie und auf welchen Feldern kann hier in einem Gesamtkontext der Reformen des politischen Systems nachgelesen werden. Die direkt nach dem Brexit-Referendum 2016 aktualisierte und erweiterte Neuauflage legt Grundlagen für das Verständnis des britischen Regierungssystems. Sie betritt aber auch Neuland. Denn neben der Analyse des Staatsaufbaus und des Regierens, sowie der Parteien- und Wahlsysteme führt sie in die innerbritische Diskussion zum politischen System Großbritanniens ein und untersucht Themen wie Protestbewegungen, Identitätspolitik, Multikulturalismus, das Verhältnis von Freiheit und Sicherheit in der britischen Politik und die Rolle des Vereinigten Königreiches in der Europapolitik.Table of ContentsNeuere Debatten zum Verständnis des britischen Regierungssystems.- Grundlagen des Staatsaufbaus.- Grundlagen des Regierens.- Grundlagen der politischen Willensbildung.- Grundlagen der Zivilgesellschaft.- Großbritannien in Europa.

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