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Book SynopsisA close examination of an iconic small town that gives boundless insights into architecture, landscape, preservation, and philanthropyAvant-Garde in the Cornfields is an in-depth study of New Harmony, Indiana, a unique town in the American Midwest renowned as the site of two successive Utopian settlements during the nineteenth century: the Harmonists and the Owenites. During the Cold War years of the twentieth century, New Harmony became a spiritual “living community” and attracted a wide variety of creative artists and architects who left behind landmarks that are now world famous. This engrossing and well-documented book explores the architecture, topography, and preservation of New Harmony during both periods and addresses troubling questions about the origin, production, and meaning of the town’s modern structures, landscapes, and gardens. It analyzes how these were preserved, recognizing the funding that has made New Harmony so vital, and details the elaborate ways in which the town remains an ongoing experiment in defining the role of patronage in historic preservation.An important reappraisal of postwar American architecture from a rural perspective, Avant-Garde in the Cornfields presents provocative ideas about how history is interpreted through design and historic preservation—and about how the extraordinary past and present of New Harmony continue to thrive today. Contributors: William R. Crout, Harvard U; Stephen Fox, Rice U; Christine Gorby, Pennsylvania State U; Cammie McAtee, Harvard U; Nancy Mangum McCaslin; Kenneth A. Schuette Jr., Purdue U; Ralph Schwarz; Paul Tillich.Trade Review"New Harmony has long been the American Eden that almost was—a place of learning, spirituality, and experimental architecture lost somewhere south of Indianapolis. This eclectic and sweeping volume brings its many lives, from utopian outpost on the frontier to center for contemplation and tourist site anchored by great works of modern architecture, to life. The equally diverse figures who animated the place, from the English industrialist Robert Owen to his distant heir Jane Blaffer Owen, and including architects Philip Johnson and Richard Meier, each receives a careful historic and formal analysis in this masterful collection of essays."—Aaron Betsky, president, School of Architecture at Taliesin"A detour to the rural heartland can alter many presumptions about American modern culture. Reformers included Robert Owen, who bought the communitarian settlement of New Harmony, Indiana, in 1825, espousing equal rights for workers, women, and former slaves. This book looks closely at New Harmony in the post-WWII era, when historic preservation and environmentalism held sway, while protean architects like Philip Johnson and Richard Meier collaborated with their visionary client, Jane Blaffer Owen. Readers too will look at American modernism from a radically new perspective."—Gwendolyn Wright, Columbia University"Three visionaries created New Harmony, and their visions could hardly be more different. Ben Nicholson and Michelangelo Sabatino, with their splendidly comprehensive study of Jane Blaffer Owen, the most elusive of the three, have completed the story of one of America’s most consequential experiments in town-building."—Michael Lewis, Williams College"The book is carefully produced and edited, with abundant photographs and is well suited for college readers at all levels, particularly those in heritage preservation studies."—ARLIS/NA Reviews"This anthology, filled with insights on design, philanthropy, and the making of place, will be most valued by specialists but should also attract many readers interested in the built environment and historic preservation."—CHOICE"Avant-Garde in the Cornfields, a scholarly history of New Harmony's built environment in the second half of the twentieth century, is very welcome."—A Daily Dose of Architecture"Avant-Garde in the Cornfields is a tremendous achievement that promises to be the crucial resource for chronicling New Harmony’s long and important utopian evolution."—The Annals of Iowa"Avant-Garde in the Cornfields is a comprehensive and beautifully illustrated resource for architectural scholars and lovers of the modern portion of the eclectic place that is New Harmony."—Winterthur Portfolio

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Book SynopsisA forensic examination of the mutual relationship between art and real estate in a transforming Los Angeles Underlying every great city is a rich and vibrant culture that shapes the texture of life within. In The Speculative City, Susanna Phillips Newbury teases out how art and Los Angeles shaped one another’s evolution. She compellingly articulates how together they transformed the Southland, establishing the foundation for its contemporary art infrastructure, and explains how artists came to influence Los Angeles’s burgeoning definition as the global city of the twenty-first century.Pairing particular works of art with specific innovations in real estate development, The Speculative City reveals the connections between real estate and contemporary art as they constructed Los Angeles’s present-day cityscape. From banal parking lots to Frank Gehry’s designs for artists’ studios and museums, Newbury examines pivotal interventions by artists and architects, city officials and cultural philanthropists, concluding with an examination of how, in the wake of the 2008 global credit crisis, contemporary art emerged as a financial asset to fuel private wealth and urban gentrification. Both a history of the transformation of the Southland and a forensic examination of works of art, The Speculative City is a rich complement to the California chronicles by such writers as Rebecca Solnit and Mike Davis.Trade Review "The Speculative City is an accomplished piece of work, incredibly nuanced in its research, synthetic in its claims, and novel in its arguments. Susanna Phillips Newbury achieves a compelling picture of the transformation of the Southland through a network of developers, and she convincingly shows how certain real estate moguls-cum-builder-philanthropists literally laid the foundation for the rise of contemporary art in Los Angeles."—Suzanne Hudson, author of Contemporary Painting "In twentieth-century Los Angeles, there is the art of the haves and the art of the have-nots. In this fascinating study, Susanna Phillips Newbury shows how those two worlds have been structured—separately and unequally—through the nexus of art, real estate, and urban development. Essential reading for students of art and political economy, The Speculative City explores the aesthetic foundations of the neoliberal city."—Eric Avila, author of The Folklore of the Freeway: Race and Revolt in the Modernist City "From a unique approach to cultural history, economics and planning, Newbury’s book, with its extensive notes and comprehensive bibliography, has much to offer libraries and will serve the needs of many academic programs. "—ARLIS/NA Reviews Table of ContentsContentsIntroduction: Art on FIRE1. Thirtyfour Parking Lots in the Fragmented Metropolis2. Art in the Suburbs: Master Plans and Industrial Images3. Performing Lifestyle in Townhome California 4. The Artist’s Studio Exposed5. Risk Architecture: Museums in CrisisEpilogue: Asset ArtAcknowledgmentsNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisA forensic examination of the mutual relationship between art and real estate in a transforming Los Angeles Underlying every great city is a rich and vibrant culture that shapes the texture of life within. In The Speculative City, Susanna Phillips Newbury teases out how art and Los Angeles shaped one another’s evolution. She compellingly articulates how together they transformed the Southland, establishing the foundation for its contemporary art infrastructure, and explains how artists came to influence Los Angeles’s burgeoning definition as the global city of the twenty-first century.Pairing particular works of art with specific innovations in real estate development, The Speculative City reveals the connections between real estate and contemporary art as they constructed Los Angeles’s present-day cityscape. From banal parking lots to Frank Gehry’s designs for artists’ studios and museums, Newbury examines pivotal interventions by artists and architects, city officials and cultural philanthropists, concluding with an examination of how, in the wake of the 2008 global credit crisis, contemporary art emerged as a financial asset to fuel private wealth and urban gentrification. Both a history of the transformation of the Southland and a forensic examination of works of art, The Speculative City is a rich complement to the California chronicles by such writers as Rebecca Solnit and Mike Davis.Trade Review "The Speculative City is an accomplished piece of work, incredibly nuanced in its research, synthetic in its claims, and novel in its arguments. Susanna Phillips Newbury achieves a compelling picture of the transformation of the Southland through a network of developers, and she convincingly shows how certain real estate moguls-cum-builder-philanthropists literally laid the foundation for the rise of contemporary art in Los Angeles."—Suzanne Hudson, author of Contemporary Painting "In twentieth-century Los Angeles, there is the art of the haves and the art of the have-nots. In this fascinating study, Susanna Phillips Newbury shows how those two worlds have been structured—separately and unequally—through the nexus of art, real estate, and urban development. Essential reading for students of art and political economy, The Speculative City explores the aesthetic foundations of the neoliberal city."—Eric Avila, author of The Folklore of the Freeway: Race and Revolt in the Modernist City "From a unique approach to cultural history, economics and planning, Newbury’s book, with its extensive notes and comprehensive bibliography, has much to offer libraries and will serve the needs of many academic programs. "—ARLIS/NA Reviews Table of ContentsContentsIntroduction: Art on FIRE1. Thirtyfour Parking Lots in the Fragmented Metropolis2. Art in the Suburbs: Master Plans and Industrial Images3. Performing Lifestyle in Townhome California 4. The Artist’s Studio Exposed5. Risk Architecture: Museums in CrisisEpilogue: Asset ArtAcknowledgmentsNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisExamines the complexity and the humanity of the opioid epidemic America’s opioid epidemic continues to ravage families and communities, despite intense media coverage, federal legislation, criminal prosecutions, and harm reduction efforts to prevent overdose deaths. More than 450,000 Americans have died from opioid overdoses since the late 1990s. In Opioid Reckoning, Amy C. Sullivan explores the complexity of the crisis through firsthand accounts of people grappling with the reverberating effects of stigma, treatment, and recovery. Nearly everyone in the United States has been touched in some way by the opioid epidemic, including the author and her family. Sullivan uses her own story as a launching point to learn how the opioid epidemic challenged longstanding recovery protocols in Minnesota, a state internationally recognized for pioneering addiction treatment. By centering the voices of many people who have experienced opioid use, treatment, recovery, and loss, Sullivan exposes the devastating effects of a one-size-fits-all approach toward treatment of opioid dependency. Taking a clear-eyed, nonjudgmental perspective of every aspect of these issues—drug use, parenting, harm reduction, medication, abstinence, and stigma—Opioid Reckoning questions current treatment models, healthcare inequities, and the criminal justice system. Sullivan also imagines a future where anyone suffering an opioid-use disorder has access to the individualized care, without judgment, available to those with other health problems. Opioid Reckoning presents a captivating look at how the state that invented “rehab” addresses the challenges of the opioid epidemic and its overdose deaths while also taking readers into the intimate lives of families, medical and social work professionals, grassroots activists, and many others impacted by the crisis who contribute their insights and potential solutions. In sharing these stories and chronicling their lessons, Sullivan offers a path forward that cultivates empathy, love, and hope for anyone affected by chaotic drug use and its harms.Trade Review "From the Land of 10,000 Rehabs comes this generous and heartening testament to the power of empathy and the wisdom of harm reduction. Living with Amy Sullivan’s stories of ‘trauma parenting,’ we are compelled to take stock of how our own lives and losses intertwine with those who people these pages."—Nancy D. Campbell, author of OD: Naloxone and the Politics of Overdose "An important contribution that documents the lives of those faced with America's overdose crisis in the state that originated the twelve-step/abstinence treatment approach. Addiction care must change—and this book shows why."—Maia Szalavitz, author of Unbroken Brain: A Revolutionary New Way of Understanding Addiction and Undoing Drugs: The Untold Story of Harm Reduction and the Future of Addiction "In this timely book, Amy C. Sullivan illuminates how the public health crisis of opioid use disorder cannot be adequately conveyed through abstract statistics. Rather, it is located in childhood bedrooms and around kitchen tables, affecting families and especially mothers. The personal narratives and oral histories Sullivan weaves together tell an indelible story of the trauma, stigma, and, above all, humanity of the experience of addiction and recovery."—Sarah Gollust, University of Minnesota School of Public Health "Dr. Sullivan’s work on behalf of addiction and treatment is remarkable and Opioid Reckoning offers a glimpse into the faces of the epidemic. With heart and soul and considerable scholarship, Sullivan has written a book that offers hope and help for anyone affected by addiction."—Superior Reads "More even than demonstrating empathy for persons affected by abuse, Sullivan models commitment to tackling stigma to best combat the abuse."—CHOICE "Although much of her book tells the stories of Addicts and their families and explores new initiatives in the recovery industry, Sullivan makes clear in the prologue that this isn't only an academic take on an important topic."—Minnesota Alumni Table of ContentsContentsPrologueIntroduction: Opioids, Oral History, and the Rehab State1. Mothering Addiction: Lessons in Trauma Parenting2. Prognosis Cloudy: Who’s to Blame for an Overdose?3. Prescription for Humility: Opioids and Addiction Medicine4. Women of Substance: Harm Reduction in Minnesota5. Dissecting Stigma: Treatment ReimaginedConclusion: My Son, Relapsed and RecoveredAbout the Minnesota Opioid ProjectAcknowledgmentsNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisAward-winning author Linda LeGarde Grover interweaves family and Ojibwe history with stories from Misaabekong (the place of the giants) on Lake Superior Long before there was a Duluth, Minnesota, the massive outcropping that divides the city emerged from the ridge of gabbro rock running along the westward shore of Lake Superior. A great westward migration carried the Ojibwe people to this place, the Point of Rocks. Against this backdrop—Misaabekong, the place of the giants—the lives chronicled in Linda LeGarde Grover’s book unfold, some in myth, some in long-ago times, some in an imagined present, and some in the author’s family history, all with a deep and tenacious bond to the land, one another, and the Ojibwe culture.Within the larger history, Grover tells the story of her ancestors’ arrival at the American Fur Post in far western Duluth more than two hundred years ago. Their fortunes and the family’s future are inextricably entwined with tales of marriages to voyageurs, relocations to reservation lands, encounters with the spirits of the lake and wood creatures, the renewal of life—in myth and in art, the search for meaning in the transformations of our day is always vital. Finally, in one man’s struggles, age-old tribulations, the intergenerational traumas of extended families and communities, and a uniquely Ojibwe appreciation for the natural and spiritual worlds converge, forging the Ojibwe worldview and will to survive as his legacy to his descendants.Blending the seen and unseen, the old and the new, the amusing and the tragic and the hauntingly familiar, this lyrical work encapsulates a way of life forever vibrant at the Point of Rocks.Trade Review "This thoughtful book—parts memoir, history, poetry, myth—presents Duluth and North Shore from the point of view of those who lived there long before white people. Grover, a prizewinning writer and enrolled member of the Bois Forte Band of Ojibwe, brings to vivid life the neighborhoods around Duluth’s Point of Rocks, the town of Chippewa City and places in between."—Star Tribune Magazine "[Grover’s] own layering of family history, creation stories and tribal lore makes this book a complex map of a place and its people in intimate, worldly and otherworldly terms."—Star Tribune "Gichigami Hearts is for fans of history and story alike."—Book Riot "In Gichigami Hearts, one does not read a story only once and walk away. With each new telling, more is revealed. Every story connects with another, back and forth in time."—Colors of Influence "Genre-defying . . . Sharing stories and histories, Grover lyrically reflects upon her community’s relationships to the land, the culture and one another."—Karla Strand, Ms. Magazine "There is so much to explore in this collection, with stories that connect us all."—Superstition Review "A blend of the amusing and tragic, the spiritual and the embodied, the indigenous and the immigrant, these stories portray life lived in the light of Anishinabbe ways." —Ely Winter Times "Gichigami Hearts flows like beadwork: each piece of prose, or poetry, or photograph is applied to the background of history, of place, of memory, or of kinship, with a vine of connection unifying seemingly disparate elements." —American Indian Culture and Research JournalTable of ContentsContentsPart I. Point of RocksGabbroAn Old StoryBimosewin: From the Bethel to the Union Gospel MissionFrom the Rocks to the DocksAnishinaabe Relatives and Holy PlacesGrandparentsLife Among the ItaliansThe BeanbagRain, Fog, Ghost, SpiderPart II. Gichigami HeartsWaawaashkeshiMoozLake HeartsLake SpiritsSea Smoke on GichigamiBarney-enjissThe Stone TomahawkPart III. Rabbits in WintertimeListening and Remembering By HeartRabbits in the SnowNiizh Odain: The Wolf and the RabbitThe Harbor: Nanaboozhoo’s Brothers of the HeartWoods Lovely, Dark, and DeepRabbits Watching Over OnigamiisingPart IV. Traveling SongThe End and Renewal of the EarthRedemptionMishomisGrandfather-iban Gi-bimosePlaces Remembered, Though Some Have ChangedHomelandTraveling SongAcknowledgments

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Book SynopsisA brilliant and rich gathering of voices on the American experience of this past year and beyond, from Indigenous writers and writers of color from Minnesota In this significant collection, Indigenous writers and writers of color bear witness to one of the most unsettling years in the history of the United States. Essays and poems vividly reflect and comment on the traumas we endured in 2020, beginning with the arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic crisis, deepened by the blatant murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police officers and the uprisings that immersed our city into the epicenter of passionate, worldwide demands for justice. In inspired and incisive writing these contributors speak unvarnished truths not only to the original and pernicious racism threaded through the American experience but also to the deeply personal, in essays about family, loss, food culture, economic security, and mental health. Their call and response is united here to rise and be heard. We Are Meant to Rise lifts up the astonishing variety of BIPOC writers in Minnesota. From authors with international reputations to newly emerging voices, it features people from many cultures, including Indigenous Dakota and Anishinaabe, African American, Hmong, Somali, Afghani, Lebanese, Korean, Vietnamese, Japanese, Puerto Rican, Colombian, Mexican, transracial adoptees, mixed race, and LGBTQ+ perspectives. Most of the contributors have participated in More Than a Single Story, a popular and insightful conversation series in Minneapolis that features Indigenous and people of color speaking on what most concerns their communities. We Are Meant to Rise meets the events of the day, the year, the centuries before, again and again, with powerful testament to the intrinsic and unique value of the human voice.Contributors: Suleiman Adan, Mary Moore Easter, Louise Erdrich, Anika Fajardo, Safy-Hallan Farah, Said Farah, Sherrie Fernandez-Williams, Pamela R. Fletcher Bush, Shannon Gibney, Kathryn Haddad, Tish Jones, Ezekiel Joubert III, Douglas Kearney, Ed Bok Lee, Ricardo Levins Morales, Arleta Little, Resmaa Menakem, Tess Montgomery, Ahmad Qais Munhazim, Melissa Olson, Alexs Pate, Bao Phi, Mona Susan Power, Samantha Sencer-Mura, Said Shaiye, Erin Sharkey, Sun Yung Shin, Michael Torres, Diane Wilson, Kao Kalia Yang, and Kevin Yang.Trade Review"Diversity is our strength. Each new voice who becomes part of America is our strength. The writers in this anthology provide us with individualized portraits of who we are, and in doing so they can help us to know each other, our neighbors, our fellow citizens. These writers prove we are indeed more than a single story."—David Mura, from the Introduction "A powerful and passionate take on a fraught moment."—Publishers Weekly"This collection is diverse, enraging, heartbreaking, impassioned and this month’s #RequiredReading."—Ms. Magazine"The book acts as a time capsule of reflections of being Black, brown, indigenous & immigrant in a city that resembles much of American. There are poignant stories of immigration from the points of view of various communities, including Hmong, Somali, Korean, Lebanese, among others. Many stories share the narrative of survival, of healing from trauma, and emerging intact from the crushing weight of generational wounds. "—Colors of Influence"We Are Meant to Rise offers a different vision of past and present, unflinching in its gaze on our national and local sins but ultimately affirming hope and possibility."—Minnesota Spokesman Recorder Table of ContentsContentsIntroduction: Call and ResponseDavid MuraAbout More Than a Single StoryCarolyn HolbrookPandemic LoveEd Bok LeeJuiceAlexs PateGeorge Floyd Was Killed in My NeighborhoodSafy-Hallan Farahإِنَّا لِلّهِ وَإِنَّـا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعونَ Queer Death in ExileAhmad Qais MunhazimWith Birthday Girl Blindfolded, Star Piñata Considers His Regrets and Offers a Last RequestMichael TorresBattlegrounds and Building GroundsKao Kalia YangSummer 1964Pamela R. Fletcher BushThe Courage to Hold Together, the Courage to Fall Apart Mona Susan PowerLong Live the Fatherless ChildrenAnika FajardoLand Acknowledgement Statement of a Native VirginianMary Moore EasterFinancial TraumaTess MontgomeryCross PollinationKathryn HaddadBreath: A Meditation in UprisingErin SharkeyDear EditorDouglas KearneyWhat Does it All MeanTish JonesThe Trauma VirusResmaa MenakemHow Will They Take Us Away/How Will We StandBao PhiHealers Are Protectors/Protectors Are HealersMarcie RendonThe Pachuco Himself Considers the Audacity of LanguageMichael TorresLittle Brown BriefcaseSuleiman AdanWe Are All SummonedDiane WilsonA Tangent to a Story about the Smith & Wesson .38, or, Attempts to Be Fully Assimilated into the White American Project Have Failed Miserably, in the Form of a Self-Questionnaire신 선 영 辛善英 Sun Yung ShinToday in MinneapolisSamantha Sencer-MuraLet Me Tell You a StoryMelissa OlsonHere BeforeSherrie Fernandez-WilliamsTruth, Reconciliation, and Four More Meditations on Human FreedomArleta LittleDidion DreamsSaid ShaiyeSpeaking Into ExistenceKevin YangThe WeightEzekiel JoubertFour GeniesRicardo Levins MoralesAll the Stars AflameShannon GibneyHumility, Sincerity, Banana OilLouise ErdrichAcknowledgmentsContributors

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Book SynopsisPart memoir, part cultural history, these memories of seven aunts holding home and family together tell a crucial, often overlooked story of women of the twentieth century They were German and English, Anishinaabe and French, born in the north woods and Midwestern farm country. They moved again and again, and they fought for each other when men turned mean, when money ran out, when babies—and there were so many—added more trouble but even more love. These are the aunties: Faye, who lived in California, and Lila, who lived just down the street; Doreen, who took on the bullies taunting her “mixed-blood” brothers and sisters; Gloria, who raised six children (no thanks to all of her “stupid husbands”); Betty, who left a marriage of indenture to a misogynistic southerner to find love and acceptance with a Norwegian logger; and Carol and Diane, who broke the warped molds of their own upbringing.From the fabric of these women’s lives, Staci Lola Drouillard stitches a colorful quilt, its brightly patterned pieces as different as her aunties, yet alike in their warmth and spirit and resilience, their persistence in speaking for their generation. Seven Aunts is an inspired patchwork of memoir and reminiscence, poetry, testimony, love letters, and family lore. In this multifaceted, unconventional portrait, Drouillard summons ways of life largely lost to history, even as the possibilities created by these women live on. Unfolding against a personal view of the settler invasion of the Midwest by men who farmed and logged, fished and hunted and mined, it reveals the true heart and soul of that history: the lives of the women who held together family, home, and community—women who defied expectations and overwhelming odds to make a place in the world for the next generation.Trade Review "Seven Aunts is a celebration of the women in Staci Lola Drouillard’s family who struggled to escape a daunting legacy with unsung courage, humor, and an unbreakable love for family. Far more than a family history, Seven Aunts is an honor song that reveals the everyday heroism of these women’s lives."—Diane Wilson, author of The Seed Keeper "Reading Staci Lola Drouillard’s Seven Aunts is a mesmerizing experience. A family story at once vast and intimate, it’s also a book about womanhood and mothering, the confluence of Native American and settler lives, and the resplendent, beautiful northern third of Minnesota, with all its warm homes and tangled family trees. Though these are not your aunts, you’ll wish they were; for all the wisdom and love they’ve shared in their remarkable, ordinary lives, you will."—Peter Geye, author of Northernmost "Seven Aunts gives us a unique and privileged insight to the intimate lives and history of a blended Indigenous and immigrant family in northern Minnesota. Staci Lola Drouillard has written with honesty and truth about ‘the treacherous beauty of life’ in a family rich in characters, in love and loss, all with great humor. Anaïs Nin wrote that reaching deep into the personal becomes universal. Seven Aunts is exactly that. It speaks to us of the universal love of family, the reality of historic social challenges, and the strength of the unbreakable bonds of knowing."—Hazel Belvo "Staci Lola Drouillard explores the lives of her seven Anishinaabe and European aunties with fierce and unflinching admiration. Like a quilter sewing the final layer of a quilt, her detailed stitches reveal patterns that honor their harsh yet resilient lives. In the end, the reader gains a deeper appreciation for women’s survival along Minnesota’s North Shore and beyond."—Nora Murphy, author of White Birch, Red Hawthorn "In this unique and compelling memoir, Staci Lola Drouillard tells the story of her seven aunts—Anishinaabe and European—whose strength, spirit, and determination to thrive illustrate that of so many other women throughout history."—Ms. Magazine "Staci Lola Drouillard's new memoir has many merits, none more important than its generous spirit."—Star Tribune "A must-read."—Northern Wilds "Superb."—ABC Newspapers "In this book, Drouillard turns her attention to the lives of her seven aunts- four maternal and three paternal- which together span most of the 20th century and adress many of the challenges faced by women, especially working class and rural women, of those years."—Minnesota Alumni Table of ContentsPrologue: My AuntiesFayeLilaDoreenGloriaBettyCarolDianeCoda: Seven LessonsAcknowledgmentsNotes

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Book SynopsisExamines how settler colonial and sexist infrastructures and narratives order a resource boom Over the past decade, new oil plays have unsettled U.S. energy landscapes and imaginaries. Settling the Boom studies how the disruptive forces of an oil boom in the northern Great Plains are contained through the extension of settler temporalities, reassertions of heteropatriarchy, and the tethering of life to the volatility of oil and its cruel optimisms.This collection reveals the results of sustained research in Williston, North Dakota, the epicenter of the “Bakken Boom.” While the boom brought a rapid influx of capital and workers, the book questions simple timelines of before and after. Instead, Settling the Boom demonstrates how the unsettling forces of an oil play resolve through normative narratives and material and affective infrastructures that support settler colonialism’s violent extension and its gendered orders of time and space. Considering a wide range of evidence, from urban and regional policy, interviews with city officials, media, photography, and film, these essays analyze the ongoing material, aesthetic, and narrative ways of life and land in the Bakken.Contributors: Morgan Adamson, Macalester College; Kai Bosworth, Virginia Commonwealth U; Thomas S. Davis, Ohio State U; Jessica Lehman, Durham U.

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Book SynopsisExamines how settler colonial and sexist infrastructures and narratives order a resource boom Over the past decade, new oil plays have unsettled U.S. energy landscapes and imaginaries. Settling the Boom studies how the disruptive forces of an oil boom in the northern Great Plains are contained through the extension of settler temporalities, reassertions of heteropatriarchy, and the tethering of life to the volatility of oil and its cruel optimisms.This collection reveals the results of sustained research in Williston, North Dakota, the epicenter of the “Bakken Boom.” While the boom brought a rapid influx of capital and workers, the book questions simple timelines of before and after. Instead, Settling the Boom demonstrates how the unsettling forces of an oil play resolve through normative narratives and material and affective infrastructures that support settler colonialism’s violent extension and its gendered orders of time and space. Considering a wide range of evidence, from urban and regional policy, interviews with city officials, media, photography, and film, these essays analyze the ongoing material, aesthetic, and narrative ways of life and land in the Bakken.Contributors: Morgan Adamson, Macalester College; Kai Bosworth, Virginia Commonwealth U; Thomas S. Davis, Ohio State U; Jessica Lehman, Durham U.

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Book SynopsisA collective memoir in poetry of an Ojibwe family and tribal community, from creation myth to this day, updated with new poems Reaching from the moment of creation to the cry of a newborn, The Sky Watched gives poetic voice to Ojibwe family life. In English and Ojibwe, those assembled here—voices of history, of memory and experience, of children and elders, Indian boarding school students, tribal storytellers, and the Manidoog, the unseen beings who surround our lives—come together to create a collective memoir in poetry as expansive and particular as the starry sky.This world unfolds in the manner of traditional Ojibwe storytelling, shaped by the seasons and the stages of life, marking the significance of the number four in the Ojibwe worldview. Summoning spiritual and natural lore, award-winning poet and scholar Linda LeGarde Grover follows the story of a family, a tribe, and a people through historical ruptures and through intimate troubles and joys—from the sundering of Ojibwe people from their land and culture to singular horrors like the massacre at Wounded Knee to personal trauma suffered at Indian boarding schools. Threaded throughout are the tribal traditions and knowledge that sustain a family and a people through hardship and turmoil, passed from generation to generation, coming together in the manifold power and beauty of the poet’s voice.Trade Review "The Sky Watched bears witness to Native experience. In Linda LeGarde Grover’s work, time runs backward through Ojibwe creation myths and explanation tales to find strength for the later years of boarding school and all the upheavals of the new world. Family plays a major role as does the roundness of moon, owl nest, gratitude, and the ‘grace of this merciful earth.’ There is heaven and hell in these heavenly poems."—Diane Glancy, author of Pushing the Bear "This book of poems is much more than a collection of poetry: it is documentation of our existence as Ojibwe people, of our historical struggles and our strong resilience. Linda LeGarde Grover creates beauty, using words to form pictures and evoke emotion about our past and give vision to our future as a people. This collection is a testament to the fact that when our elders say, 'we are each given a song,' Grover was given, and gives to us, many songs. Read each word as a gift."—Marcie Rendon, author of the Cash Blackbear Mystery series "Just as moonlight is a reflection of the sun, The Sky Watched is a reflection Anishinaabe being and becoming. Reading these poems is a journey through times of birth, growth, challenge, and wisdom. Linda LeGarde Grover writes of words uncoiling, words that lead to laughter, words as ‘lifeblood linking ancestors and descendants,’ and the most important word ‘miigwech,’ which becomes a prayer through use and repetition. Gimiigwechiwigo, Linda, gaa-ozhibii’aman o’o mazina’igan ji-mikawaamiyaang ezhi-giizhigong gaagige waabamiyangid. This book is a gift given to remind us that the sky is always watching us."—Margaret O’Donnell Noodin, author of What the Chickadee Knows: Poems in Anishinaabemowin and English "Linda LeGarde Grover’s The Sky Watched is a beautiful litany of poems about Anishinaabe lives. She weaves English and Anishinaabemowin in lovely and innovative ways, and what is left at the end of the collection is a heartbreaking symphony full of many voices, all coming together with their own sorrowing but merciful hands."—Erika Wurth, author of Crazy Horse’s Girlfriend "This is the first bilingual poetry book in English/Ojibwe. Not translations but poems using both languages. Linda LeGarde Grover’s The Sky Watched is a poetic reaction, in a wonderfully realistic voice, of spirit and essence of the Ojibwe people. Read it and be transformed, as readers of Beowulf and El Cid and other national epics have been throughout the ages."—Geary Hobson, author of Plain of Jars "Remember, remember, remember, Linda LeGarde Grover’s wonderful book demands. And she does. Again and again. Old tales from the Ojibwe tradition and new stories from mission schools and relocations where ‘a tangle of children smell home in their dreams.’ She captures the taste of recipes and the feel of beading bracelets alongside injustices minor as a navy bean and major as a lost language. These are poems as sad and essential as a field of cotton flowers. You will remember them."—Jeffrey Thompson, author of Birdwatching in Wartime and Fragile "Linda LeGarde Grover tells of a calico flowered beanbag that when ‘split it spilled the past,’ just as her poems spill extraordinary perceptions infused with Ojibwe spirituality along with haunting insight of raw boarding school memories that house a continent of pain and despair. The Sky Watched is an intuitive voice of reverence that understands the power of the spirit."—Denise Lajimodiere, author of Stringing Rosarie "Her formal innovation is to include poems written partly or completely in Ojibwe. In a collection about the systematic eradication of Indian language, this subtly tells a powerful story about resistance and survival."—Star Tribune "The Sky Watched is a book of and for community. It is a book of witness. It testifies to survivance as, according to its last lines, ‘a continuing song / since long before the memory of mortals.’"—Kenyon Review "A sort of collective memoir in poetry form of the Great Lakes region's Anishinaabe/Ojibwe people, shaped by the seasons and stages of their lives."—Minnesota Alumni "A bilingual poetry book, laying out and braiding the English and Ojibwemowin in poems that explore linguistic intention, ethics, and definition."—Asymptote "Each poem reads like a story with vivid imagery and thought-provoking subjects. This is a great book for anyone wanting to learn more about Indigenous history."—Northern Wilds "The Sky Watched is truly a gift of collective memory through generations broken by genocide and colonization. "—Colors of Influence

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Book SynopsisA Muslim Primer covers the basic beliefs of Islam and provides an informative source for both lay and professional readers. First published in 1992, it has proven to be a valuable handbook for all attempting to better understand the tenets of the religion of a major portion of the world’s population. The reader is introduced to the authority of the Quran, the prophethood of Muhammad, the Wisdom of the Law, the Five Pillars of Islam, and to other fundamental principles of the religion. Distinctions are made between Sunni and Shiite traditions and the Sufi mystical dimension of Islam.Well organized, visually appealing, and accurate, A Muslim Primer is useful to pre-collegiate and collegiate students of Islam, church and community study groups, and travelers, both tourists and business people.Trade Review[This book] not only tackles such sensitive contemporary issues as the Islamic view on women, veiling, and human rights, but also provides a useful survey of Western cultural indebtedness to a rich Islamic heritage." —Ellen-Fairbanks, author of World of Islam: Images and Echoes

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Book SynopsisThis work is a cultural history of the Vietnam War and its continuing impact upon contemporary American society. The author presents an investigation of how myths about the war evolved and why people depend on them to answer the confusing questions that have become the legacy of the war. Memories change and reconstruct the past, and in this text, the author argues that the American memory of Vietnam has left fact and experience behind so that what remains is myth and denial.Trade ReviewAn all inclusive cultural history of the Vietnam War and its continuing impact upon contemporary American society. - Library Journal ""Coming to terms with the Vietnam War - the war that America lost - has been a long, grueling struggle, mired by historical denial and distortion and, as Franklin so formidably reveals, myths that have become entrapped in American culture. He presents a scholarly, yet personal and lucid investigation of how these myths evolved and why people depend upon them to answer the confusing questions that have become the legacy of the war."" - ForeWord ""Franklin has written on other subjects over the years, but Vietnam has inspired some of his most probing work.... Cogent cultural criticism."" - Booklist ""Memories change and reconstruct the past, and in this provocative study, Rutgers cultural historian Franklin argues that the American memory of Vietnam has left fact and experience behind so that what remains is myth and denial."" - Publishers Weekly memory of the Vietnam War, this book is indispensable,"" - Richard Falk, Princeton University ""What marks this provocative and engaging book is H. Bruce Franklin's steadfast resistance to a society that takes 'plausible deniability' as its first principle. The range of subjects considered, Franklin's clear-headed analysis, and his impressive knowledge all make this an important contribution."" - Marilyn B. Young, author of The Vietnam Wars, 1945-1990

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Book SynopsisA brilliant exploration of the outburst of cultural exuberance that swept African America during the late 1930s. If the 1930s was the Swing Era, then the years from 1937 on might well be called the Jump Era. That summer Count Basie recorded ""Jumping at the Woodside,"" and suddenly jump tunes seemed to be everywhere. Along with the bouncy beat came a new dance step - the high-flying aerials of the jitterbuggers - and the basketball games that took place in the dance halls of African America became faster, higher, and flashier. Duke Ellington and a cast of hundreds put the buoyant spirit of the era on stage with their 1941 musical revue, ""Jump for Joy"", a title that captured the momentum and direction of the new culture of exuberance.Several high-profile public victories accompanied this increasing optimism: the spectacular successes of African American athletes at the 1936 Olympics, the 1937 union victory of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, and Joe Louis' 1937 and 1938 heavyweight championship fights. For the first time in history, black Americans emerged as cultural heroes and ambassadors, and many felt a new pride in citizenship.In this book, Gena Caponi-Tabery chronicles these triumphs and shows how they shaped American music, sports, and dance of the 1930s and beyond. But she also shows how they emboldened ordinary African Americans to push for greater recognition and civil liberties - how cultural change preceded and catalyzed political action.Tracing the path of one symbolic gesture - the jump - across cultural and disciplinary boundaries, Caponi-Tabery provides a unique political, intellectual, and artistic analysis of the years immediately preceding World War II.Trade ReviewA terrific piece of work - creative, imaginative, well written. Jump for Joy is the sort of book that should end up on the reading list of courses in American cultural history, African American studies, music and dance. It is also the sort of book that should reach an audience outside the academy. - Shane White, coauthor of Stylin': African American Expressive Culture, from Its Beginnings to the Zoot Suit ""African American expressive culture of the 1930s deserves to be as well known as Harlem Renaissance literature. Gena Caponi-Tabery reveals how new opportunities for black artists and athletes during the Black Migration - at sites as diverse as colleges, urban dance halls, and Olympic track-meets - led to an explosion of achievement and innovation. Her synthetic study will forever transform our understanding of Depression-era American culture, and her clear, accessible prose makes this book perfect for the undergraduate classroom."" - Joel Dinerstein, author of Swinging the Machine: Modernity, Technology, and African American Culture between the World Wars

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Book SynopsisMarilyn Dell Brady introduces readers to the lives, languages, religions, and cultures of Chinese, Japanese, East Indian, Korean, Vietnamese, Filipino, Laotian, and Cambodian Texans.

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Book SynopsisThe European Texans highlights the contributions of those who immigrated to Texas from Europe. Allan O. Kownslar introduces readers to the life and culture of French, English, Scottish, Irish, Dutch, Belgian, Swiss, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, German, Wend, Polish, Czech, Hungarian, Italian, Greek and Slavic Texans.

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Book SynopsisIn the decades following the Civil War, scores of African Americans served in the U.S. Army in the West. The Plains Indians dubbed them buffalo soldiers, and their record in the infantry and cavalry, a record full of dignity and pride, provides one of the most fascinating chapters in the history of the era. This anthology focuses on the careers and accomplishments of black soldiers, the lives they developed for themselves, their relationships to their officers (most of whom were white), their specialized roles (such as that of the Black Seminoles), and the discrimination they faced from the very whites they were trying to protect. In short, this volume offers important insights into the social, cultural, and communal lives of the buffalo soldiers. The selections are written by prominent scholars who have delved into the history of black soldiers in the West. Previously published in scattered journals, the articles are gathered here for the first time in a single volume, providing a rich and accessible resource for students, scholars, and interested general readers. Additionally, the readings in this volume serve in some ways as commentaries on each other, offering in this collected format a cumulative mosaic that was only fragmentary before. Volume editors Glasrud and Searles provide introductions to the volume and to each of its four parts, surveying recent scholarship and offering an interpretive framework. The bibliography that closes the book will also commend itself as a valuable tool for further research.

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Book SynopsisOn September 20, 1988, Lauro Cavazos became the first Hispanic in the history of the United States to be appointed to the Cabinet, when then - vice president George H. W. Bush swore him in as secretary of education. Cavazos, born on the legendary King Ranch in South Texas and educated in a two-room ranch schoolhouse, served until December 1990, after which he returned to his career in medical education and academic administration.In this engaging memoir, he recounts not only his years in Washington but also the childhood influences and life experiences that informed his policies in office. Offering glimpses into life on the famous ranch, Cavazos tells of Christmas parties, cattle work, and schooling.Cavazos describes the high educational expectations his parents held. After service in World War II, Cavazos went to college and earned a doctorate from Iowa State University, launching his career in medical education.Cavazos' career is as interesting as it is inspiring. His memoir joins the ranks of emerging success stories by Mexican Americans that will provide models for aspiring young people today.

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Book SynopsisA fascinating exploration of a now-lost communal society During the first half of the eighteenth century, Pennsylvania became home to a variety of German-speaking sectarians who rebelled against the oppression of European state-church establishments and migrated to the United States to form their own communions. One such group was the Snow Hill Cloister, which was founded in 1762 as an attempt to continue the monastic, communal lifestyle practiced at Georg Conrad Beissel's famed Ephrata Cloister. In an engaging narrative that chronicles with humor and insight her research into this fascinating community of German Seventh-Day Baptists, Denise A. Seachrist tells the story of Snow Hill—its spiritual and work life; its music, writings, architecture, and crafts tradition; and its sad demise in the waning days of the twentieth century. A product of in situ fieldwork that explores the places and personalities behind the founding and prosperity and demise of the cloister, Snow Hill is a long-overdue study of one of America's "experiments" in communal living. It speaks to another time and place and stands as a testament to the idealism of community and the tenaciousness of the human spirit.Those interested in American religious history, communal studies, Pennsylvania German history, and historic preservation will find Snow Hill engrossing and informative."A magnificent achievement. In one volume, Denise Seachrist has managed to provide a comprehensive treatment of the Snow Hill Cloister. Her integration of primary source materials, firsthand investigation of buildings and material culture, and autobiographical narrative of her interaction with contemporary individuals at Snow Hill make for a book that is engaging and enjoyable to read." —Christian Goodwillie, Coeditor of Millennial Praises: A Shaker Hymnal

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Book SynopsisThe story of America's first government-sponsored highway.The National Road was the first major improved highway in the United States built by the federal government. Built between 1811 and 1837, this 620-mile road connected the Potomac and Ohio Rivers and was the main avenue to the West. Roger Pickenpaugh's comprehensive account is based on detailed archival research into documents that few scholars have examined, including sources from the National Archives, and details the promotion, construction, and use of this crucially important thoroughfare.America's First Interstate looks at the road from the perspective of westward expansion, stagecoach travel, freight hauling, livestock herding, and politics of construction as the project goes through changing presidential administrations. Pickenpaugh also describes how states assumed control of the road once the US government chose to abandon it, including the charging of tolls. His data-mining approach—revealing technical details, contracting procedures, lawsuits, charges and countercharges, local accounts of travel, and services along the road—provides a wealth of information for scholars to more critically consider the cultural and historical context of the Road's construction and use.While most of America's First Interstate covers the early days during the era of stagecoach and wagon traffic, the story continues to the decline of the road as railroads became prominent, its rebirth as US Route 40 during the automobile age, and its status in the present day.Trade ReviewRoger Pickenpaugh's new study of the National Road gathers into one highly readable volume a terrific wealth of information and detail about this first national "intern improvement" project. In our rush to appreciate canals and railroads, historians easily ignore the prosaic business of carving out roads through wild country, quite literally over hills and dales, through swamps and rocky passes. Working with pick and shovel and horse-drawn scrapers, breaking stone by hand to dress the roadways, these early civil engineers truly paved the way for the settler conquest of America's antebellum frontier. Deeply researched in archival sources, this volume fills a serious gap in our literature about early American highways." — John L. Larson, author of Laid Waste! The Culture of Exploitation in Early America "This will now be the go-to text for anyone wishing to learn about the long history of the nation's first major highway. But it is more than that. Pickenpaugh's extensive primary research gives us fascinating anecdotes and brings fresh insight into Jeffersonian and Jacksonian politics and the familiar battles over federalism, as presidents, legislators, entrepreneurs, and workers debated and constructed a 620-mile road that people still travel today." — Lindsay Schakenbach Regele, author of Manufacturing Advantage: War, the State, and the Origins of American Industry, 1776–1848

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Book SynopsisAutobiographical poetry from one of Kentucky’s rising Affrilachian literary stars. Bernard Clay’s autobiographical poetry debut, English Lit, juxtaposes the roots of Black male identity against an urban and rural Kentucky landscape. Hailed as one of the most authentic voices of his generation, Clay artfully renders coming-of-age in the predominately Black West End of Louisville, Kentucky. Balancing the spirited grit of a farmer and the careful lyricism of a poet, English Lit is a triumph of new Affrilachian—African American and Appalachian—literature.Trade Review“There is no other poet living or dead that I can say this about, but I’ve been waiting on a book from Bernard Clay for more than twenty years. Every time I’ve ever read a single poem by him or heard him read a poem aloud I’ve wanted a volume of his work in my hands. He’s always had the ability to slice truth down to the bone and hold it up to the light. He’s grown more wise and his skills are sharp. I’m thankful these words are in the world and I’m certain that every reader who reads them will feel the same way.” -- Crystal Wilkinson, author of The Birds of Opulence and founding member of the Affrilachian Poets“Clay’s work sings in surprisingly traditional style sometimes, but then pushes staccato beats to bring home the points his sharp eye sees, in matters of concern as varied as dealing with natural hair (‘Kinky Birthright,’ ‘Mr. Nap’s Fight’) to getting unreassuring looks as a Black man enjoying nature (‘Born Trekker’).” -- T. E. Lyons * LEO Weekly *“English Lit is a stunning debut collection by Bernard Clay that journeys through the speaker’s youth and the pain and trauma of poverty and racism. Clay artfully brings to life the African American Appalachian – Affrilachian – experience with the tenacity of bluegrass busting up through potholed pavement and the warmth and beauty of a smooth blue aster blooming in the Appalachian sunshine.” * Southern Review of Books *“Here’s our Affrilachian progeny’s first book. Crafted with a Black farmer’s heart, the poems in English Lit blast off from the West End (the best end) into a brave new world. One of the most rooted and nappiest voices of his generation, Clay delivers a beautiful tribute to his people, his community, and his generation’s dance with words, adding his name to the litany of Kentucky poets who love both the land and its people.” -- Frank X Walker, author of Affrilachia and founding member of the Affrilachian Poets“One of the great blessings of Bernard Clay’s poetry is the clear, unflinching Black voice. Clay writes from that Black-centered way of seeing in this ode to Black Louisville. Clay is the urban Affrilachian who is rooted in the silt and river of ‘the lilac and the dogwood and the pear and the redbud.’ The greens of his grandmother’s garden, the plastic on the good couch, the rides on TARC, Clay is bound to this Kentucky life both city and country. English Lit is a rich debut collection which is certain to become a classic of Kentucky literature.” -- Kelly Norman Ellis, author of Tougaloo Blues and founding member of the Affrilachian Poets“Kentucky lit, American lit, have a new force that will be felt for years to come.” -- Gurney Norman, author of Allegiance and Ancient Creek: A Folktale

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Book SynopsisAs I set out from the city’s southern end, the sandstone walls beneath the Central railway line still held the day’s heat … I passed a row of old terraces where feral banana trees had colonised the tiny courtyards behind them, and walked on, past the smell of Thai food, up dirty William Street … The moon rose from the invisible harbour into a sky of such deep royal blue it was almost hard to believe in. The street smelled of low tied. For all its beauty, the city could return in an instant to pulp. And that thought was strangely cheering. Sydney has always been the sexiest and brashest of our cities, but perhaps the most misunderstood. In this new edition of Sydney – part of the classic City Series – Delia Falconer conjures up its sandstone, humidity and jacarandas, its fireworks, glitz and magic. But she discards lazy stereotypes to reveal a complex city: beautiful, violent, half-wild, and at times deeply spiritual. Beginning with her childhood in a decaying ’70s Sydney, caught between a faded Art Deco age and mega development, Falconer intertwines her own stories with the wellsprings of the city’s history and its literary past. Melancholic, moving and funny — Sydney is about its people: mad clergymen, amateur astronomers, Indigenous weather experts, crims and victims, photographers and artists, thinkers and dreamers. Falconer’s Sydney is intensely atmospheric and seductive. Now with a new Afterword in which Falconer ponders the city’s twentyfirst century transformations – might it have become a softer, nicer place? Will it be able to withstand the real presence of climate change? – and her own. Ranges over the history and different moods of Australia’s oldest city Sydney was first published in 2010 as part of the classic NewSouth City Series Evocative and atmospheric writing, acclaimed as a dazzling literary achievement Combines memoir, history and journalism Major title in bestselling City Series where leading writers of fiction and non-fiction reflect on their home city now available once more Billed as ‘travel books where no-one leaves home’ Delia Falconer is a bestselling novelist, prize-winning essayist and critic New edition of an acclaimed classic with a new Afterword In new Afterword author reflects on the changes to her own life now that she has children, and the changes to the city, daring to ask if Sydney might be losing its hard edges Grapples with the reality of climate change, from a long season of drought to a city choking in bushfire smoke Major advertising and publicity campaigns to support re-release of all the books in the City Series Trade ReviewDelia Falconer’s Sydney... is like its harbour, brimful with tones, vivid with contemplation.""- Australian Book Review

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Book SynopsisIn Lessons from History, leading historians tackle the biggest challenges that face Australia and the world and show how the past provides context and knowledge that can guide us in the present.Does history repeat itself in meaningful ways, or is each problem unique? Does a knowledge of Australian history enhance our understanding of the present and prepare us for the future?Lessons from History is written with the conviction that we must see the world, and confront its many challenges, with an understanding of what has gone before. Leading historians including Yves Rees, Michelle Arrow, Mahsheed Ansari, Joan Beaumont, Claire Wright and Frank Bongiorno tackle the biggest challenges that face Australia and the world – climate change, social cohesion, migration, our relationship with China, tensions in the federation, economic crisis, trade relations — and show how the past provides context and knowledge that can guide us in the present and future.

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Book SynopsisLa France : histoire, société, culture est le premier ouvrage qui encourage les étudiants à adopter une perspective comparative et transculturelle leur permettant de réfléchir à leur propre culture d’origine tout en découvrant l’histoire, la société et la culture de la France. Edward Ousselin guide les étudiants à travers des sujets tels que les systèmes gouvernementaux, administratifs et juridiques de la Ve République ; le rôle de l’Union européenne ; le système éducatif français ; la diversité religieuse et ethnique en France ; la femme, le(s) féminisme(s) et les minorités sexuelles ; le système de sécurité sociale ; la culture littéraire et l’argot ; et l’évolution des valeurs socioculturelles. Chaque chapitre est rempli de fonctionnalités pédagogiques telles que des quiz et des questions de suivi. Cet ouvrage stimulant convient parfaitement aux cours de 1er cycle qui présentent la société et la culture françaises.Table of Contents La France: histoire, société, culture Table des matières Introductions: (in French for instructors / in English for students) Culture / cultures / cross-cultural patterns / culture shock & reverse culture shock Why this textbook is not about French “civilization” Chapter 1: The basics: geography, demographics, centralization (importance of Paris) Associated concepts: nationalism / universalism; human condition / dignity; society / individual; tradition / modernity; stability / revolution; le people / elite; Paris / la province; rural heritage / urban realities; multiculturalism / communautarisme Chapter 2: History: 1870–1945 Why this textbook takes the year 1870 as its starting point Political / social / cultural history: the need to understand the consequences of past events and trends in order to examine the current society and culture of France Chapter 3: History: Since 1945 Decolonization / Trente Glorieuses / May 68 and the end of utopian impulses Chapter 4: The Constitution / administrative structure / l’outre-mer / legal system / elections / political parties Chapter 5: The European Union: achievements, setbacks, and controversies Chapter 6: The educational system: the role of the Ministry of Education / the importance of the baccalauréat / universities and grandes écoles Chapter 7: The economy: stereotypes and realities / working in France / the role of government and the unions / transportation and telecommunications / current economic trends and challenges Chapter 8: The Francophone world / the long-term consequences of colonialism / Organisation internationale de la Francophonie Chapter 9: Religions in France / the importance of la laïcité / immigration / ethnic and cultural diversity Chapter 10: Women and feminism / minorités sexuelles Chapter 11: la natalité and the importance of children / families and their evolution / “la Sécu” and the healthcare system / vacations and leisure Chapter 12: The media (from print to internet) / historical importance of “high-C” culture (literature, of course, but also architecture, painting, cinema, music, etc.) / recent trends in terms of popular culture Looking Ahead: The aftermath of the 2015–16 wave of terrorist attacks / The consequences of the 2017 presidential and legislative elections / Is there a Catholic resurgence in France? / Has France become an “ordinary” country? Appendices: List of acronyms Index

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Book SynopsisDespite overstated claims of their 'global' homogeneity, ubiquity and contribution to 'flattening' spatial differences, the geographies of brands and branding actually do matter. This vibrant collection provides a comprehensive reference point for the emergent area of brand and branding geographies in a multi-disciplinary and international context. The eminent contributors, leaders in their respective fields, present critical reflections and synthesis of a range of conceptual and theoretical frameworks and methodological approaches, incorporating market research, oral history, discourse and visual analyses. They reflect upon the politics and limits of brand and branding geographies and map out future research directions. The book will prove a fascinating and illuminating read for academics, researchers, students, practitioners and policy makers focusing on the spatial dimensions of brands and branding.Contributors: S. Anholt, A. Arvidsson, D. Bennison, U. Ermann, H. Halkier, A. Harris, A. Hauge, P. Jackson, J. Jansson, G. Julier, B. Kubartz, N. Lewis, C. Lury, D. Medway, L. Moor, N. Papadopoulos, C. Pasquinelli, A. Pike, D. Power, P. Russell, N.-L. Sum, A. Therkelsen, N. Ward, G. WarnabyTrade Review‘Pike’s edited collection. . . is a welcome resource on the spatial dimensions of branding. . . this collection of 19 chapters provides a significant addition to the more conceptual analysis of place branding and promotion. . . the introductory and concluding sections of the book are excellent and should be part of the reading of any course in place and destination branding and marketing.’ -- C. Michael Hall, Journal of Sustainable Tourism‘The volume edited by Andy Pike includes contributions by several leading figures in the study of brands, places and place branding. . . However, this is not what makes the book a welcome addition to the literature. What really makes the book interesting is actually the brave attempt to deal with an intrinsically difficult topic, one that is rarely - if ever - explored: the relationship between brands and branding with the places in and around which these operate. Several facets of this relationship are explored in the book. . . The book is introduced nicely by Andy Pike in a chapter that sets the scene and clarifies the intentions of the book. . . I am glad the first book to handle these issues is on my shelves.’ -- Mihalis Kavaratzis, Regional Studies‘An incomparably rich trove of work on the multifarious and contradictory “entanglements” between space, place, and brand. The volume helps us understand how and why “places of origin” play an ever greater role in the marketing of commodities, even while corporations continue to seek “placelessness” in pursuit of the bottom line. And it illuminates how and why entrepreneurial governments seeking to enhance global competitiveness increasingly turn to place branding - at the neighborhood, urban, and national scale - even while launching rounds of restructuring that undercut the authenticity and viability of local identities. A valuable and accessible contribution to the urban studies and cultural studies literature.’ -- Miriam Greenberg, University of California, Santa Cruz, US‘An important effort to pull together multidisciplinary research on the spatial dimensions of brands and branding in an international context.’ -- John A. Quelch, Harvard Business School, USTable of ContentsContents: PART I: INTRODUCTION – CONCEPTUALISING AND THEORISING BRANDS AND BRANDING GEOGRAPHIES 1. Introduction: Brands and Branding Geographies Andy Pike 2. Of Places and Brands Nicolas Papadopoulos 3. Brands: Boundary Method Objects and Media Space Celia Lury PART II: BRANDS AND BRANDING GEOGRAPHIES – GOODS, SERVICES AND KNOWLEDGES 4. Brands in the Making: A Life History Approach Peter Jackson, Polly Russell and Neil Ward 5. The Making of Place: Consumers and Place-affiliated Brands Liz Moor 6. Sports Equipment: Mixing Performance with Brands – the Role of the Consumers Atle Hauge 7. Consumer Capitalism and Brand Fetishism: The Case of Fashion Brands in Bulgaria Ulrich Ermann 8. Sensing Brands, Branding Scents: On Perfume Creation in the Fragrance Industry Bodo Kubartz 9. Constructing Brands from the Outside? Brand Channels, Cyclical Clusters and Global Circuits Dominic Power and Johan Jansson 10. The Making and Recontextualizing of ‘Competitiveness’ as a Knowledge Brand Across Different Sites and Scales Ngai-Ling Sum PART III: BRANDS AND BRANDING GEOGRAPHIES – SPACES AND PLACES 11. Branding Hoxton: Cultural Landscapes of Post-industrial London Andrew Harris 12. Branding Provincial Cities: The Politics of Inclusion, Strategy and Commitment Anette Therkelsen and Henrik Halkier 13. Design Activism Meets Place-branding: Reconfiguring Urban Representation and Everyday Practice Guy Julier 14. Place Branding and Cooperation: Can a Network of Places be a Brand? Cecilia Pasquinelli 15. Branding a Roman Frontier in the Twenty-first Century Gary Warnaby, David Bennison and Dominic Medway 16. Packaging Political Projects in Geographical Imaginaries: The Rise of Nation Branding Nick Lewis 17. Beyond the Nation Brand: The Role of Image and Identity in International Relations Simon Anholt PART VI: CONCLUSIONS 18. Creativity, Brands, Finance and Beyond: Notes Towards a Theoretical Perspective on City Branding Adam Arvidsson 19. Conclusions: Brands and Branding Geographies Andy Pike Index

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Book Synopsis'This elegantly written and very readable book can be highly recommended to scholars and students in regional science and economic geography alike. Those familiar with the wider discourse and contemporary debates will find this book a stimulating complement to the established repertoire on creativity and innovation while those just starting to explore these themes will experience this book as valuable introduction.' Melanie Fasche, Journal of Regional ScienceWhat is creativity and who exactly is creative? In this insightful and highly readable book, Gunnar Tornqvist attempts to answer these questions by arguing that geographical millieux are hotbeds for creativity and renewal - places where pioneers in art, technology and science have gathered and developed their special abilities. In light of ongoing social and economic transformations, special attention is paid to the institutional settings in firms and universities. The goal is to identify those features which facilitate and those which impede the creative process. Individual lives are illustrated through the autobiographies of hundreds of Nobel Laureates. Their life paths reveal the importance of geographic mobility and contact patterns for the development of creativity and international prestige. From these biographies we can also see how local millieux and schools have influenced many scientists. The Geography of Creativity will be of great benefit to academics and students in regional science, economic geography and economics.Trade ReviewThis book offers a comprehensive perspective on the salience of context in fostering or hindering creativity. After several decades of research and teaching, Gunnar Tornqvist has become a foremost authority on the subject. Here, his elegant conceptual overview is complemented by a methodologically innovative scrutiny of career journeys, including those of Nobel Prize laureates. The Geography of Creativity will be warmly welcomed by not only cultural geographers, but also by scholars in various fields of social science and humanities. --Anne Buttimer, University College Dublin, IrelandGunnar Tornqvist, one of the world's most distinguished economic geographers, can fairly claim to have discovered the notion of the geography of creativity over thirty years ago. This remarkable book summarises his immensely original and important research on the subject, which now dominates the geographical literature. It is the book that the world has been waiting for him to publish. --Sir Peter Hall, University College London, UK[T]he author must be credited on successfully opening the black box of creativity to economic geographers by introducing well-known insights and a vast literature from psychology. The book provides an expedient additional material to many graduate seminars dealing with creativity and innovation geographies and serves as a vital input for discussions concerning the renewal process as a whole. The Geography of Creativity is a well-written, compelling book with astonishing examples and a valuable read for economic geographers, historians and in fact to everyone with a general interest in approaching creativity from a spatial perspective. --Lech Suwala, Regional StudiesTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Prologue 2. Process 3. Person 4. Place 5. Metropolis 6. The Institutional Milieu 7. The Scientific Revolution 8. Universities in Focus 9. Research Milieux Par Préférence 10. Nobel Laureates 11. Scientific Careers in Time and Space 12. Epilogue References Index

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Book SynopsisThis book highlights the role of entrepreneurship, social capital and governance for regional economic development. In recent decades, many researchers have claimed that entrepreneurship is the most critical factor in sustaining regional economic growth. However, most entrepreneurship research is undertaken without considering the fundamental importance of the regional context. Other research has emphasized the role of social capital but there are substantial problems in empirically relating measures of social capital to regional economic development.The expert contributors to this work highlight the role of governance in regional growth, an area that has so far been relatively under-researched, underpinning their findings with new theoretical and empirical evidence. They conclude that the relationship between entrepreneurship, social capital and governance in factors affecting regional economic development are complex and interdependent, and that to influence these factors and the relationship between them, policymakers must have a long-term perspective and be both patient and persistent in their efforts.This enlightening book will be of great interest to academics, students and researchers across a range of fields including regional science, regional economics, economic geography, regional planning, public policy, entrepreneurship, political science and economic sociology. Policymakers involved in regional policymaking from national down to regional and local levels will also find the book to be an illuminating read.Contributors include: T. Arvemo, P. Assmo, I. Bernhard, N. Carbonara, M. Cesário, G.A.S. Cook, J.L. Crespo-Espert, L.P. Dana, M.T. de Noronha, S. Doh, A. Garcia-Tabuenca, U. Gråsjö, K.E. Haynes, D.G. Ierapetirits, C. Karlsson, D. Lagos, H. Lawton Smith, M. Morehart, K. Nyström, F.- Pablo-Marti, H. Qian, J.Å. Riseth, S. Romeo, P. Stenberg, S.C. Turner, H. Westlund, E. Wihlborg, E.J. ZolnikTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Entrepreneurship, Social Capital, Governance and Regional Economic Development: An Introduction Charlie Karlsson 2. Entrepreneurship and Innovation: Oxfordshire’s High-tech Economy – Firm Survival, Growth and Innovation Helen Lawton Smith and Saverio Romeo 3. The Influence of Clustering on MNE Location and Innovation in Great Britain Gary A.S. Cook, Hans Lööf, Naresh R. Pandit and Börje Johansson 4. Industrial District Hetereogeneity and Performance: Evidence from Italy Nunzia Carbonara 5. Labor Mobility and Entrepreneurship: Who Do New Firms Employ? Kristina Nyström 6. Women, Entrepreneurial Activity and Territory: Differences or Myths? José Luis Crespo-Espert, Antonio García-Tabuenca and Federico Pablo-Martí 7. Social Capital and Entrepreneurship: An Empirical Analysis of the Role of Social Capital in Self-Employment Soogwan Doh and Edmund J. Zolnik 8. A Multidimensional Perspective on Entrepreneurship Hans Westlund 9. The Existence of Pent-up Demand for Rural Broadband Services: An Exploration Peter L. Stenberg and Mitchell Morehart 10. Trust in Secure Public e-Services: Translating Polices into Use Iréne Bernhard and Elin Wihlborg 11. Do Different Measures of Economic Growth Lead to Different Conclusions? Tobias Arvemo and Urban Gråsjö 12. Building Rural Entrepreneurship in Greece: Lessons from Lifelong Learning Programmes Dimitrios G. Ierapetritis and Dimitrios Lagos 13. The Location of Business Support Programs: Does the Knowledge Context Matter? Kingsley E. Haynes, Haifeng Qian and Sidney C. Turner 14. Technological Adjustments in the Textile, Clothes and Leather Industries: An Alternative Pathway for Competitiveness Marisa Cesário and Maria Teresa de Noronha Vaz 15. Sámi Reindeer Herders in Finland: Pulled to Community-based Entrepreneurship and Pushed to Individualistic Firms Leo Paul Dana and Jan Åge Riseth 16. Local Alternative Development through a Time-Spatial Lens: A Case Study of Ydre Inspired by Hägerstrand Per Assmo and Elin Wihlborg Index

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Book SynopsisThis timely book investigates the challenges that emerge for local economies when faced with the new globalization trends that characterize today's world economy. In this instance, globalization is interpreted as a process of internationalization of production and markets which can take various forms - such as increasing international trade or increasing foreign direct investments - all of which give rise to the growing integration and interdependency of European economies with regard to the other main world economies. The expert contributors use a fresh perspective in their analysis of globalization trends, emphasizing recent changes and providing an up-to-date picture of current developments in both foreign investments and the consequent migration of human capital. Qualitative rather than quantitative trends in human capital and financial capital flows are taken into account, with a particular focus on their impacts on regional growth perspectives. Highlighting the European economy's strengths and weaknesses in facing the challenges of the new globalization trends, this book will provide a stimulating read for a wide-ranging audience encompassing scholars of regional science, regional economics, economic and regional geography, international economics and international business. Contributors: T. Baycan, C. Behrens, R. Camagni, R. Capello, F. Carballo-Cruz, L. Casi, J.C. das Neves, T.P. Dentinho, K.P. Donaghy, N.O. Martins, A. Mendes, B. Neuts, P. Nijkamp, J.P. Pontes, L. Resmini, M. Sahin, J.R. Silva, A. TodirasTrade ReviewGlobal trends and local effects have been almost ubiquitous since the 1980s. However, few, like this book, have successfully examined the local effects of global trends and processes. Each of this book's 10 chapters provides an empirically based analysis that illuminates the local effects driven by global forces. --- Roger Stough, George Mason University, USTable of ContentsContents: Globalization Trends and their Challenges for Regional Development Roberta Capello and Tomaz Ponce Dentinho PART I: NEW GLOBALIZATION TRENDS 1. Globalization and Geographical Growth Patterns João César das Neves 2. Globalization and Economic Crisis: How Will the Future of European Regions Look? Roberto Camagni and Roberta Capello 3. The Co-evolution of Logistics, Globalization and Spatial Price Competition: Implications for a Unified Theory of Trade and Location Kieran P. Donaghy PART II: NEW TRENDS IN FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTS 4. Globalization, Foreign Direct Investments and Growth in European Regions: An Empirical Assessment Laura Casi and Laura Resmini 5. New Patterns in Global Localization: Delocalization and Relocalization of Economic Activities Francisco Carballo-Cruz 6. New Dynamics of FDI José Pedro Pontes 7. Foreign Direct Investment and Regional Policy Joaquim Ramos Silva PART III: NEW TRENDS IN MIGRATION FLOWS 8. The Migration–Development Nexus: New Perspectives and Challenges Tüzin Baycan and Peter Nijkamp 9. A Structural Equations Model for Assessing the Economic Performance of High-tech Ethnic Entrepreneurs Mediha Sahin, Alina Todiras, Peter Nijkamp, Bart Neuts and Christiaan Behrens 10. Social Exclusion of Immigrants from a Capability Perspective: The Case of Portugal Nuno Ornelas Martins and Américo Mendes Index

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Book SynopsisSouth Asian leaders have made it a priority to tackle key regional issues such as poverty, environment degradation, trade and investment barriers and food insecurity, among others. This book considers the leadership of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) and the interaction with civil society in the process of South Asian regional cooperation and integration, and discusses how the emerging urgency in the provision of regional public goods provides an excellent opportunity to add to the successes in South Asian regional integration. The book explores civil society's role in regional and economic integration in South Asian industries, trade and services, and the importance of regional public goods such as food security for future integration efforts. It concludes that there are a few successes on which future cooperation and integration in South Asia can be built and where engagement with civil society could be productive, and that these success stories are sector specific - for instance, in industry and trade sectors where cross-border activities have been established within the framework of a South Asia Free Trade Agreement (SAFTA). However, a greater number of success stories are required at the sector level to serve as building blocks for further regional cooperation and integration. This highly original book will prove a fascinating read for academics, students and policy makers across a diverse range of fields including: Asian studies, development, economics and regional and urban studies. Contributors: R. Amjad, Z. Bakht, N.C. Behera, D. de Mel, N. Hanif, M. Hossain, M. Iqbal, S. Jayaratne, K. Moinuddin, D. Premaratne, M. Quddus, N. Shinkai, S. Sohail, A. Wijesinha, M. YunusTable of ContentsContents: Foreword Sultan Hafeez Rahman Preface: Regional Integration for Shared Prosperity in South Asia PART I: CIVIL SOCIETY IN REGIONAL COOPERATION IN SOUTH ASIA 1. SAARC and Beyond: Civil Society and Regional Integration in South Asia Navnita Chadha Behera PART II: ECONOMIC INTEGRATION: INDUSTRIES 2. Vertical Integration of Industries in South Asia Deshal de Mel and Suwendrani Jayaratne 3. Integration of ICT Industries and its Impact on Market Access and Trade: The Case of Bangladesh and India Monzur Hossain, Naoko Shinkai, Mohammad Yunus and Zaid Bakht PART III: ECONOMIC INTEGRATION: TRADE AND TRADE IN SERVICES 4. Trade Facilitation Issues in South Asia Deshal de Mel, Suwendrani Jayaratne and Dharshani Premaratne 5. Liberalization of Air Services in South Asia: Prospects and Challenges Anushka Wijesinha and Deshal de Mel 6. Liberalization of Trade in Services under SAFTA: Prospects and Challenges for Pakistan Safdar Sohail, Noorulain Hanif and Maliha Quddus PART IV: REGIONAL PUBLIC GOODS FOR SOUTH ASIA 7. The Provision of Regional Public Goods in South Asia Khaja Moinuddin 8. Food Security in South Asia: Strategies and Programmes for Regional Collaboration Muhammad Iqbal and Rashid Amjad

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Book SynopsisThis timely and fascinating book illustrates how applied geography can contribute in a multitude of ways to assist policy processes, evaluate public programs, enhance business decisions, and contribute to formulating solutions for community-level problems. The book showcases studies by applied geographers from across the globe collaborating with the public sector, businesses, NGOs and communities to demonstrate how geography - with its space and place perspective and its explicitly spatial methods and tools - has been employed to address significant real-world issues. The 20 case studies have been conducted at a variety of levels of scale and situational contexts, and employ a range of quantitative and qualitative approaches including spatial and statistical modelling, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), impact analysis and action research. This enlightening and informative book will prove an invaluable reference tool for academics, students and practitioners with a specific interest in applied geography and spatial analysis. Contributors: F. Arenas, R.G.V. Baker, D. Ballas, M. Birkin, A. Bloodworth, J.R. Bryson, W.M. Burns, M.C. Carroll, M.-H. Chan, P. Chhetri, G. Clarke, T.L. Clower, J. Corcoran, D. de Abreu, A. Esteves, M.L. Fonseca, D. Giband, T.H. Grubesic, K.E. Haynes, A. Higginson, S. Hynes, H. Ismail, P.-C. Lau, J. Lombard, C.-T. Low, F. McEvoy, P.O. McIntyre, B.E. Montz, K. Morrissey, A.T. Murray, C. O'Donoghue, H. Qian, D. Rohde, J. Roosaare, E. Sepp, E. Stern, R. Stimson, R.R. Stough, M. Taylor, D. Tong, S.C. Turner, B.L. Weinstein, M. Wong, W.-C. Wong, S.N. Wood, C. ZuoTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Applied Geography: Relevance and Approaches Robert Stimson and Kingsley E. Haynes 2. A Geographic Perspective on Demographic Evolution in Europe: The CEG Participation in the ESPON 1.1.4 Project Diogo de Abreu 3. A National Transport Policy: The Case of Pakistan Roger R. Stough 4. Spatial Modelling, GIS and Network Analysis for Improving the Sustainability of Transporting Aggregates in the UK Chengchao Zuo, Mark Birkin, Graham Clarke, Fiona McEvoy and Andrew Bloodworth 5. SMILE: An Applied Spatial Micro-simulation Model for Ireland Karyn Morrissey, Cathal O’Donoghue, Graham Clarke, Dimitris Ballas and Stephen Hynes 6. Using GIS and Spatial Modelling to Support School Network Planning in Estonia Edgar Sepp, Jüri Roosaare 7. Spatial Optimization: Expanding Emergency Services to Address Regional Growth and Development Alan T. Murray, Daoqin Tong and Tony H. Grubesic 8. Urban Growth in the Brisbane–South East Queensland Region and its Implications for Emergency Services Provision: A Geographical Information Systems-based Approach Jonathan Corcoran, Robert Stimson, Prem Chhetri, David Rohde and Angela Higginson 9. Geographical Dimensions of Federal Investment in Small Business Development Kingsley E. Haynes, Haifeng Qian and Sidney C. Turner 10. Geographic Modelling, Public Policy, and Informing the ‘Store Wars’ Sovereignty Debate in Australia Robert G.V. Baker and Stephen N. Wood 11. Defending a Territory: Automobile Dealership Customer and Site Analysis John Lombard 12. West Midlands (UK) Regional Planning (1999–2012), Functioning Economic Geography and the E3I Belt: Coping with Uncomfortable Truths Michael Taylor and John R. Bryson 13. Technopoles: Governance and Networking Haddad Ismail 14. Economics of Space: Estimating the Economic Significance of a NASA Testing Facility Michael C. Carroll and Will M. Burns 15. Using Input–Output Analysis and GIS to Assess Economic, Fiscal and Developmental Impacts of Toll Roads in Dallas: A 40-Year Perspective Bernard L. Weinstein and Terry L. Clower 16. Helping Community Groups to Address Urban Planning Issues in a Deprived Gipsy Neighbourhood: Geographical Experiences from Perpignan in a Post-riot Context David Giband 17. Designing, Implementing, Monitoring and Evaluating an Urban Community Development Programme in Portugal Maria Lucinda Fonseca and Alina Esteves 18. A Local Master Plan for Biospheric Conservation and Development: Concept, Methodology and Application Eliahu Stern 19. Assessing Responses to National Weather Service Warnings: The Case of a Tornado Burrell E. Montz 20. Managing Environmental Hazards of Outdoor Falls Among the Elderly Population of Hong Kong Poh-Chin Lau, Wing-Cheung Wong, Ming-Houng Chan, Chien-Tat Low and Martin Wong 21. Hydropower in Chilean Patagonia: Evaluating Socio-economic Conditions for Resettlement and/or Compensation of Rural Inhabitants Frederico Arenas and Pablo Osses McIntyre Index

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Book SynopsisIn this bold, exciting and readable volume, Paul Cheshire, Max Nathan and Henry Overman illustrate the insights that recent economic research brings to our understanding of cities, and the lessons for urban policy-making. The authors present new evidence on the fundamental importance of cities to economic wellbeing and to the enrichment of our lives. They also argue that many policies have been trying to push water uphill and have done little to achieve their stated aims; or, worse, have had unintended and counterproductive consequences.It is remarkable that our cities have been so successful despite the many shortcomings of urban policies and governance. These shortcomings appear in both rich and poor countries. Many powerful policies intended to influence urban development and spatial differences have been developed since the late 1940s, but they have been subject to little rigorous economic evaluation. The authors help us to understand why economic growth has emerged so unevenly across space and why this pattern persists. The failure to understand the forces leading to uneven development underlies the ineffectiveness of many current urban policies. The authors conclude that future urban policies need to take better account of the forces that drive unevenness and that their success should be judged by their impact on people, not on places - or buildings.This groundbreaking book will prove to be an invaluable resource and a rewarding read for academics, practitioners and policymakers interested in the economics of urban policy, urban planning and development, as well as international studies and innovation.Contents: Foreword by Ed Glaeser 1. Introduction 2. Urban Economic Performance 3. Residential Segregation and People Sorting Within Cities 4. Planning for a Housing Crisis: Or the Alchemy by Which We Turn Houses into Gold 5. Planning and Economic Performance 6. Planning: Reforms that Might Work and Ones that Wont 7. Devolution, City Governance and Economic Performance 8. Urban Policies 9. Conclusions IndexTrade ReviewUrban Economics and Urban Policy pulls together cutting-edge developments in urban and regional economics and draws out their implications for urban policy. This new urban economics goes beyond simple comparative advantage and cost competitiveness of cities, and beyond simple views of capital and labor. It develops a much more complex and realistic view of what constitutes local advantage, due to the spatial sorting of different types of people and different types of firms, giving rise to a lumpy landscape of people, activities, and incomes. By taking seriously the new ways we understand the forces shaping the geography of economic development, the authors suggest fresh new ways to work with the grain of markets, but without letting them rip. It is a tour de force.' --Michael Storper, London School of Economics, UK'Paul Cheshire, Max Nathan, and Henry Overman recognize the large disconnect between urban economics and urban policy, and their book is intended to help bridge that gap. It is the authors' general contention that ''urban economists have to date contributed very little to the development and evaluation of real-world urban policy'' (p. 1). While I think there are some notable counterexamples to which I return below, I largely agree with this claim. In addition, the authors believe that urban economics, particularly modern urban economics, has much value to add to policy making. Here, I think the case is less clear-cut, but the authors present it well. Given the authors' purpose, readers of this book can expect a nontechnical summary of recent research in urban economics, with a clear and complete explanation of what it implies for urban policymaking. This is precisely what the authors deliver, so readers should not expect new findings from this extremely accomplished research team; instead they get careful synthesis, interpretation,and policy recommendations. As such the book will be of most value to students and practitioners in fields that do have a lot of influence in urban policy, especially planning and government.' --Andrew Haughwout, Journal of Regional Science'The book is among the most effective critiques of contemporary urban planning thought, characterized by such approaches as urban containment, compact city, and densification.' --Wendell Cox, New GeographyTable of ContentsContents: Foreword by Ed Glaeser 1. Introduction 2. Urban Economic Performance 3. Residential Segregation and People Sorting Within Cities 4. Planning for a Housing Crisis: Or the Alchemy by Which We Turn Houses into Gold 5. Planning and Economic Performance 6. Planning: Reforms that Might Work and Ones that Won’t 7. Devolution, City Governance and Economic Performance 8. Urban Policies 9. Conclusions Index

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Book SynopsisThis book by Westlund and Kobayashi emphasises the fact that the gap between urban and rural areas is no longer relevant today: all places and regions are under a strong influence from cities. The authors show in a straightforward way that the continuum between more and less urbanized places requires new types of regulations, based on innovation and local skills, and that rural policies cannot be based on agriculture only but primarily require the mobilization of local social capital links.'- André Torre, INRA - Agroparistech, Paris, France''Rural' communities are not all resource dependent and very low-density places. Not all have people leaving in droves and no newcomers. This book's theoretical arguments and case studies (from five countries) help one understand better the diversity of 'rural'. We find population gainers, population losers; newcomers and long-term 'stayers' together in sizable towns; Aboriginal communities where out-migration is limited. The diversity is a key dimension in the analyses of public and private action to build and maintain social capital.'- Roger E. Bolton, Williams College, US'This amazingly surprising book takes the popular topic of social capital and provocatively examines the contemporary rural development issue. New social capital driven thinking and insights are applied globally from a conceptual frame and locally with examples. The way forward for both urban and rural development is achieved when the variables that define social capital are simultaneously balanced around focused development objectives. Examples show how a multidimensional view of social capital enables meaningful rural development.'- Roger R. Stough, George Mason University, USSocial capital is often considered a key factor for local development. This book analyzes the role of social capital for rural areas' survival and development in the current age of metropolitan growth - an era in which urban is the norm and where rural areas must adapt to this new situation and build innovative urban-rural relations.The traditional division between 'rural' and 'urban' is no longer valid in the knowledge society. Instead of being a homogeneous unit based on primary sector production, the countryside in the developed world increasingly consists of areas with very different development paths. With examples from Europe, Asia and America, the book discusses building and renewal of rural social capital from both bottom-up and top-down perspectives, and from the standpoint of business, and both the public and private sectors.Being the first book to treat social capital and rural development in the age of megacities and the knowledge economy, it will be of great benefit to academics interested in social capital research and rural development.Contributors: L. Dahlgren, K. Eliasson, M. Emmelin, M. Eriksson, S. Fölster, A. Forsberg, A. Gasior-Niemiec, T. Hatori, K. Ito, H. Jeong, K. Kobayashi, Y. Li, D. Natcher, M.R. Olfert, G. Ray, C. Waldenström, L. Westin, H. Westlund, J. ZolaTrade Review‘This book by Westlund and Kobayashi emphasises the fact that the gap between urban and rural areas is no longer relevant today: all places and regions are under a strong influence from cities. The authors show in a straightforward way that the continuum between more and less urbanized places requires new types of regulations, based on innovation and local skills, and that rural policies cannot be based on agriculture only but primarily require the mobilization of local social capital links.’ -- André Torre, INRA – Agroparistech, Paris, France‘“Rural” communities are not all resource dependent and very low-density places. Not all have people leaving in droves and no newcomers. This book’s theoretical arguments and case studies (from five countries) help one understand better the diversity of “rural”. We find population gainers, population losers; newcomers and long-term “stayers” together in sizable towns; Aboriginal communities where out-migration is limited. The diversity is a key dimension in the analyses of public and private action to build and maintain social capital.’ -- Roger E. Bolton, Williams College, US‘This amazingly surprising book takes the popular topic of social capital and provocatively examines the contemporary rural development issue. New social capital driven thinking and insights are applied globally from a conceptual frame and locally with examples. The way forward for both urban and rural development is achieved when the variables that define social capital are simultaneously balanced around focused development objectives. Examples show how a multidimensional view of social capital enables meaningful rural development.’ -- Roger R. Stough, George Mason University, US‘Overall, Westlund and Kobayashi must be congratulated for this excellent contribution highlighting development opportunities but also serious issues, and particularly the role of SC – one of the major assets of rural areas in the globalizing world. This book de?nitely provides many fresh ideas for academics as well as rural development practitioners.’ -- European Journal of Development ResearchTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Social Capital and Sustainable Urban–Rural Relationships in the Global Knowledge Society Hans Westlund and Kiyoshi Kobayashi PART I: NEEDS AND PROBLEMS OF BUILDING SOCIAL CAPITAL 2. Forest Governance and Social Capital: Structures and Functions Kiyoshi Kobayashi, Tsuyoshi Hatori and Hayeong Jeong 3. Joint Facilities, Improvement Districts, Clubs and Commons: Towards a Taxonomy of Institutionalised Social Capital Lars Westin and Johanna Zola 4. Foundations of Collective Action: Towards a General Theory Gautam Ray PART II: ANALYSES OF EFFECTS OF SOCIAL CAPITAL 5. Does Social Capital Contribute to Regional Economic Growth? Swedish Experiences Kent Eliasson, Hans Westlund and Stefan Fölster 6. Changes in Social Capital and Community Functions in Depopulated Areas from Case Studies of 12 Communities in the San’in District Katsuhisa Ito 7. Social Capital in Rural Poland: Between Tradition and Social Engineering Anna Gąsior-Niemiec 8. Social Capital and Economic Growth in China’s Provinces Yuheng Li and Hans Westlund PART III: PROBLEMS OF LOCAL DEVELOPMENT AND RURAL POLICIES 9. Social Capital and Place-based Policy: Aboriginal Communities in Canada M. Rose Olfert and David Natcher 10. What Can Local Policies Do? An Activity Theory Analysis of Municipal Support to Local Innovations Cecilia Waldenström 11. Local Responses to Structural Changes: Collective Action for Rural Communities in Sweden Anette Forsberg 12. Collective Actors as Driving Forces for Mobilizing Social Capital in a Local Community: What Can be Learned for Health Promotion? Malin Eriksson, Lars Dahlgren and Maria Emmelin 13. Social Capital for Sustainable Rural Regions: The Roles of Voluntary Association-Mediated Public Service Hayeong Jeong, Kiyoshi Kobayashi and Hans Westlund Index

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Book SynopsisIn a world which increasingly requires place-based approaches to economic development, Regional Competitiveness and Smart Specialization in Europe offers a new methodology and a framework in order to promote the smart specialization of territories. Rich in examples and evidence, the book is an essential tool for the design of sound development strategies and a must read for policy-makers and development practitioners.'- Andrés Rodríguez-Pose, London School of Economics, UKRegions economically differ from each other - they compete in different products and geographical spaces, exhibit different strengths and weaknesses, and provide different possibilities for growth and development. What fosters growth in one region may hamper it in another. This highly original book presents an accessible methodology for identifying competitors and their particular circumstances in Europe, discusses regional competitiveness from a conceptual perspective and explores both past and future regional development policies in Europe.The authors illustrate that for the concept of regional competition to be valued correctly it should not solely be identified by the structural asset characteristics of cities and regions. They therefore present a unique applied analytic framework that takes into account economically valued network relations between places of (mobile) production factors and traded goods. Underpinned with thorough analysis and theory, the framework uses actual networks of competing and economically valued relations between regions to help develop smart specialization strategies that are central in the place-based policy initiatives of the new European cohesion policy.This path-breaking book presents a crucial contribution to the current academic discussion on regional competitiveness and the policy debate on smart specialization, place-based development and cohesion policy in the European Union. As such it will prove an invaluable read for academics, researchers, students and policy-makers with an interest in economics - particularly applied regional economics, European studies and regional studies.Contents: 1. Introduction 2. Smart Specialization, Regional Innovation Systems and EU Cohesion Policy by Philip McCann and Raquel Ortega-Argilés 3. Regional Economic Development and Competitiveness 4. Clustering and Specialization in European Regions 5. Revealed Competition in European Regions 6. Dynamics in Revealed Regional Competition between Firms in Europe 7. A Smart Specialization Strategy: Locational and Network Determinants of International Competitiveness 8. Conclusion: One Size Fits Only One in Place-based Regional Policy Appendix: European Regional Trade Flows Bibliography IndexTrade Review‘In a world which increasingly requires place-based approaches to economic development, Regional Competitiveness and Smart Specialization in Europe offers a new methodology and a framework in order to promote the smart specialization of territories. Rich in examples and evidence, the book is an essential tool for the design of sound development strategies and a must read for policy-makers and development practitioners.’ -- Andrés Rodríguez-Pose, London School of Economics, UKTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction 2. Smart Specialization, Regional Innovation Systems and EU Cohesion Policy by Philip McCann and Raquel Ortega-Argilés 3. Regional Economic Development and Competitiveness 4. Clustering and Specialization in European Regions 5. Revealed Competition in European Regions 6. Dynamics in Revealed Regional Competition between Firms in Europe 7. A Smart Specialization Strategy: Locational and Network Determinants of International Competitiveness 8. Conclusion: One Size Fits Only One in Place-based Regional Policy Appendix: European Regional Trade Flows Bibliography 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 SynopsisMegaregions presents an excellent collection of spatial-imaginary cameos drawn from the US and beyond, together with theoretically searching and provocative commentary from its editors. [The book] provides a series of thought-provoking and question-prompting interjections to inspire and prompt new research agendas.'- Kathy Pain, Geographical Review 'This splendid collection both defines and dissects trajectories of a research agenda on one of the chief, yet contested, discursive scalar fixes on our planet in an age of complete urbanization: the megaregion.'- Roger Keil, York University, Toronto, CanadaAre megaregions a meaningful new spatial framework for the analysis of cities in globalization? Drawing together a range of innovative contributions and case studies from around the world, this book interrogates the many claims and counter-claims made about megaregions and critically assesses their position within global urban studies.Connecting research on megaregions to broader theoretical debates about globalized urbanization, the book examines the latest conceptualizations of trans-metropolitan landscapes. It investigates the opportunities and challenges posed by planning and governing at the megaregional scale and moves the debate forward to address questions of 'how', 'why' and 'by whom' megaregional spaces are being constructed.This far-reaching book will be of considerable interest to a broad audience, appealing to those engaged in urban and regional studies, geography and planning, and with direct relevance for policymakers and practitioners working at international, state and local levels.Contributors: B. Fleming, M.R. Glass, J. Harrison, M. Hesse, M. Hoyler, A. Schafran, P. Schmitt, L. Smas, D. Wachsmuth, S.M. Wheeler, X. ZhangTrade Review'Contemporary globalization has given a new lease of life to the study of mega-city regions. Their problem has been that they can be easily designated - simply drawing lines around adjacent urban settlement - and superficially discussed. In contrast, this book revels in the complexities of today's massive urbanization. Treating mega-city regions seriously and critically, this outstanding contribution should be necessary reading for anyone concerned for the problems and possibilities in our unique ''urban century''.' --Peter Taylor, Northumbria University, UK'This challenging and exciting volume provides a comprehensive rethinking of the megaregion. Editors and contributors leave readers in no doubt about the extent of the transformations of the urban form under globalization. Replete with excellent empirical examples from around the world, this volume departs from previous studies. These have focused on questions of definition, delimitation and identification. Rather, the volume turns its attention to the construction of ''megaregions'' and the theoretical and methodological challenges that arise from this approach.' --Kevin Ward, University of Manchester, UK'The growth of megaurban regions represents a profound challenge to extant governmental and governance arrangements, many of which continue to take for granted the power and authority of the national state. This edited collection on Megaregions by John Harrison and Michael Hoyler effectively outlines the global scope of the challenge whilst, at the same time, pointing out its implications for the governance of urban regions in different parts of the world. It is an extremely valuable addition to the growing literature on city-regions and processes of regional urbanization.' --Andrew E.G. Jonas, Hull University, UKTable of ContentsContents: 1. Megaregions: Foundations, Frailties, Futures John Harrison and Michael Hoyler 2. Megaurban Regions: Epistemology, Discourse Patterns, Big Urban Business Markus Hesse 3. Megaregions and the Urban Question: The New Strategic Terrain for US Urban Competitiveness David Wachsmuth 4. Beyond Globalization: A Historical Urban Development Approach to Understanding Megaregions Alex Schafran 5. Five Reasons Why Megaregional Planning Works Against Sustainability Stephen M. Wheeler 6. Conflicting Spaces of Governance in the Imagined Great Lakes Megaregion Michael R. Glass 7. Brave New ‘Megaregional Worlds’? Reflections from a North European Perspective Lukas Smas and Peter Schmitt 8. Globalization and the Megaregion: Investigating the Evolution of the Pearl River Delta in a Historical Perspective Xu Zhang 9. Towards a Megaregional Future: Analysing Progress, Assessing Priorities in the US Megaregion Project Billy Fleming 10. Megaregions Reconsidered: Urban Futures and the Future of the Urban John Harrison and Michael Hoyler Index

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Book SynopsisThe field of regional development is subject to an ever-increasing multiplicity of concepts and theories seeking to explain uneven competitiveness. In particular, economic geographers and spatial economists have rapidly developed the theoretical tools by which to approach such analyses. The aim of this Handbook is to take stock of regional competitiveness and complementary concepts as a means of presenting a state-of-the-art discussion of the advanced theories, perspectives and empirical explanations that help make sense of the determinants of uneven development across regions. Drawing on an international field of leading scholars, the book is assembled and organized so that readers can first learn of the theoretical underpinnings of regional competitiveness and development theory, before moving on to deeper discussions of key factors and principal elements, the emergence of allied concepts, empirical applications, and the policy context. International in its scope, including global empirical analysis, the book is a definitive resource in terms of providing access to some of the seminal research and thinking on regional competitiveness. This contemporary Handbook is an ideal reference for students and academics in the fields of economic geography and spatial economics. It will also appeal to policymakers and other stakeholders involved in regional economic development.Contributors include: K. Aiginger, P. Annoni, M.J. Aranguren, D. Audretsch, P.-A. Balland, R. Boschma, R. Camagni, R. Cellini, J. Crespo, P. Di Caro, L. Dijkstra, J. Fagerberg, M. Firgo, U. Fratesi, R. Harris, R. Huggins, J. Jansson, C. Ketels, I. Lengyel, E. Magro, E.J. Malecki, A. Mamtora, R. Martin, P. McCann, H. Menendez, P. Ni, R. Ortega-Argilés, I. Periáñez, A. Richardson, A. Rodríguez-Pose, L. Saez, J. Shen, M. Srholec, M. Storper, P. Sunley, M. Thissen, P. Thompson, G. Torrisi, I. Turok, F. van Oort, Y. Wang, A. Waxell, C. Wilkie, J.R. WilsonTrade Review'This book helps us better understand the geography of economic competitiveness. With contributions from an international cast of leading scholars, it shows what works and what doesn't and what it means for efforts to improve the competitiveness of regions and nations.' --(Richard Florida, University of Toronto, Canada)Table of ContentsContents: 1. Introducing Regional Competitiveness and Development: Contemporary Theories and Perspectives Robert Huggins and Piers Thompson PART I REGIONAL COMPETITIVENESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH 2. Explaining Regional Growth and Change Michael Storper 3. Measuring and Monitoring Regional Competitiveness in the European Union Paola Annoni and Lewis Dijkstra 4. Regional Competitiveness and Economic Growth: The Evolution of Explanatory Models Richard Harris 5. Explaining Regional Economic Performance: The Role of Competitiveness, Specialization and Capabilities Jan Fagerberg and Martin Srholec 6. Economic Competitiveness and Regional Development Dynamics Edward J. Malecki PART II THE PRINCIPAL ELEMENTS OF REGIONAL COMPETITIVENESS 7. Regional Competitiveness: Connecting an Old Concept With New Goals Karl Aiginger and Matthias Firgo 8. Regional Economic Competition and Place-Based Policies Frank Van Oort and Mark Thissen 9. The Dynamics of Regional Competitiveness Ugo Fratesi 10. Territorial Capital, Competitiveness and Regional Development Roberto Camagni 11. A Network Theory of Regional Competitiveness: Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Growth Robert Huggins and Piers Thompson PART III REGIONAL COMPETITIVENESS, RESILIENCE AND QUALITY 12. Resilience, Networks and Competitiveness: A Conceptual Framework Joan Crespo, Ron Boschma and Pierre-Alexandre Balland 13. Competitiveness and Regional Economic Resilience Ron Martin and Peter Sunley 14. Regional Resilience in Italy: Do Employment and Income Tell the Same Story? Roberto Cellini, Paolo Di Caro and GianpieroTorrisi 15. Quality and Space: A Framework for Quality-Based Regional Competitiveness Johan Jansson and Anders Waxell PART IV COMPETITIVENESS AND EMERGING REGIONS 16. Innovation and Competitiveness in the Periphery of Europe Andrés Rodríguez-Pose and Callum Wilkie 17. Urban Land, Infrastructure and Competitiveness in the Global South Ivan Turok 18. Competitive and Uncompetitive Regions in Transition Economies: The Case of the Visegrad Post-Socialist Countries Imre Lengyel PART V URBAN REGIONS AND CITY COMPETITIVENESS 19. Urban Sustainable Competitiveness: A Comparative Analysis of 500 Cities Around The World Pengfei Ni and Yufei Wang 20. Competition and Cooperation in the Hong Kong-Shenzhen Region Jianfa Shen 21. Measuring Urban Competitiveness In Europe Lucía Sáez and Iñaki Periáñez PART VI REGIONAL COMPETITIVENESS STRATEGIES AND POLICY 22. Upgrading Regional Competitiveness: What Role for Regional Governments? Christian Ketels 23. The Strategic Management of Places and Regional Competitiveness David Audretsch, Hugo Menendez, Aileen Richardson and Apexa Mamtora 24. Regional Competitiveness, Policy Transfer and Smart Specialization Philip Mccann and Raquel Ortega-Argilés 25. Regional Competitiveness Policy in an Era of Smart Specialization Strategies Mari José Aranguren, Edurne Magro and James R. Wilson Index

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Book SynopsisThe Elgar Companion to Sustainable Cities provides a comprehensive framework for understanding and applying the methods and strategies for cities to attain a more sustainable future.Against a backdrop of unprecedented levels of urbanization, 21st century cities across the globe share mutual concerns for the challenges they face. This Companion focuses on the importance of the city as a critical building block for a more sustainable future within broader subnational, national and continental contexts, and ultimately, within a global systems context. It discusses the sustainable strategies being devised, as well as the methods and tools for achieving them. Examples of social, economic, political and environmental sustainable policy strategies are presented and the extent to which they actually increase sustainability is analyzed. Topics explored include compact cities and urban metabolism; environmental justice; water resources planning and the impact of climate change on industry, food policy and urban design.This book will appeal to academics and students of planning, public policy and administration, as well as environmental and urban studies. It will also be of interest to those working in urban planning and sustainable development professions.Contributors: L. Baker, T. Banerjee, E.J Blakley, H. Blanco, M.R. Boswell, H. Brattelbo, R.F. Callahan, K. Chapple, N. Cohen, E. Dreps, D.J. Fiorino, A.I. Greve, R.J. Jackson, B. Jiménez Cisneros, C. Kennedy, G.A. Keoleian, D.A. Mazmanian, A. Miller, J.P. Newell, P. Newman, L.K. Nijaki, C.P. Ozawa, M. Pastor, M. Pisano, K.E. Portney, A. Rose, T.L. Seale, B. Tomlinson, K.S. Wolske, M. Xu, R. Zimmerman, M. ZintTable of ContentsContents: 1. The Sustainable City: Introduction and Overview Hilda Blanco and Daniel A. Mazmanian 2. Rediscovering Compact Cities for Sustainability Peter Newman 3. Potable, Stormwater and Waste Water Strategies in the Context of Climate Change Blanca Jiménez Cisneros 4. Urban Food System Strategies Nevin Cohen 5. Sustainable Strategies for Consumer Products in Cities Gregory A. Keoleian, Joshua P. Newell, Ming Xu and Erin Dreps 6. Strategies for Growing Green Business and Industry in a City Karen Chapple 7. Strategies and Considerations for Investing in Sustainable City Infrastructure Rae Zimmerman 8. Aligning Fiscal and Environmental Sustainability Richard F. Callahan and Mark Pisano 9. Gauging the Health of a City: Maximising Health and Sustainability Alek Miller and Richard J. Jackson 10. From Information Provision to Participatory Deliberation: Engaging Residents in the Transition Toward Sustainable Cities Michaela Zint and Kimberly S. Wolske 11. Developing Effective Participatory Processes for a Sustainable City Connie P. Ozawa 12. A Measure of Justice: Environmental Equality and the Sustainable City Manuel Pastor 13. Analyzing a City’s Metabolism Christopher Kennedy, Larry Baker and Helge Brattelbø 14. Developing Sustainability Cities Indicators Kent E. Portney 15. Climate Action Planning Michael R. Boswell, Adrienne I. Greve and Tammy L. Seale 16. Climate Change Adaptation Adrienne I. Greve and Michael R. Boswell 17. Economic Resilience and the Sustainability of Cities in the Face of Climate Change: An Ecological Economics Framework Adam Rose 18. A Systems Approach Towards Sustainable Procurement Laurie Kaye Nijaki 19. Urban Design and Sustainability: Looking Backward to Move Forward Tridib Banerjee 20. The Future of Sustainable Economic Development in Cities Edward J. Blakley 21. Sustainable Cities and Governance: What Are the Connections? Daniel J. Fiorino 22. Technology and City Sustainability Bill Tomlinson 23. Overview and Conclusions Daniel A. Mazmanian and Hilda Blanco Index

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Book SynopsisThis unique Handbook examines the impacts on, and responses to, economic geography explicitly from the perspective of the behaviour, mechanics, systems and experiences of different firms in various types of industries. The industry studies approach allows the authors to explain why the economic geography of these different industries exhibits such particular and diverse characteristics. The sectors and industries covered include: traditional heavy industry and engineering creative and cultural industries knowledge sectors natural resource-based and environmental sectors knowledge, networks and communications issues. The Handbook of Industry Studies and Economic Geography will strongly appeal to students, scholars and researchers interested in all aspects of industrial location and economic geography.Trade Review’Economic geography and industrial economics have traditionally been two distinct fields of scholarship separated by entirely disparate literatures, methodologies and research agendas. No more. With publication of this path breaking collection of meticulously crafted studies, the editors have forged economic geography and industrial economics into a coherent and compelling singular field of scholarship. Neither economic geography nor industrial economics can subsequently be considered in isolation but will need to be analyzed in the integrated framework introduced in this book.’ -- David B. Audretsch, Indiana University, BloomingtonTable of ContentsContents: Introduction to the Relationships between Economic Geography and Industries: Theory, Empirics and Modes of Analysis Frank Giarattani, Geoffrey J.G. Hewings and Philip McCann PART I: HEAVY INDUSTRIES 1. Steel Industry Restructuring and Location Frank Giarratani, Ravi Madhavan and Gene Gruver 2. The Evolving Geography of the U.S. Motor Vehicle Industry Thomas Klier and James M. Rubenstein 3. The Changing Geography of the European Auto Industry Gill Bentley, David Bailey and Stewart MacNeill PART II: CREATIVE AND CULTURAL INDUSTRIES 4. Project-Based Industries and Craft-Like Production: Structure, Location, and Performance Peter B. Doeringer, Pacey Foster, Stephan Manning and David Terkla 5. Innovation, Industry Evolution, and Cross-Sectoral Skill Transfer in the Video Game Industry: A Three Country Study Yuko Aoyama and Hiro Izushi 6. Spatial Divisions of Labor: How Key Worker Profiles Vary for the Same Industry in Different Regions Ann Markusen and Ann Gadwa Nicodemus 7. Museums in the Neighbourhood: The Local Economic Impact of Museums Stephen Sheppard PART III: HIGH TECHNOLOGY SECTORS 8. Spinoff Regions: Entrepreneurial Emergence and Regional Development in Second Tier High-Technology Regions: Observations from the Oregon and Idaho Electronics Sectors Heike Mayer 9. Location, Control and Firm Innovation: The Case of the Mobile Handset Industry Ram Mudambi 10. How Has Information Technology Use Shaped the Geography of Economic Activity? Chris Forman 11. R&D, Knowledge, Economic Growth and the Transatlantic Productivity Gap Raquel Ortega-Argilés PART IV: RESOURCE-BASED SECTORS 12. The Changing Structure of the Global Agribusiness Sector Ruth Rama and Catalina Martínez 13. Social Capital and the Development of Industrial Clusters: The Northwest Ohio Greenhouse Cluster Michael C. Carroll and Neil Reid 14. Computational Structure for Linking Life Cycle Assessment and Input-Output Modeling: A Case Study on Urban Recycling and Remanufacturing Joyce Cooper, Randall Jackson and Nancey Green Leigh 15. The Importance of the Water Management Sector in Dutch Agriculture and the Wider Economy Frank Bruinsma and Mark Bokhorst PART V: KNOWLEDGE- AND NETWORK-BASED ACTIVITIES 16. The Geography of Research and Development Activity in the US Kristy Buzard and Gerald Carlino 17. Offshore Assembly and Service Industries in Latin America Elsie L Echeverri-Carroll 18. The Global Air Transport Industry: A Comparative Analysis of Network Structures in Major Continental Regions Aisling Reynolds-Feighan 19. Innovation in New Zealand: Issues of Firm Size, Local Market Size and Economic Geography Hong Shangqin, Philip McCann and Les Oxley 20. They are Industrial Districts, but Not As We Know Them! Fiorenza Belussi and Lisa De Propris Index

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Book SynopsisThis Handbook provides an overview and assessment of the state-of-the-art research methods, approaches and applications central to economic geography.Understanding spatial economic outcomes and the forces and mechanisms that influence the geography of economic growth is of utmost importance and demands substantial theoretical and empirical research in economic geography, spatial economics and regional science. Such research is critically dependent upon good and reliable empirical data, and it is here that this Handbook contributes, providing a broad overview of up-to-date research methods and approaches. The chapters are written by distinguished researchers from a variety of scholarly traditions and with a background in different academic disciplines including economics, economic human and cultural geography, and economic history.Researchers and academics in economics and economic geography will find this a fundamental reference point and will benefit from the comprehensive assessment of research methods and approaches in the field. Practitioners and policy-makers will also find the practical applications to be of utmost value.Contributors: M. Andersson, G. Arbia, B. Asheim, R. Basile, M. Birkin, R. Boschma, S. Brakman, J. Bröcker, L. Broersma, H-H. Chang, G. Clarke, M. Clarke, L. Coenen, J. Corcoran, S. Dall'erba, G. Espa, A.M. Esteves, A. Faggian, M.M. Fischer, K. Frenken, M. Fritsch, D. Giuliani, K.E. Haynes, G.J.D. Hewings, M. Horváth, G. Ivanova, N. Kapitsinis, C. Karlsson, H. Khawaldah, M. Kilkenny, J. Klaesson, S. Koster, J.P. Larsson, J. Lesage, Y. Li, I. Llamosas-Rosas, P.A. Longley, T. Mitze, J. Moodysson, I. Noback, T. Norman, J. Oosterhaven, J. Parajuli, M. Partridge, D. Psaltopoulos, M. Schramm, D. Skuras, A. Stephan, P. Thulin, S. Usai, J. van Dijk, C. van Marrewijk, F. van Oort, F. Vanclay, A. Varga, H. WestlundTable of ContentsContents: Introduction PART I: GENERAL METHODS IN ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY AND REGIONAL SCIENCE 1. Spatial Econometrics James Lesage 2. Spatial Computable General Equilibrium Analysis Johannes Bröcker 3. Factor Prices and Geographical Economics Steven Brakman and Charles van Marrewijk 4. Shift-Share and Its New Extension Kingsley E. Haynes and Jitendra Parajuli 5. Analysis Using Geographic Information Systems Paul A. Longley 6. Analysis of Spatial Concentration and Dispersion Giuseppe Arbia, Giuseppe Espa and Diego Giuliani 7. Simultaneous-equations Analysis in Regional Science and Economic Geography Timo Mitze and Andreas Stephan 8. Neural Networks: A Class of Flexible Non-linear Models for Regression and Classification Manfred M. Fischer 9. Social Accounting Analysis Demetrios Psaltopoulos and Dimitris Skuras PART II: METHODS AND APPROACHES OF REGIONAL ANALYSIS 10. Local Multiplier and Economic Base Analysis Per Thulin 11. Analysis of Regional Endogenous Growth Roberto Basile and Stefano Usai 12. Unity in Variety? Agglomeration Economics Beyond the Specialisation-Diversity Controversy Frank van Oort 13. Methods and Applications of Regional Innovation Systems Analysis Bjørn Asheim, Lars Coenen and Jerker Moodysson 14. Geographic Clustering in Evolutionary Economic Geography Koen Frenken and Ron Boschma 15. Methods of Analyzing the Relationship Between New Business Formation and Regional Development Michael Fritsch 16. Analysis of Local Social Capital Hans Westlund and Yuheng Li 17. Regional Social Network Analysis Maureen Kilkenny PART III: METHODS AND APPROACHES OF INTERREGIONAL ANALYSIS 18. Interregional Input-output Modeling: Spillover Effects, Feedback Loops and Intra-industry Trade Geoffrey J.D. Hewings and Jan Oosterhaven 19. Empirical Studies in Geographical Economics Han-Hsin Chang, Charles Van Marrewijk and Marc Schramm 20. Accessibility and Market Potential Analysis Johan Klaesson, Johan P. Larsson and Therese Norman 21. The Impact of Private, Public and Human Capital on the US States Economies: Theory, Extensions and Evidence Sandy Dall'erba and Irving Llamosas-Rosas 22. Interregional Migration Analysis Alessandra Faggian, Jonathan Corcoran and Mark Partridge 23. Applied Spatial Interaction Modelling in Economic Geography: An Example of the Use of Models for Public Sector Planning Mark Birkin, Hamzah Khawaldah, Martin Clarke and Graham Clarke PART IV: SPECIFIC ISSUES IN ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY AND REGIONAL SCIENCE 24. Regional Knowledge Production Function Analysis Attila Varga and Márton Horváth 25. Qualitative Methods in Regional Program Evaluation – an examination of the story-based approach Frank Vanclay 26. Using Social and Economic Impact Assessment to Guide Local Supplier Development Initiatives Ana Maria Esteves and Galina Ivanova 27. Analysing the Geography of High-impact Entrepreneurship Sierdjan Koster and Nikos Kapitsinis 28. Gender-specific Dynamics in Hours Worked: Exploring the Potential for Increasing Hours Worked in an Ageing Society Inge Noback, Lourens Broersma and Jouke van Dijk Index

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Book Synopsis'Being mobile has become an ubiquitous modus operandi as the highly educated seek to advance, and take advantage of their human capital. Corcoran and Faggian's edited volume helps us to understand the causes and consequences of university graduates' choices to migrate or stay put. The selected contributions - situated in ten OECD countries - cover a wide spectrum of issues, from overeducation and wages to life-course linkages and impacts of the Great Recession. It is an insightful and timely account of the intellectual elite's sorting and redistribution in developed countries.'- Brigitte Waldorf, Purdue University, US'Graduates are key resources to economic development. ''Enlighted'' policy makers around the world spend effort and resources to attract and retain them. However, our understanding of the drivers and impacts of graduate mobility remains limited. This book offers invaluable insights into this debate by combining cutting-edge academic knowledge with a truly global coverage of examples and case studies.'- Riccardo Crescenzi, London School of Economics, UK This book aims to integrate and augment current state-of-the-art knowledge on graduate migration and its role in local economic development. Offering an international perspective, it is the first focused book of its kind on graduate migration, a recognised and critical component of the global pool of labour. Written by the key scholars working in the field, it draws together an international series of case studies. Each chapter describes empirically founded approaches to examining the role and characteristics of graduate migration in differing situational contexts, highlighting issues concerning government policy, data and methods. Crucially, it assesses the role highly educated individuals play in regional economic development and the determinants of graduate mobility, revealing the characteristics that attract and retain graduates. This unique book is an essential volume for scholars and researchers of geography, regional studies, labour and migration seeking an in-depth, international understanding of human-capital attraction and retention.Contributors include: R. Comunian, J. Corcoran, C. Détang-Dessendre, A. Faggian, R.S. Franklin, M. Haapanen, S. Iammarino, S. Jewell, H. Karhunen, N. Maldonado, E. Marinelli, K.B. Newbold, V. Piguet, R. Ramos, F. Rowe, V. Royuela, V.A. Venhorst, A. Zhi Rou TangTrade Review'By providing an international perspective on graduate migration, this book offers elegant and stimulating advances on the interpretation of high-skilled mobility. Through the identification of sources of mismatches between individual qualification and job offered, of push or pull economic and social factors for migration, and of wage discrepancies between types of migrants, the reader is provided with a comprehensive, consistent, modern and well-structured framework of the socio-economic problems concerning tertiary-educated migrants.' --Roberta Capello, Politecnico di Milano, Italy'An excellent work providing updated and comprehensive international evidence on graduate migration and on the mechanisms underlying it. A must-read for experts in regional science and educational studies.' --Paolo Veneri, OECD, France'Higher-educated graduates are highly spatially mobile and are the major determinant of change of human capital in a region. In this book, well-known experts add new insight to the literature on the outcomes of various types of graduate migration for education-job mismatch and wages, and show how this varies among singles and couples, by gender and by the characteristics of the regional labour market. The interesting findings are based on empirical evidence from countries all over the world.' --Jouke van Dijk, University of Groningen, the NetherlandsTable of ContentsContents: 1. Graduate migration and regional development: An international perspective Jonathan Corcoran and Alessandra Faggian 2. The role of migration on education-job mismatch: Evidence from overseas graduates in Australia Angelina Zhi Rou Tang, Jonathan Corcoran and Francisco Rowe 3. Graduate migration in Canada K. Bruce Newbold 4. Graduate overeducation and spatial mobility in Italy Simona Iammarino and Elisabetta Marinelli 5. Constrained choice? Graduate early career job-to-job mobility in core and non-core regions in the Netherlands. Viktor A. Venhorst 6. Working while studying: Does it lead to greater attachment to the regional labour market? Mika Haapanen and Hannu Karhunen 7. Graduates and migration in France: Between urban labour market attraction and interest in amenities Cécile Détang-Dessendre and Virginie Piguet 8. Graduate migration in Spain: the impact of the great recession on a low mobility country Raul Ramos and Vicente Royuela 9. Migration of graduates in Mexico Norman Maldonado 10. Human capital migration and salaries: an examination of US college graduates Alessandra Faggian, Jonathan Corcoran and Rachel S. Franklin 11. Graduates migration in the UK: An exploration of gender dynamics and employment patterns Roberta Comunian, Sarah Jewell and Alessandra Faggian Index

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Book SynopsisThis book questions the way contemporary innovation processes develop and become embedded in territories. It analyses recent developments in territorial systems of production, networks of innovation and innovative milieus, with regard to the issue of sustainable development. Drawing on 12 case studies aimed at fostering sustainable development and conducted by an experienced team of international scholars, a new conceptual approach to sustainable innovation is proposed. More broadly, it also reassesses the development models proposed in the 1980s that emerged in the context of globalisation, competitiveness and technological innovation. The book argues that a rethink of regional development dynamics is necessary in order to properly consider current sustainable development requirements. A renewed understanding of the dynamics of actors and anchoring factors is pursued, clarifying the role of territories in the light of sustainable development demands and globalization processes. A new typology of organizational forms of sustainable innovation is provided and the traditional concept of 'innovative milieu' is challenged. The contributions call for a rethink and redesign of public policies in the fields of sustainable innovation more able to deal with contemporary realities. Crossing a wide set of disciplines, this book will appeal to academics, students and policy makers in the fields of urban studies, regional development, innovation and sustainable development.Contributors include: P. Araujo, B. Barroeta, J. Bélicard, R. Camagni, L. Carvalho, P. Costa, O. Crevoisier, M. De Rosa, J. del Castillo, M. Ebbekink, B. Guesnier, L. Kebir, A. Lagendijk, F. Lindner, C. Livi, Y. Okamoto, J. Paton, V. Peyrache-Gadeau, I. Plácido, S. Rutter, M. Sato, S. Strambach, F. Trabalzi, M. ValeTrade Review'This book makes several major contributions to regional innovation and sustainability research. Besides collecting very substantive cases, it provides an inspiring and generative conceptual framework. It argues convincingly that we have to move beyond narrow competitiveness concerns and embrace broader social, environmental and economic processes in their interdependence to better understand recent regional innovation trends. Thus, the term sustainability becomes much more analytical, and less normatively charged. The book deserves to become a standard reading in transitions studies, regional studies and economic geography.' --Bernhard Truffer, Eawag, Switzerland and Utrecht University, the Netherlands'This ambitious book is at the vanguard of the debate on regional development and innovation. It revisits the classical concept of Innovative Milieus to interrogate more capacious forms and modes of innovation and articulate new ways of thinking about regional development. Drawing on highly inspiring case-stories, it offers a thought-provoking and timely contribution that goes well beyond the classic innovation-for-regional-competitiveness paradigm. A recommended read for scholars interested in new ways to analyze, understand and explain innovation in and for regions.' --Lars Coenen, CIRCLE, Lund University, SwedenTable of ContentsContents: Foreword: Sustainable Innovation and Regional Development: Rethinking Innovative Milieus Leïla Kebir, Véronique Peyrache-Gadeau, Olivier Crevoisier and Pedro Costa Introduction: Sustainability, Innovative Milieus And Territorial Development. Leïla Kébir, Véronique Peyrache-Gadeau, Olivier Crevoisier and Pedro Costa PART I SUSTAINABLE INNOVATION, GLOBAL ANCHORING OF TERRITORIAL PRODUCTIVE SYSTEMS, AND COMPETITIVENESS 1. The Territories of ‘Sustainable’ Innovation: From Local Milieus to ‘Responsible’ Communication: The Case of Photovoltaics and Sustainable Finance in Western Switzerland Christian Livi, Pedro Araujo and Olivier Crevoisier 2. Innovation in the Sustainable Renovation Sector in Île-De-France Leïla Kébir 3. Border-Crossing Sustainable Innovation Processes – German Knowledge-Intensive Business Services (KIBS) in Green Construction Simone Strambach and Frederik Lindner 4. Living PlanIT and the Development of the ‘PlanIT Urban Operating System tm’: The Geographies of an Innovation Luís Carvalho, Inês Plácido Santos and Mário Vale 5. The Sustainable Water Campus in Leeuwarden: Towards an Anchoring Milieu or a ‘Hollow Term’? Miranda Ebbekink and Arnoud Lagendijk PART II SUSTAINABLE INNOVATION TOWARDS AN INTEGRATED TERRITORIAL DEVELOPMENT 6. Bairro Alto Revisited: Sustainable Innovations, Reputation Building and Urban Development Pedro Costa 7. Innovative Rurban Networks in Rome Marcello De Rosa and Ferro Trabalzi 8. Innovation in Sustainable Tourism Projects in Alpine Resorts Véronique Peyrache-Gadeau, Sarah Rutter and Jeannie Bélicard PART III SUSTAINABLE INNOVATION, ECONOMIC RESTRUCTURING AND REGIONAL PRODUCTIVE SYSTEMS 9. The Great Basque Transformation Towards Sustainable Innovations Jaime Del Castillo, Jonatan Paton and Belen Barroeta 10. Atlantic Nautical Network: An Inter-Regional Organizational System to Promote Innovation in Support of Sustainable Development Bernard Guesnier 11. From Regional Production System to Regional Innovation System – Evolutional Changes of Suwa Industrial Region in Japan Mitsuru Sato and Yoshiyuki Okamoto Conclusion: Relaunching GREMI: A Scientific Trajectory Roberto Camagni Index

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Book SynopsisThe majority of the world's population now live in cities, nearly a quarter of which boast populations of one million or more. The rise of globalisation has granted cities unprecedented significance, both politically and economically, leading to benefits and problems at national and international levels. The Handbook of Emerging 21st-Century Cities explores the changes that are occurring in cities, and the impacts that they are having, at the local, national and global scale.Bringing together voices from around the world, this Handbook provides an interdisciplinary view of the changes that are happening in emerging cities, examining a range of topics from both theoretical and empirical perspectives. With chapters covering changes in urban economies, social dynamics, and emerging technology this Handbook radically rethinks the dynamics of cities in the 21st century, including those in the global south.The Handbook of Emerging 21st-Century Cities is an important addition to the literature, and is a useful resource for students of geography, economics, sociology, anthropology and urban planning. Its insights will also be of value for public administrators and urban planners, and anyone else whose work impacts on, or is impacted by, cities.Contributors include: R. Aijaz, K. Archer, K. Bezdecny, R. Bower, M.M. Brannon, P. Carmody, Y.-w. Chu, B. Coffyn Mitchell, E. Fekete, R. Ghadge, R. Grant, L.A. Herzog, W.G. Holt, D. Honnery, A. Jansson, O.A. K'Akumu, M. Klausen, J. Lauermann, P. Moriarty, J.T. Murphy, A.C. Oner, F. Owusu, B. Pasin, V. Peiteado Fernandez, J. Richardson, C. Saldana, B. Warf, P.D.A. WoodTrade Review‘... the book is one of the few contributions I know of which offers a sincerely cosmopolitan geography of knowledge on cities. It avoids categories such as North and South as it moves in changing directions across the regions of the world (although with Eurasia as a gap). Secondly, the book returns attention to emerging city forms and processes.’ -- Philip Harrison, Eurasian Geography and Economics'This superb Handbook revolves around what the meaning of the term 'city' might be in the 21st century. In this urban century, this is indeed the pre-eminent question and this book incisively dissects the multiplicity of processes that animate and structure this century's urbanity. A must read for all students and lovers of the city.' --Erik Swyngedouw, The University of Manchester, UK’The Handbook of Emerging 21st Century Cities is comprised of well written and timely chapters that can be useful for undergraduate or graduate courses in urban planning, public policy and geography. It is also a useful resource for scholars or economic development professional to have on their bookshelf. The book is a long and sometimes dense read, but well worth the time.’ -- Marie Howland, Journal of Urban Regeneration and RenewalTable of ContentsContents: 1. Conceptualizing the Emerging 21st Century City Kris Bezdecny and Kevin Archer Part I Emerging City Theory 2. Strategic simplification and the urban politics of defining ‘the city’ John Lauermann 3. Creating environmentally sustainable cities: not an easy task Patrick Moriarty and Damon Honnery 4. Antifragility and the Transformative Idea of Slow Urbanism Richard Bower 5. Uneven geographical development and the city: Conceptualizing the fractalization of space Kris Bezdecny Part II Cities as spaces of emerging power 6. China’s New Urbanization Plan: crafting China’s new cities or more of the cliché? Yin-wah Chu 7. The Impact of China on African Cities: Potentials for Development James T. Murphy, Pádraig Carmody, Richard Grant and Francis Owusu 8. Quality of Life in Indian Cities Rumi Aijaz 9. Emerging Digital Cities of East Asia: Seoul, Singapore and Shanghai Barney Warf Part III Cities as Spaces of Emerging Economies 10. Mega Urban Developments in the Arabian Peninsula for a Post-Oil Future Burkay Pasin and Asli Ceylan Oner 11. Urbanization of Poverty: The African City’s Challenge of the Century Owiti A. K’Akumu 12. Planned to Fail: Creating the Global South in American South Communities William G. Holt 13. The U.S.-Mexico Transfrontier Metropolis: Theoretical and Empirical Explorations Lawrence A. Herzog Part IV Cities of Emerging Social Dynamics 14. Inclusive Growth and the Urban Question: Some Lessons from Asia Ravi Ghadge 15. The institutionalization of the right to the city: The Spanish case Vítor Peiteado Fernández 16. Border cities: urban growth and planning at the national periphery Peter D. A. Wood 17. Loftification: The Refurbished Gentrification Dynamic Christiana Saldana Part V Cities as Spaces of Emerging Technologies 18. Data-driven Divides: Smart Cities and Techno-racial Segregation Monica M. Brannon 19. Urban Renewal in the Hybrid City: Using Data for Development Emily Fekete 20. Applying Critical Cartography Redress Urban Disinvestment and Financial Access for Communities Jason Richardson and Bruce Coffyn Mitchell 21. The Spreadable City: Urban Exploration and Connective Media André Jansson and Maja Klausen Index

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Book Synopsis'Between the ever-open possibilities of the global space, and the nation-state with its still seemingly irreducible hold on territory and imagination, lies the region. In higher education there are many kinds of region. This is by far the best book on regional developments, and one of the first two or three books we must now turn to in order to understand global higher education-it provides an invaluable geo-spatial lens that complements analyses based on political economy and culture.'- Simon Marginson, ESRC/HEFCE Centre for Global Higher Education and University College London, UKThis original book provides a unique analysis of the different regional and inter-regional projects, their processes and the politics of Europeanisation, globalisation and education. Collectively, the contributors engage with a range of theories on regionalising to explore new ways of thinking about regionalisms and inter-regionalisms with a focus on the higher education sector. It makes the compelling case that globally, higher education is being transformed by regionalizing and inter-regionalizing projects aimed at resolving ongoing economic, political and cultural challenges within and beyond national territorial states.The chapters range over a wide geography of regional projects and their unique politics - from Europe to Latin America, Africa, Asia, Europe, the Gulf, and the Barent region. Collectively they reveal the diverse, uneven, and variegated nature of global regionalisms in higher education. Comprehensive and theoretically informed, this unique book will appeal to academics and postgraduate students, in addition to policymakers and administrators involved in higher education.Contributors include: T. Aljafari, N. Azman, A.A. Bakar, R.Y. Chao Jr., J.-É. Charlier, S. Croché, R. Dale, Q.A. Dang, L.A. Gandin, T.D. Jules, S. Melo, P. Motter, T. Muhr, M.L. Neves de Azevedo, K. Olds, O.M. Panait, D. Perrotta, S.L. Robertson, M. Sirat, M. Sundet, A. WelchTrade Review'This is an outstanding book that brings sharp analytical focus to the regionalisation of higher education rather than subsuming it under the broader rubric of transnational education. It brings a critical perspective to regional higher education that understand it as political and cultural projects - albeit contested - that produce new cartographies of higher education governance. It asks: who drives these projects, what interest do they serve, who are the governed and the governors in these systems of governance. This is essential reading for any interested in the future of higher education.' --Kanishka Jayasuriya, Murdoch University, Australia'Regional supra-national organizations such as the European Union, NAFTA and ASEAN are not only integrated through formal agreements between member states. As this collection of studies of higher education convincingly shows, the knowledge-based services economy fueling much global economic growth is becoming dependent on higher-education collaborative projects at the regional scale. These projects transcends the bounds of the state-to-state compacts as such and point to the increasingly regional future of this entire sector.' --John Agnew, University of California, Los Angeles'In an age of complex multilateralism, regionalist strategies and regionalisation, processes need to feature much more prominently in academic research literatures. Global Regionalisms and Higher Education is exemplary in its understanding of this key point. It provides a comprehensive, lucid, illuminating and engaging study of the diverse ways in which education systems, policies and politics are embroiled in processes of region-building, and their significance for theory and practice. Significantly enriching our understanding of what it means to 'regionalise' education, Robertson et al have delivered what deserves to be recognised as a turning point in the sociology of globalisation, regional integration, social policy and education.' --Nicola Yeates, The Open University, UKTable of ContentsContents: Introduction Global Regionalisms and Higher Education Susan L. Robertson, Roger Dale, Kris Olds and Que Anh Dang 1. Higher Education, The EU, and the Cultural Political Economy of Regionalism Susan L. Robertson, Mário Luiz Neves de Azevedo and Roger Dale 2. Different Regionalisms, One European Higher Education Regionalization: The Case of the Bologna Process Susana Melo 3. Erasmus Mundus and the EU: Intrinsic Sectoral Regionalism in Higher Education Roger Dale 4. Inter-regional Higher Education Arena: The Transposition of European Instruments in Africa Jean-Émile Charlier, Sarah Croché and Oana Marina Panait 5. Harmonization of Higher Education in Southeast Asia Regionalism: Politics First, and then Education Morshidi Sirat, Norzaini Azman and Aishah Abu Bakar 6. Changing Higher Education Discourse in the Making of the ASEAN Region Roger Y. Chao Jr. 7. Shaping an ASEM (Higher) Education Area: Hybrid Sectoral Regionalism from Within Que Anh Dang 8. Ir-Regular Regionalism? China’s Borderlands and ASEAN Higher Education: Trapped in the Prism Anthony Welch 9. Good Friends and Faceless Partners: Educational Cooperation for Community Building in the Barents Region Marit Sundet 10. Transregionalism and the Caribbean Higher Educational Space Tavis D. Jules 11. MERCOSUR, Regulatory Regionalism and Contesting Projects of Higher Education Governance Daniela Perrotta 12. South-South Development Cooperation and the Socio-Spatial Reconfiguration of Latin America-Caribbean Regionalisms: University Education in the Brazil-Venezuela ‘Special Border Regime’ Thomas Muhr 13. Higher Education and New Regionalism in Latin America: The UNILA Project Paulino Motter and Luis Armando Gandin 14. Regionalization, Higher Education and the Gulf Cooperation Council Tahani Aljafari Index

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Book Synopsis'Between the ever-open possibilities of the global space, and the nation-state with its still seemingly irreducible hold on territory and imagination, lies the region. In higher education there are many kinds of region. This is by far the best book on regional developments, and one of the first two or three books we must now turn to in order to understand global higher education-it provides an invaluable geo-spatial lens that complements analyses based on political economy and culture.'- Simon Marginson, ESRC/HEFCE Centre for Global Higher Education and University College London, UKThis original book provides a unique analysis of the different regional and inter-regional projects, their processes and the politics of Europeanisation, globalisation and education. Collectively, the contributors engage with a range of theories on regionalising to explore new ways of thinking about regionalisms and inter-regionalisms with a focus on the higher education sector. It makes the compelling case that globally, higher education is being transformed by regionalizing and inter-regionalizing projects aimed at resolving ongoing economic, political and cultural challenges within and beyond national territorial states.The chapters range over a wide geography of regional projects and their unique politics - from Europe to Latin America, Africa, Asia, Europe, the Gulf, and the Barent region. Collectively they reveal the diverse, uneven, and variegated nature of global regionalisms in higher education. Comprehensive and theoretically informed, this unique book will appeal to academics and postgraduate students, in addition to policymakers and administrators involved in higher education.Contributors include: T. Aljafari, N. Azman, A.A. Bakar, R.Y. Chao Jr., J.-É. Charlier, S. Croché, R. Dale, Q.A. Dang, L.A. Gandin, T.D. Jules, S. Melo, P. Motter, T. Muhr, M.L. Neves de Azevedo, K. Olds, O.M. Panait, D. Perrotta, S.L. Robertson, M. Sirat, M. Sundet, A. WelchTrade Review'This is an outstanding book that brings sharp analytical focus to the regionalisation of higher education rather than subsuming it under the broader rubric of transnational education. It brings a critical perspective to regional higher education that understand it as political and cultural projects - albeit contested - that produce new cartographies of higher education governance. It asks: who drives these projects, what interest do they serve, who are the governed and the governors in these systems of governance. This is essential reading for any interested in the future of higher education.' --Kanishka Jayasuriya, Murdoch University, Australia'Regional supra-national organizations such as the European Union, NAFTA and ASEAN are not only integrated through formal agreements between member states. As this collection of studies of higher education convincingly shows, the knowledge-based services economy fueling much global economic growth is becoming dependent on higher-education collaborative projects at the regional scale. These projects transcends the bounds of the state-to-state compacts as such and point to the increasingly regional future of this entire sector.' --John Agnew, University of California, Los Angeles'In an age of complex multilateralism, regionalist strategies and regionalisation, processes need to feature much more prominently in academic research literatures. Global Regionalisms and Higher Education is exemplary in its understanding of this key point. It provides a comprehensive, lucid, illuminating and engaging study of the diverse ways in which education systems, policies and politics are embroiled in processes of region-building, and their significance for theory and practice. Significantly enriching our understanding of what it means to 'regionalise' education, Robertson et al have delivered what deserves to be recognised as a turning point in the sociology of globalisation, regional integration, social policy and education.' --Nicola Yeates, The Open University, UKTable of ContentsContents: Introduction Global Regionalisms and Higher Education Susan L. Robertson, Roger Dale, Kris Olds and Que Anh Dang 1. Higher Education, The EU, and the Cultural Political Economy of Regionalism Susan L. Robertson, Mário Luiz Neves de Azevedo and Roger Dale 2. Different Regionalisms, One European Higher Education Regionalization: The Case of the Bologna Process Susana Melo 3. Erasmus Mundus and the EU: Intrinsic Sectoral Regionalism in Higher Education Roger Dale 4. Inter-regional Higher Education Arena: The Transposition of European Instruments in Africa Jean-Émile Charlier, Sarah Croché and Oana Marina Panait 5. Harmonization of Higher Education in Southeast Asia Regionalism: Politics First, and then Education Morshidi Sirat, Norzaini Azman and Aishah Abu Bakar 6. Changing Higher Education Discourse in the Making of the ASEAN Region Roger Y. Chao Jr. 7. Shaping an ASEM (Higher) Education Area: Hybrid Sectoral Regionalism from Within Que Anh Dang 8. Ir-Regular Regionalism? China’s Borderlands and ASEAN Higher Education: Trapped in the Prism Anthony Welch 9. Good Friends and Faceless Partners: Educational Cooperation for Community Building in the Barents Region Marit Sundet 10. Transregionalism and the Caribbean Higher Educational Space Tavis D. Jules 11. MERCOSUR, Regulatory Regionalism and Contesting Projects of Higher Education Governance Daniela Perrotta 12. South-South Development Cooperation and the Socio-Spatial Reconfiguration of Latin America-Caribbean Regionalisms: University Education in the Brazil-Venezuela ‘Special Border Regime’ Thomas Muhr 13. Higher Education and New Regionalism in Latin America: The UNILA Project Paulino Motter and Luis Armando Gandin 14. Regionalization, Higher Education and the Gulf Cooperation Council Tahani Aljafari Index

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Book SynopsisThe Handbook of Universities and Regional Development offers a comprehensive and up-to-date insight into how academic institutions impact and enhance their surroundings. It also sheds light on universities as regional development actors from a historical perspective, both by introducing institutional changes and highlighting the interrelatedness of society, business and academia. Chapters provide comprehensive investigations into knowledge transfer mechanisms to explore the diverse ways in which ideas and intellectual property can flow between universities and businesses. Detailed comparative case studies from across the globe expose the highly contextual nature of interactions between academic institutions and their regions. Regional studies scholars will find this Handbook offers a thorough analysis of the topic, as well as a range of key interpretations on the relationships between universities and regional development. Providing important policy recommendations aimed at creating improved relations between academic institutions and their environment, this thought-provoking Handbook is key reading for regional policy makers as well as university managers and administrators. Contributors include: S. Bagchi-Sen, P. Benneworth, M. Breul, Y. Cai, F. Eckardt, L. Edmunds, K. Erdós, H. Etzkowitz, M.P. Feldman, Z. Gál, H. Goldstein, R. Huggins, A. Inzelt, A. Johnston, H. Lawton Smith, A. Lyytinen, J. Manoel Carvalho de Mello, C. Martínez, P. McCann, L. Melo, E.I. Nwakpuda, R. Ortega-Argilés, P. Ptácek, V. Radinger-Peer, E. Rasmussen, T. Renault, J. Revilla Diez, S. Sedlacek, S. Slaughter, N.M. Sorber, R. Sternberg, V. Sterzi, B.J. Taylor, J. van den Broek, A. Varga, A. Vorderwülbecke, J. Wrana, P. Yang, S.R. YatesTrade Review‘The Handbook is a quality addition to the already deep literature on the topic of universities and regional development. Again, the focus is on the technology transfer and commercialization linkages and not broader areas of regional engagement that universities may possess. The Handbook could be a useful reference in a graduate seminar or a valuable addition to one's personal library.’ -- Frank J Calzonetti, Regional Science Policy & Practice'The Handbook of Universities and Regional Development provides a comprehensive and excellent overview of theoretical and empirical research on the role of universities as regional development actors. Its collection of studies provides a useful foundation for graduate students interested in the field, and offers stimulating reading for regional policymakers. Scholars interested in these topics should find this edited collection a source of inspiration for their own research.' -- Pablo D’Este, Regional Studies'This Handbook, on the role and different missions of universities in regional development, is long overdue. The renowned competence of the two editors - Attila Varga and Katalin Erdós - allow them to aptly select a number of outstanding contributions, providing a wide-ranging and critical overview of the cutting-edge theoretical and empirical research on universities as major players in regional economic development across a variety of geographies. An excellent and essential compendium for both graduate students and researchers interested in the field.' -- Simona Iammarino, London School of Economics, UK'By studying universities as actors in regional development and as sources of knowledge spillovers, the book provides an interesting picture of the contribution of such institutions to regional development. Universities are back on the scene as active players of the modern knowledge economy.' --Roberta Capello, Politecnico di Milano and Past President of RSAI, ItalyTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction 1 Katalin Erdős and Attila Varga PART I UNIVERSITIES AS ACTORS IN REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT 2. A history of the American land-grant universities and regional development 11 Nathan M. Sorber 3. The second academic revolution : antecedents and consequences of academic entrepreneurship 29 Henry Etzkowitz 4. Universities and their economic and social contribution to regional development 44 Philip McCann and Raquel Ortega-Argilés 5. The transformative role of universities in regional innovation systems : lessons from university engagement in cross-border regions 54 Jos van den Broek, Franziska Eckardt and Paul Benneworth 6. Connections between universities and industry in the United States : trusteeship before and after the great recession 73 Sheila Slaughter and Barrett J. Taylor 7. Philanthropic support of higher education : major gifts from high net worth individuals 90 Emily I. Nwakpuda and Maryann P. Feldman PART II UNIVERSITY KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER MECHANISMS 8. University patenting and the quest for technology transfer policy models in Europe 111 Catalina Martínez and Valerio Sterzi 9. The regional impacts of university spin-offs : in what ways do spin-offs contribute to the region? 151 Einar Rasmussen 10. The under-researched role of alumni spin-off entrepreneurs in upgrading a university’s entrepreneurial support structure: essential ingredient or just a decorative accessory? 166 Arne Vorderwülbecke and Rolf Sternberg 11. Scientists as businessmen – can they, should they? 192 Katalin Erdős 12. Networks, innovation systems and the geography of university–industry linkages : the case of knowledge-intensive business services 210 Andrew Johnston and Robert Huggins PART III REGIONAL CASE STUDIES FROM THREE CONTINENTS 13. Universities, the bioscience sector and local economic development in Oxfordshire : challenges and opportunities 230 Helen Lawton Smith, Sharmistha Bagchi-Sen and Laurel Edmunds 14. The pathways and challenges of university engagement: comparative case studies 251 Harvey Goldstein, Verena Radinger-Peer and Sabine Sedlacek 15. The role of mid-range universities in knowledge transfer and regional development : the case of five central European regions 279 Zoltán Gál and Pavel Ptáček 16. Progress of academic knowledge-based entrepreneurship in three minor post- Soviet economies 301 Annamária Inzelt 17. The role of non-research universities in regional innovation systems in China 329 Yuzhuo Cai, Po Yang and Anu Lyytinen 18. Changing higher education systems through corporate social responsibility? ─ A study on multinational enterprises’ efforts to establish proto-institutions at Vietnamese universities 348 Jöran Wrana, Moritz Breul and Javier Revilla Diez 19. Universities and innovation habitats in Brazil : cases of the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro and the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro 370 Thiago Renault, Sérgio R. 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Book SynopsisPlace branding as an academic field is both challenging and under explored. In the face of an ever-expanding global urban population, this Handbook illustrates how place branding can contribute to transforming urban agglomeration into sustainable and healthy areas. The Chapters cover four key areas; place branding as a tool for economic development, experiences of place making, methodologies to develop place brands, and urban regeneration. Pioneering experts provide in-depth analysis on the politics and significance of place branding's inclusion in economic development programs, the multisensory dimensions of sense of place, and new epistemologies and methodologies for research. They further examine the role of place marketing in combatting challenges for future cities such as mobility, aesthetics and metropolitan conurbation. Students and scholars in management, marketing and economics will find this innovative and contemporary Handbook a must read. Eminently practical, it will also benefit policy makers and place planners, alongside consultants on public policies.Contributors: E. Arnould, G.J. Ashworth, S. Askegaard, S. Brown, A. Campelo, D. Kjeldgaard, M. Lichrou, D. Medway, K. O'Leary, L. O'Malley, E. Oliveira, C.J. Parker, C. Pasquinelli, M. Patterson, H.D. Pedersen, K. Swanson, A. Therkelsen, G. WarnabyTrade Review'Place marketing and branding have become key priorities of academicians, practitioners, and politicians. Against a rich background of theoretical and empirical research by world-known experts within the field, this Handbook develops a fresh perspective on these critical issues. With a unique and fascinating collection of thought-provoking chapters, the book offers both theoretical and practical insights. I am pleased to recommend the book; it is a refreshing and rewarding read.' --Adam Lindgreen, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark'Adriana Campelo's Handbook consolidates not only existing knowledge of place branding, it also offers insights into its controversies and possible solutions. Taking a stakeholder approach, the chapters include a wide range of concerns that are thought-provoking and able to create refreshingly new discussions in what still remains an emerging field of socio-economic study and practice.' --Juergen Gnoth, University of Otago, New Zealand'This Handbook provides a thoughtful overview of a growing area of brand research, and insightfully reveals how place branding, destination marketing, and tourism intersect with a wide array of managerial and societal concerns. Both comprehensive and creative, it makes for a useful introduction to an important topic. It makes a distinctive contribution to understanding the relevance of place branding today for a wide variety of fields.' --Jonathan Schroeder, Rochester Institute of TechnologyTable of ContentsContents: Part 1: Place branding: strategies and perspectives 1. The state of art: From country-of-origin to strategies for economic development Adriana Campelo 2. A strategic spatial planning approach to regional branding: challenges and opportunities Eduardo Oliveira and Gregory J. Ashworth 3. The Cultural Branding Matrix: framing the relation between cultural institutions and city branding Cecilia Pasquinelli 4. ‘Like a pair of worn-out slippers’: Place attraction factors among return migrants to peripheral places Helle Dalsgaard Pedersen and Anette Therkelsen Part 2: Place making 5. Place brand meaning-making: culture, ethos and habitus Adriana Campelo 6. “I love this place”: Tourists’ destination brand love Kathryn Swanson, Dominic Medway, and Gary Warnaby 7. Programmatic Authenticity: Culinary Place Branding in Greenland Søren Askegaard, Dannie Kjeldgaard, and Eric Arnould 8. Smell it, taste it, listen it, touch it, and see it to make sense of this place Adriana Campelo Part 3: Methodologies for place branding 9. Multisensory place branding: a manifesto for research Dominic Medway and Gary Warnaby 10. Place Branding and Place Narratives Maria Lichrou, Maurice Patterson, Lisa O’Malley and Killian O’Leary 11. Place Brand Biography: Something Special or Same Old Story? Stephen Brown Part 4: Urban issues 12. Mobility, Marketing, and the Experience of the City Gary Warnaby and Christopher J. Parker 13. Pretty vacant? Implications of neglect and emptiness for urban aesthetics and place branding Gary Warnaby and Dominic Medway 14. Trends and Final Remarks Adriana Campelo Index

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Book SynopsisPlace branding as an academic field is both challenging and under explored. In the face of an ever-expanding global urban population, this Handbook illustrates how place branding can contribute to transforming urban agglomeration into sustainable and healthy areas. The Chapters cover four key areas; place branding as a tool for economic development, experiences of place making, methodologies to develop place brands, and urban regeneration. Pioneering experts provide in-depth analysis on the politics and significance of place branding's inclusion in economic development programs, the multisensory dimensions of sense of place, and new epistemologies and methodologies for research. They further examine the role of place marketing in combatting challenges for future cities such as mobility, aesthetics and metropolitan conurbation. Students and scholars in management, marketing and economics will find this innovative and contemporary Handbook a must read. Eminently practical, it will also benefit policy makers and place planners, alongside consultants on public policies.Contributors: E. Arnould, G.J. Ashworth, S. Askegaard, S. Brown, A. Campelo, D. Kjeldgaard, M. Lichrou, D. Medway, K. O'Leary, L. O'Malley, E. Oliveira, C.J. Parker, C. Pasquinelli, M. Patterson, H.D. Pedersen, K. Swanson, A. Therkelsen, G. WarnabyTrade Review'Place marketing and branding have become key priorities of academicians, practitioners, and politicians. Against a rich background of theoretical and empirical research by world-known experts within the field, this Handbook develops a fresh perspective on these critical issues. With a unique and fascinating collection of thought-provoking chapters, the book offers both theoretical and practical insights. I am pleased to recommend the book; it is a refreshing and rewarding read.' --Adam Lindgreen, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark'Adriana Campelo's Handbook consolidates not only existing knowledge of place branding, it also offers insights into its controversies and possible solutions. Taking a stakeholder approach, the chapters include a wide range of concerns that are thought-provoking and able to create refreshingly new discussions in what still remains an emerging field of socio-economic study and practice.' --Juergen Gnoth, University of Otago, New Zealand'This Handbook provides a thoughtful overview of a growing area of brand research, and insightfully reveals how place branding, destination marketing, and tourism intersect with a wide array of managerial and societal concerns. Both comprehensive and creative, it makes for a useful introduction to an important topic. It makes a distinctive contribution to understanding the relevance of place branding today for a wide variety of fields.' --Jonathan Schroeder, Rochester Institute of TechnologyTable of ContentsContents: Part 1: Place branding: strategies and perspectives 1. The state of art: From country-of-origin to strategies for economic development Adriana Campelo 2. A strategic spatial planning approach to regional branding: challenges and opportunities Eduardo Oliveira and Gregory J. Ashworth 3. The Cultural Branding Matrix: framing the relation between cultural institutions and city branding Cecilia Pasquinelli 4. ‘Like a pair of worn-out slippers’: Place attraction factors among return migrants to peripheral places Helle Dalsgaard Pedersen and Anette Therkelsen Part 2: Place making 5. Place brand meaning-making: culture, ethos and habitus Adriana Campelo 6. “I love this place”: Tourists’ destination brand love Kathryn Swanson, Dominic Medway, and Gary Warnaby 7. Programmatic Authenticity: Culinary Place Branding in Greenland Søren Askegaard, Dannie Kjeldgaard, and Eric Arnould 8. Smell it, taste it, listen it, touch it, and see it to make sense of this place Adriana Campelo Part 3: Methodologies for place branding 9. Multisensory place branding: a manifesto for research Dominic Medway and Gary Warnaby 10. Place Branding and Place Narratives Maria Lichrou, Maurice Patterson, Lisa O’Malley and Killian O’Leary 11. Place Brand Biography: Something Special or Same Old Story? Stephen Brown Part 4: Urban issues 12. Mobility, Marketing, and the Experience of the City Gary Warnaby and Christopher J. Parker 13. Pretty vacant? Implications of neglect and emptiness for urban aesthetics and place branding Gary Warnaby and Dominic Medway 14. Trends and Final Remarks Adriana Campelo Index

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Book SynopsisDevelopments in recent decades have led to money and finance assuming unprecedented influence over almost every aspect of economic and social life. Making the case for a geography of money, this multidisciplinary Handbook argues it is necessary to think spatially about the constitution and expressions of money and financial systems in the wake of the 2007?-2008 Global Financial Crisis.High-quality, research-based contributions from leading international scholars illustrate how the operation and regulation of monetary and financial systems both shape and are shaped by local, national and global developments. Examining four key dimensions of this geography, they consider the different spaces of monetary relations and instabilities, how money and finance contribute to geographically uneven economic development, the regulatory spaces of money, and the emergence of alternative forms and circuits of finance outside the established banking system. Timely and discerning, this book will be of particular importance to geographers, political scientists, sociologists, economists and planners. It will also be of great interest to all those concerned with how money shapes and reshapes socio-economic space, as well as how it conditions local and regional development.Contributors: M.B. Aalbers, D.S. Bieri, D. Bryan, B. Christophers, G.L. Clark, J. Corpateaux, O. Crevoisier, K. Datta, A.D. Dixon, S. Dörry, G.A. Dymski, M. Gray, B. Klagge, J. Knox-Hayes, S. Köppe, G. Marandola, R. Martin, P. North, P. O'Brien, L. Papi, A. Pike, M. Pilkington, J. Pollard, M. Pryke, M. Rafferty, L. Rethel, E. Sarno, B.A. Searle, M. Shabani, T.J. Sinclair, E. Slack, P. Sunley, T. Theurillat, T. Wainwright, D. Wigan, D. Wójcik, G. Yeung, A. Zazzaro, B. ZhangTrade Review‘This is an interesting and well-referenced book that contains a lot of useful knowledge about the world’s financial and monetary systems.’ -- Gordon F. Mulligan, Economic Development QuarterlyTable of ContentsContents: INTRODUCTION 1. The Geography of Money and Finance Ron Martin and Jane Pollard PART I THE CASE FOR A GEOGRAPHY OF MONEY 2. On the Geography of Bubbles and Financial Crises Gary A. Dymski and Mimoza Shabani 3. The Geographical Political Economy of Money and Finance after the Great Crisis: Beyond ‘Market Discipline’ Brett Christophers 4. The Territorial Governance of the Financial Industry Jose Corpataux, Olivier Crevoisier and Thierry Theurillat 5. The Map and the Territory: Exploring Capital’s New Financialised Spatialities Dick Bryan, Mike Rafferty and Duncan Wigan 6. ‘This Time it’s Different’… and Why it Matters: The Shifting Geographies of Money, Finance and Risks Michael Pryke PART II MONEY, THE SPATIAL ORGANIZATION OF FINANCIAL SYSTEMS AND UNEVEN GEOGRAPHICAL DEVELOPMENT 7. The Spatial Structure of the Financial System and the Funding of Regional Business: A Comparison of Britain and Germany Britta Klagge, Ron Martin and Peter Sunley 8. The Geographical Network of Bank Organizations: Issues and Evidence for Italy Luca Papi, Emma Sarno and Alberto Zazzaro 9. Innovation and Stock Markets: International Evidence on Manufacturing and Services Dariusz Wójcik 10. The Financialisation and Governance of Infrastructure Peter O’Brien and Andy Pike 11. The Geography of Local Public Finance Enid Slack 12. The State as Institutional Investor: Unpacking the Geographical Political Economy of Sovereign Wealth Funds Adam D. Dixon 13. Geographies of Mortgage Markets Manuel B. Aalbers 14. Geographies of Assets and Debt Beverley A. Searle and Stephan Köppe 15. The Financial Legacy of Pension Fund Capitalism Gordon L. Clark PART III SPACES OF FINANCIAL AND MONETARY REGULATION 16. Regulatory Space and the Flow of Funds across the Hierarchy of Money David S. Bieri 17. Regulatory Spaces in Global Finance Sabine Dörry 18. Emerging Onshore-Offshore Services: The Case of Asset-Backed Finance Markets in Europe Thomas Wainwright 19. Banking Reform in China: A Balancing Act between Financial Viability and Financial Security Godfrey Yeung 20. Credit Rating Agencies are Poorly Understood and the Rules Developed for Them Will Not Work Ginevra Marandola and Timothy J. Sinclair PART IV NEW AND EMERGING MONEY SPACES 21. Alternative Circuits of Capital: Parallel Economies of Environmental Finance Janelle Knox Hayes 22. Geographies of Alternative, Complimentary and Community Currencies Peter North 23. ‘Mainstreaming; the Alternative’; The Financialisation of Transnational Migrant Remittances Kavita Datta 24. The Imaginary Landscapes of Islamic Finance and the Global Financial Crisis Lena Rethel 25. Crowdfunding: Understanding Diversity Mia Gray and Bryan Zhang 26. Bitcoin through the Lens of Complexity Theory Marc Pilkington Index

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Book SynopsisIn just one generation, South Korea has transformed from a recipient of foreign aid to a member of the G20. In this informative book, South Korea is used as a case by which to explore and illustrate specific issues arising from the complex relationships between the nation's economic development and society. O. Yul Kwon considers the task of achieving sustainable and equitable social and economic development in South Korea. Kwon presents an in-depth analysis from macro perspectives as well as examining micro-level relationships between economic development and social trust in the recent past. Grounded in empirical research of Korean society and economy, Kwon offers practical suggestions by which to achieve sustainable and equitable development in South Korea. This insightful and timely book provides valuable information for a scholarly audience interested in South Korean history, economics and society, and for researchers investigating the significance of the relationship between economic development and society as well as social trust.Table of ContentsContents: Preface Introduction PART I SOCIOECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS AND SOCIAL TRUST IN KOREA 1. Social trust: its concepts, determinants, roles, and raising ways 2. Recent economic development and emerging social issues in Korea 3. Social evolution in conjunction with economic development in Korea 4. Social Trust and Economic Development in Korea 5. Economic Bipolarization and its Effects on Society in Korea PART II RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN SOCIAL TRUST AND THEIR SOCIOECONOMIC EFFECTS IN KOREA 6. Interpersonal Trust 7. Social Trust in Government 8. Social Trust in Business 9. Social Trust in Labor Index

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