Regional / International studies Books

Book SynopsisElgar Research Agendas outline the future of research in a given area. Leading scholars are given the space to explore their subject in provocative ways, and map out the potential directions of travel. They are relevant but also visionary. City-regions are regeneration economies, or in other words, places that are experiencing on-going processes of recovery, adaptation or transformation. This Research Agenda provides both a state-of-the-art review of existing research on city-regions, and expands on new research approaches. Expert contributors from across the globe explore key areas of research for reading city-regions, including: trade, services and people, regional differentiation, big data, global production networks, governance and policy, and regional development. The book focuses on developing a more integrated and systematic approach to reading city-regions as part of regeneration economics by identifying conceptual and methodological developments in this field of study. Students in geography, urban studies and city and regional planning will greatly benefit from reading this, as it provides a wealth of stimuli for essays and dissertation topics. Advanced business and public policy students will also benefit from the focus on translating research into practice, an approach that this Research Agenda takes in several chapters.Contributors include: L. Andres, J.R. Bryson, J. Clark, G.J.D. Hewings, N. Kreston, M. Nathan, P. Nijkamp, J. Steenbruggen, R.J. Stimson, E. Tranos, A. Weaver, D. Wójcik, G. YeungTrade Review'This important text meaningfully advances our understanding of the complex relations between city regions and regeneration economies across the globe. Bryson, Andres and Mulhall masterfully assemble leading voices in the social sciences that provide us with innovative and penetrating analyses of current economic realities in these places and what needs to be done to resuscitate them. The result is a compelling and provocative account of places struggling to regenerate their economies and how informed public policy may make a difference.' --David Wilson, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, US'We often assume regions in crisis are destined for continued decline. This book challenges that assumption, showing the possibility for struggling regions to rebound and overcome economic adversity. But equally it highlights the need for thoughtful and sustained institutional action to extend the benefits of regeneration, especially in support of shared prosperity.' --Nichola Lowe, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, US'A Research Agenda for Regeneration Economies is a most welcome addition to the scholarly literature on regional economic development planning and ''regeneration economies''. The lessons offered by the distinguished contributors to this volume should find a prominent place in professional planning curricula as well as in continuing-education workshops for practitioners.' --Jeffrey M. Chusid, Cornell University, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface: Timing and Placing Regeneration Economies 1. Dynamics and City-Region Regeneration Economies: Shaping the directions of a new Research Agenda Lauren Andres and John R. Bryson 2. Regenerating Regional Economies: Trade in Goods and Services and People Geoffrey J.D. Hewings 3. Economic Restructuring and Spatial Differentiation Down-Under Robert J. Stimson 4. Beyond Years of Schooling: Precisely Measured Skills, Skill Formation, and Economic Growth Andrew Weaver 5. Global Production Networks and Regeneration Economies Godfrey Yeung 6. Resilience of US metropolitan areas to the 2008 financial crisis Nicholas Kreston and Dariusz Wójcik 7. Regeneration Economies: A Research Agenda: Governance, policy and regional development Jennifer Clark 8. Mobile phone operators, their (big) data and urban analysis Emmanouil Tranos, John Steenbruggen and Peter Nijkamp 9. Linking Research and Policy for Local Economies Max Nathan 10. People, Place, Space and City-Regions: Towards an Integrated or Systemic Approach to Reading City-Region Regeneration Economies John R. Bryson, Lauren Andres and Rachel Mulhall 11. Epilogue: Towards a Research Agenda for City-Region Regeneration Economies: From Artificial Intelligence, the Gig Economy to Air Pollution John R. Bryson and Lauren Andres Index

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Book SynopsisThe policy framework advocated by Minford et al. . . . is grounded in economic theory and an incisive empirical analysis of the costs of UK's membership of the EU. Their thesis that the EU is a political union practising economic protectionism in the guise of gradualism towards free trade makes sense. . . . Minford and his associates' analysis suggests that the EU's policy framework of free trade for members but restrictions on trade of non-members with the EU countries is a second best policy adopted to promote political rather than economic objectives.'- V.N. Balasubramanyam, Lancaster University, UK'The EU got the Nobel Prize for Peace in 2012, but such an award is not forthcoming for economics. In fact, the EU faces a stern public discontent throughout Europe. For years EU leaders have been unable to agree on almost anything. The eurozone's toxic monetary embrace is a colossal failure that has provoked misery in most of the participating countries and, worst of all, suffocated the hopes of prosperity for many years to come. The EU is no longer a venture that inspires people to run on barricades to defend it. Should Britain be a part of the crumbling EU project? This book provides a timely and documented answer. It is highly recommended reading.'- Miroslav N. Jovanovi , University of Geneva, Switzerland'Much too much of the debate about the UK's relationship with the European Union relies upon general declarations unsupported by facts and assertions and claims not substantiated by evidence. This is why we need so badly the careful quantitative analysis provided by Patrick Minford and his colleagues. The UK electorate will have a momentous decision to take when the EU referendum takes place. History and emotions will be important, but getting the facts straight is even more vital.'- John Mills, Founder and Chairman of JML and Co-Chairman of Business for Britain'Patrick Minford and his team have performed a hugely valuable service by quantifying the costs of Britain's EU membership. In particular, they show that Britain pays too much for too high a proportion of its imports. The EU's protectionism in its trade with the rest of the world costs Britain a significant slice of its national output. Their demonstration of this vital point is thought-provoking and sophisticated, and greatly strengthens the case for the UK to leave the EU.'- Tim Congdon, CBE, International Monetary Research LtdPlaced in the context of the upcoming referendum, this second edition brings up to date a thorough review of all economic aspects of the UK's membership of the EU. It notes the intention of the EU to move to 'ever closer union' and the nature of the regulatory and general economic philosophy of its dominant members, whose position is enforced by qualified majority voting. The book highlights the UK s dilemma that, while extending free markets to its local region is attractive, this European philosophy and closer union are substantially at odds with the UK's traditions of free markets and freedom under the common law.This comprehensive examination of the economic costs and benefits of membership uses state-of-the-art modeling methods and includes estimates of its net costs as a percentage of GDP. The book explains how the decision to leave would follow from a judgement on the political economy of the EU as compared with that of the UK. It details the misconceptions involved in much of the debate about trade with the EU, and argues that the key issue is not access to markets but rather the prices at which trade takes place. Covered in careful detail is the economics of the UK's trade with the EU in the key sectors of agriculture, manufacturing, and services.Trade Review‘The policy framework advocated by Minford et al. . . is grounded in economic theory and an incisive empirical analysis of the costs of UK’s membership of the EU. Their thesis that the EU is a political union practising economic protectionism in the guise of gradualism towards free trade makes sense. . . Minford and his associates’ analysis suggests that the EU’s policy framework of free trade for members but restrictions on trade of non-members with the EU countries is a second best policy adopted to promote political rather than economic objectives.’ -- V.N. Balasubramanyam, Lancaster University, UK‘The EU got the Nobel Prize for Peace in 2012, but such an award is not forthcoming for economics. In fact, the EU faces a stern public discontent throughout Europe. For years EU leaders have been unable to agree on almost anything. The eurozone’s toxic monetary embrace is a colossal failure that has provoked misery in most of the participating countries and, worst of all, suffocated the hopes of prosperity for many years to come. The EU is no longer a venture that inspires people to run on barricades to defend it. Should Britain be a part of the crumbling EU project? This book provides a timely and documented answer. It is highly recommended reading.’ -- Miroslav N. Jovanovic, University of Geneva, Switzerland‘Much too much of the debate about the UK’s relationship with the European Union relies upon general declarations unsupported by facts and assertions and claims not substantiated by evidence. This is why we need so badly the careful quantitative analysis provided by Patrick Minford and his colleagues. The UK electorate will have a momentous decision to take when the EU referendum takes place. History and emotions will be important, but getting the facts straight is even more vital.’ -- John Mills, Founder and Chairman of JML and Co-Chairman of Business for Britain'Patrick Minford and his team have performed a hugely valuable service by quantifying the costs of Britain’s EU membership. In particular, they show that Britain pays too much for too high a proportion of its imports. The EU’s protectionism in its trade with the rest of the world costs Britain a significant slice of its national output. Their demonstration of this vital point is thought-provoking and sophisticated, and greatly strengthens the case for the UK to leave the EU' -- Tim Congdon, CBE, International Monetary Research Ltd‘Whether you are IN or OUT, this is certainly a book worth reading, in order to gain some knowledge and insight into both sides of the argument.’ -- Breakaway ReviewersTable of ContentsContents: PART I UK COSTS AND BENEFITS OF EU MEMBERSHIP 1. Introduction, The UK’s Relationship to the EU, The Aim of this Book and Policy Conclusions 2. The Costs of EU Regulation 3. The Cost of the Euro 4. The Cost of EU Trade Policies for the UK PART II RECENT TRADE DEVELOPMENTS- FACTS AND ANALYSIS 5. Agriculture 6. Manufactures 7. Services Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThe policy framework advocated by Minford et al. . . . is grounded in economic theory and an incisive empirical analysis of the costs of UK's membership of the EU. Their thesis that the EU is a political union practising economic protectionism in the guise of gradualism towards free trade makes sense. . . . Minford and his associates' analysis suggests that the EU's policy framework of free trade for members but restrictions on trade of non-members with the EU countries is a second best policy adopted to promote political rather than economic objectives.'- V.N. Balasubramanyam, Lancaster University, UK'The EU got the Nobel Prize for Peace in 2012, but such an award is not forthcoming for economics. In fact, the EU faces a stern public discontent throughout Europe. For years EU leaders have been unable to agree on almost anything. The eurozone's toxic monetary embrace is a colossal failure that has provoked misery in most of the participating countries and, worst of all, suffocated the hopes of prosperity for many years to come. The EU is no longer a venture that inspires people to run on barricades to defend it. Should Britain be a part of the crumbling EU project? This book provides a timely and documented answer. It is highly recommended reading.'- Miroslav N. Jovanovi , University of Geneva, Switzerland'Much too much of the debate about the UK's relationship with the European Union relies upon general declarations unsupported by facts and assertions and claims not substantiated by evidence. This is why we need so badly the careful quantitative analysis provided by Patrick Minford and his colleagues. The UK electorate will have a momentous decision to take when the EU referendum takes place. History and emotions will be important, but getting the facts straight is even more vital.'- John Mills, Founder and Chairman of JML and Co-Chairman of Business for Britain'Patrick Minford and his team have performed a hugely valuable service by quantifying the costs of Britain's EU membership. In particular, they show that Britain pays too much for too high a proportion of its imports. The EU's protectionism in its trade with the rest of the world costs Britain a significant slice of its national output. Their demonstration of this vital point is thought-provoking and sophisticated, and greatly strengthens the case for the UK to leave the EU.'- Tim Congdon, CBE, International Monetary Research LtdPlaced in the context of the upcoming referendum, this second edition brings up to date a thorough review of all economic aspects of the UK's membership of the EU. It notes the intention of the EU to move to 'ever closer union' and the nature of the regulatory and general economic philosophy of its dominant members, whose position is enforced by qualified majority voting. The book highlights the UK s dilemma that, while extending free markets to its local region is attractive, this European philosophy and closer union are substantially at odds with the UK's traditions of free markets and freedom under the common law.This comprehensive examination of the economic costs and benefits of membership uses state-of-the-art modeling methods and includes estimates of its net costs as a percentage of GDP. The book explains how the decision to leave would follow from a judgement on the political economy of the EU as compared with that of the UK. It details the misconceptions involved in much of the debate about trade with the EU, and argues that the key issue is not access to markets but rather the prices at which trade takes place. Covered in careful detail is the economics of the UK's trade with the EU in the key sectors of agriculture, manufacturing, and services.Trade Review‘The policy framework advocated by Minford et al. . . is grounded in economic theory and an incisive empirical analysis of the costs of UK’s membership of the EU. Their thesis that the EU is a political union practising economic protectionism in the guise of gradualism towards free trade makes sense. . . Minford and his associates’ analysis suggests that the EU’s policy framework of free trade for members but restrictions on trade of non-members with the EU countries is a second best policy adopted to promote political rather than economic objectives.’ -- V.N. Balasubramanyam, Lancaster University, UK‘The EU got the Nobel Prize for Peace in 2012, but such an award is not forthcoming for economics. In fact, the EU faces a stern public discontent throughout Europe. For years EU leaders have been unable to agree on almost anything. The eurozone’s toxic monetary embrace is a colossal failure that has provoked misery in most of the participating countries and, worst of all, suffocated the hopes of prosperity for many years to come. The EU is no longer a venture that inspires people to run on barricades to defend it. Should Britain be a part of the crumbling EU project? This book provides a timely and documented answer. It is highly recommended reading.’ -- Miroslav N. Jovanovic, University of Geneva, Switzerland‘Much too much of the debate about the UK’s relationship with the European Union relies upon general declarations unsupported by facts and assertions and claims not substantiated by evidence. This is why we need so badly the careful quantitative analysis provided by Patrick Minford and his colleagues. The UK electorate will have a momentous decision to take when the EU referendum takes place. History and emotions will be important, but getting the facts straight is even more vital.’ -- John Mills, Founder and Chairman of JML and Co-Chairman of Business for Britain'Patrick Minford and his team have performed a hugely valuable service by quantifying the costs of Britain’s EU membership. In particular, they show that Britain pays too much for too high a proportion of its imports. The EU’s protectionism in its trade with the rest of the world costs Britain a significant slice of its national output. Their demonstration of this vital point is thought-provoking and sophisticated, and greatly strengthens the case for the UK to leave the EU' -- Tim Congdon, CBE, International Monetary Research Ltd‘Whether you are IN or OUT, this is certainly a book worth reading, in order to gain some knowledge and insight into both sides of the argument.’ -- Breakaway ReviewersTable of ContentsContents: PART I UK COSTS AND BENEFITS OF EU MEMBERSHIP 1. Introduction, The UK’s Relationship to the EU, The Aim of this Book and Policy Conclusions 2. The Costs of EU Regulation 3. The Cost of the Euro 4. The Cost of EU Trade Policies for the UK PART II RECENT TRADE DEVELOPMENTS- FACTS AND ANALYSIS 5. Agriculture 6. Manufactures 7. Services Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis timely Handbook addresses one of the most pertinent questions of the 21st century: why are some regions more economically resilient than others? Contributors provide a state-of-the-art collection on the meaning of resilience when applied to regional economies, offering a range of methodological approaches and rich empirical analyses of regions around the world. Chapters feature in depth examinations of regional resilience in such fields as policy practice, exports, economic shocks and supranational structural funds. Giving readers an insight into ways in which economic resilience is measured, this Handbook explores key theoretical debates and emerging pathways for the application of resilience in policy and practice. Comprehensive and deeply informative, this Handbook is crucial to researchers working in economic geography and regional studies who require insight into the breadth of debate on regional economic resilience. Practitioners and policy makers working in regional economic development will also benefit from its broad empirical approach to resilience. Contributors include: P. Benczur, E. Beqiraj, G. Bristow, J. Courvisanos, M. Cowell, G. Di Bartolomeo, P. di Caro, M. Di Pietro, D. Diodato, E. Evenhuis, R. Hassink, A. Healy, X. Hu, A. Jain, E. Joosens, T. Kitsos, A.R. Manca, K.R. Mardaneh, R. Martin, B. Menyhert, N. Pontarollo, Y. Psycharis, C. Serpieri, P. Sunley, V. Tselios, M. Tsiapa, J. Vincente, A. Weterings, S. ZecTrade Review‘As the concept of resilience becomes further entrenched into the academic and policy discourse around regional economic development, this edited volume provides a timely summary of the current state of the art. The book serves as an excellent entry point for scholars and policy makers wishing to understand the various conceptualizations, measurements, and evidence surrounding the concept of regional economic resilience as well as a wealth of ideas as to future developments in the field.’ -- Andrew Johnston, Eurasian Geography and Economics'Resilience is a now a significant concept that helps us explain why regions can weather economic shocks. This Handbook draws together a team of leading scholars, exploring the role and impact of shocks on the economic development trajectories of regions. It represents an excellent gateway for those seeking to understand the theories, measurement and analysis of regional economic resilience.' --Robert Huggins, Cardiff University, UKTable of ContentsContents: 1 Introduction to the Handbook on Regional Economic Resilience 1 Gillian Bristow and Adrian Healy PART I CONCEPTS AND THEORY: CONCEPTUALISING REGIONAL ECONOMIC RESILIENCE 2 Regional economic resilience: evolution and evaluation 10 Ron Martin and Peter Sunley 3 Regional resilience: an agency perspective 36 Gillian Bristow and Adrian Healy 4 Adaptation, adaptability and regional economic resilience: a conceptual framework 54 Xiaohui Hu and Robert Hassink 5 New directions in researching regional economic resilience and adaptation 69 Emil Evenhuis PART II MEASURING REGIONAL ECONOMIC RESILIENCE 6 Quo vadis resilience? Measurement and policy challenges: using the case of Italy 88 Paolo di Caro 7 Ranking regional economic resilience in the EU 103 Nicola Pontarollo and Carolina Serpieri 8 A guide to patterns of regional economic resilience 126 Karim K. Mardaneh, Ameeta Jain and Jerry Courvisanos 9 Building a policy relevant resilience measure: beyond the economic perspective 143 Peter Benczur, Elisabeth Joossens, Anna Rita Manca, Balint Menyhert and Slavica Zec 10 Putting adaptive resilience to work: measuring regional re-orientation using a matching model 171 Dario Diodato and Anet Weterings 11 Economic resilience in Great Britain: an empirical analysis at the local authority district level 190 Tasos Kitsos PART III THE EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF REGIONAL RESILIENCE 12 Unravelling the driving forces of networks on regional resilience capabilities 209 Jérôme Vicente 13 Exports and regional resilience: evidence from Greece 226 Yannis Psycharis, Maria Tsiapa and Vassilis Tselios 14 Resilience in regional business cycles across the Benelux 242 Elton Beqiraj, Giovanni Di Bartolomeo, Marco Di Pietro and Carolina Serpieri 15 Interpreting and defining economic resilience: regional resilience in policy practice 263 Margaret Cowell 16 Supranational policy and economic shocks: the role of the EU’s structural funds in the economic resilience of regions 280 Adrian Healy and Gillian Bristow 17 Conclusions and reflections 299 Gillian Bristow and Adrian Healy Index 303

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Book SynopsisElgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences and law, expertly written by the world's leading scholars. Designed to be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid surveys of the substantive and policy issues associated with discrete subject areas.Over the past 25 years, the regional innovation system (RIS) approach has become a powerful framework for explaining the uneven geographical distribution of innovation, as well as for developing policies geared towards boosting the innovation capability of regional economies. This Advanced Introduction provides a critical review and discussion of research on RIS to answer a set of core questions covering the origins of the concept and its theoretical underpinnings, conceptual advances, empirical applications in different spatial contexts, the policy relevance of RIS and the challenges for future scholarly work. Key features include: ? a comprehensive introduction to the RIS approach and its development? a critical review of the development of research on RIS? an analysis of empirical varieties of RIS? in-depth discussion linking RIS to other important concepts in studies of regional economic development, including industrial districts, regional clusters, knowledge bases and regional industrial path development. Ideal as an introductory textbook at both bachelor and master levels in economic geography, regional economic development and innovation studies, this concise Advanced Introduction will be a vital tool for understanding regional innovation studies.Trade Review‘The authors engaged in a most challenging research work on the growth of the regional innovation systems concept. They have been up to the task and produced an outstanding advanced introduction to this topic for the seasoned researchers and for experienced policymakers.’ -- Cristina Marine, The Review of Regional Studies‘This book offers a welcome overview and introduction to the field, presenting in compact form key research findings and charting the development of thinking around the topic.’ -- John Bessant, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK'This important new book by three of the leading authorities in the field offers a penetrating analysis of the contributions made by the regional innovation systems approach to the geography of innovation and to the formation of policies aimed at supporting innovation in regional economies. The volume offers important insights into how the approach helps us understand the complex process of innovation across different spatial settings. In particular, it sheds light on how the economic and institutional context of the RIS influences the process of path development in different regions and the potential for the emergence of new industries or the lock in of maturing ones. In so doing, it draws out the policy lessons to be learned from the RIS approach and the future challenges that lie ahead.' --David Wolfe, University of Toronto, Canada'The concept of regional innovation systems has become increasingly influential over the past 25 years. Now, for the first time, we have a comprehensive synthesis of the conceptual underpinnings, empirical cases and policy applications of this key construct. International and interdisciplinary in scope, this volume is the definitive reference for both scholars and policymakers alike.' --Meric Gertler, University of Toronto, Canada'This excellent book provides a deep understanding of the conceptual, theoretical and empirical advancement of the RIS approach. It brings fresh and important additions to the literature on RIS and should have a meaningful impact on the field. This book should be an essential reference for scholars and policymakers interested in the regional aspects of innovation.' --David Doloreux, HEC Montréal, CanadaTable of ContentsContent: 1. Introduction 2. Origins of the regional innovation system approach 3. Theoretical foundations and key literature 4. Early contributions and applications 5. Recent conceptual advances 6. Empirical applications I: different types of regional innovation systems 7. Empirical applications II: Regional innovation systems and the geography of knowledge linkages 8. Policy inspired by the regional innovation system approach 9. Challenges ahead Index

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Book SynopsisElgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences and law, expertly written by the world's leading scholars. Designed to be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid surveys of the substantive and policy issues associated with discrete subject areas.Over the past 25 years, the regional innovation system (RIS) approach has become a powerful framework for explaining the uneven geographical distribution of innovation, as well as for developing policies geared towards boosting the innovation capability of regional economies. This Advanced Introduction provides a critical review and discussion of research on RIS to answer a set of core questions covering the origins of the concept and its theoretical underpinnings, conceptual advances, empirical applications in different spatial contexts, the policy relevance of RIS and the challenges for future scholarly work. Key features include: ? a comprehensive introduction to the RIS approach and its development? a critical review of the development of research on RIS? an analysis of empirical varieties of RIS? in-depth discussion linking RIS to other important concepts in studies of regional economic development, including industrial districts, regional clusters, knowledge bases and regional industrial path development. Ideal as an introductory textbook at both bachelor and master levels in economic geography, regional economic development and innovation studies, this concise Advanced Introduction will be a vital tool for understanding regional innovation studies.Trade Review‘The authors engaged in a most challenging research work on the growth of the regional innovation systems concept. They have been up to the task and produced an outstanding advanced introduction to this topic for the seasoned researchers and for experienced policymakers.’ -- Cristina Marine, The Review of Regional Studies‘This book offers a welcome overview and introduction to the field, presenting in compact form key research findings and charting the development of thinking around the topic.’ -- John Bessant, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK'This important new book by three of the leading authorities in the field offers a penetrating analysis of the contributions made by the regional innovation systems approach to the geography of innovation and to the formation of policies aimed at supporting innovation in regional economies. The volume offers important insights into how the approach helps us understand the complex process of innovation across different spatial settings. In particular, it sheds light on how the economic and institutional context of the RIS influences the process of path development in different regions and the potential for the emergence of new industries or the lock in of maturing ones. In so doing, it draws out the policy lessons to be learned from the RIS approach and the future challenges that lie ahead.' --David Wolfe, University of Toronto, Canada'The concept of regional innovation systems has become increasingly influential over the past 25 years. Now, for the first time, we have a comprehensive synthesis of the conceptual underpinnings, empirical cases and policy applications of this key construct. International and interdisciplinary in scope, this volume is the definitive reference for both scholars and policymakers alike.' --Meric Gertler, University of Toronto, Canada'This excellent book provides a deep understanding of the conceptual, theoretical and empirical advancement of the RIS approach. It brings fresh and important additions to the literature on RIS and should have a meaningful impact on the field. This book should be an essential reference for scholars and policymakers interested in the regional aspects of innovation.' --David Doloreux, HEC Montréal, CanadaTable of ContentsContent: 1. Introduction 2. Origins of the regional innovation system approach 3. Theoretical foundations and key literature 4. Early contributions and applications 5. Recent conceptual advances 6. Empirical applications I: different types of regional innovation systems 7. Empirical applications II: Regional innovation systems and the geography of knowledge linkages 8. Policy inspired by the regional innovation system approach 9. Challenges ahead Index

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Book SynopsisThis book analyses how closer regional connectivity and economic integration between South Asia and Southeast Asia can benefit both regions. With a focus on the role played by infrastructure and public policies in facilitating this process, it provides a detailed and up-to-date discussion of issues, innovations, and progress. Country studies of national connectivity issues and policies cover Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Thailand, examining major developments in trade and investment, economic cooperation, the role of economic corridors, and regional cooperation initiatives.Thematic chapters explore investment in land and sea transport infrastructure, trade facilitation, infrastructure investment financing, supporting national and regional policies, and model-based estimates of the benefits of integration. They also identify significant opportunities for strengthening these integration efforts as a result of the recent opening up of Myanmar in political, economic, and financial terms. For the first time for these regions, the book employs a state-of-the-art computable general equilibrium (CGE) model incorporating heterogeneous firms to estimate the advantages of integration.Providing perspective on the latest thinking on integration policy, Connecting Asia is an essential resource for academics, policymakers, and business people alike.Contributors: A. Bayley, T. Chalermpalanupap, K. Cheewatrakoolpong, S. Chirathivat, M.I. Chowdhury, M.I. Corpuz, P. De, H. Florento, J.-F. Gautrin, F. Hutchinson, B. Karmacharya, R. Mishra, K.G. Moazzem, P.J. Morgan, N. Perera, M.G. Plummer, M. Rahman, P.B. Rana, S. Ray, F. Sehrin, T.M.M. Than, M. Thuzar, D. Weerakoon, D. Wignall, M. Wignall, G. Wignaraja, F. ZhaiTrade Review‘Overall, this book makes a signi?cant contribution to our understand-ing of what will be needed to more closely link these twolarge andvitalregionsoftheworld’seconomy.’ -- Asian-Pacific Economic LiteratureTable of ContentsContents Foreword 1. Introduction and Overview Michael G. Plummer, Peter J. Morgan and Ganeshan Wignaraja PART I: HARD INFRASTRUCTURE AND FINANCING 2. Land-based Cross-border Transport Infrastructure Jean-François Gautrin 3. Infrastructure to Support Seaborne Trade between South Asia and Southeast Asia David Wignall and Mark Wignall 4. Infrastructure Finance and Financial Sector Development for Cross-Border Connectivity Shubhomoy Ray PART II SOFT INFRASTRUCTURE AND IMPACTS 5. Policies to Enhance Trade Facilitation Anthony Bayley 6. Implementation Challenges and Coordination Arrangements Moe Thuzar, Rahul Mishra, Francis Hutchinson, Tin Maung Maung Than and Termsak Chalermpalanupap 7. Economic Implications of Deeper South Asian–Southeast Asian Integration: A CGE Approach Ganeshan Wignaraja, Peter J. Morgan, Michael G. Plummer and Fan Zhai PART III: NATIONAL STRATEGIES FOR CONNECTIVITY 8. Myanmar: The Land Bridge Hector Florento and Maria Isabela Corpuz 9. India: Building Connectivity under the Act East Policy Prabir De 10. Thailand: Key Subregional Hub Suthiphand Chirathivat and Kornkarun Cheewatrakoolpong 11. Bangladesh: Perspectives on Deepening Cross-border Links Mustafizur Rahman, Khondaker Golam Moazzem, Mehruna Islam Chowdhury and Farzana Sehrin 12. Nepal: A Connectivity-Driven Development Strategy Pradumna B. Rana and Binod Karmacharya 13. Sri Lanka: Regional Sea Transport Hub Dushni Weerakoon and Nipuni Perera Index

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Book SynopsisThis major international Handbook offers the most up-to-date and original viewpoints on critical debates relating to the rapidly transforming geographies of regions and territories, as well as related key concepts such as place, scale, networks and regionalism.This interdisciplinary Handbook brings together renowned specialists who have extensively theorized these spatial concepts and contributed to rich empirical research in disciplines such as geography, sociology, political science and international relations. It offers fresh, cutting-edge, and contextual insights on the significance of regions and territories in today’s dynamic world.This is a timely and vital resource for both students and researchers of human geography and regional studies. Political geographers and international relations scholars will also benefit from reading the Handbook as it offers a comprehensive yet accessible examination of the geography of regions and territories.Contributors include: J. Agnew, B.T. Asheim, S. Ayres, A. Beer, I. Braverman, G. Bristow, J. Bryson, I. Calzada, R. Castriota, J. Clark, A. Cochrane, R. Comunian, K.R. Cox, M. Deciancio, K. Dodds, M. Dunford, L. England, J.N. Entrikin, D. Gibbs, M. Glass, J. Harrison, A. Hemmings, Y. Herrera, R. Huggins, B. Jessop, A.E.G. Jonas, A. Jones, M. Jones, R. Jones, J.M. Kanai, D. Kofanov, D.F. Kogler, W. Liu, J. Loughlin, F. Mattheis, S. Moisio, R.L. Monte-Mór, C. Nine, A. Paasi, M. Pace, K. Peters, P. Riggirozzi, D. Rwehumbiza, S. Schindler, A. Shirikov, C. Sohn, D. Storey, N.-L. Sum, K. Terlouw, P. Thompson, I. Turok, L. Van Langenhove, A. WhittleTrade Review'As a keyword, the region is one of the more difficult ones to define. This fascinating anthology does an admirable job presenting a multi facetted and colourful palette of definitions of and debates on the concept. The Handbook assembles classical and up-to-date, tested and groundbreaking conceptual and empirical writing on the region and regionalism and will serve as an invaluable resource to students of the matter world wide.' --Roger Keil, York University, CanadaTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. New Consolidated Regional Geographies Anssi Paasi, John Harrison and Martin Jones Part I History, Theory and Key Concepts 2. Evolution of the Regional Concept John Agnew 3. Territory and Territoriality David Storey 4. Geography of Experience: Place and Region J. Nicholas Entrikin 5. Scale and Territory, and the Difference Capitalism Makes Kevin Cox 6. New Regionalism Gillian Bristow 7. Relational Thinking and the Region Allan Cochrane 8. The TPSN Schema: Moving Beyond Territories and Regions Bob Jessop Part II Region, Territory and Economy 9. Economic Regionalization Andrew Jones 10. Regional Innovation and Growth Theory: Behavioural and Institutional Approaches Robert Huggins and Piers Thompson 11. Learning Regions – a Strategy for Economic Development in Less Developed Regions? Bjørn T. Asheim 12. Divisions of Labour, Technology and the Transformation of Work: Worker to Robot or Self-employment and the Gig Economy? John R. Bryson 13. The Geography of Knowledge Creation: Technological Relatedness and Regional Smart Specialization Strategies Dieter F. Kogler and Adam Whittle 14. Creative Regions: from Creative Place-making to Creative Human Capital Roberta Comunian and Lauren England 15. Sustainable Regions David Gibbs Part III Region, Politics and Identity 16. Territory and Governance John Loughlin 17. Territorial Rights and Justice Cara Nine 18. Regional Governance and Democracy Sarah Ayres 19. Political Regionalism: Devolution, Metropolitanization and the Right to Decide Igor Calzada 20. Regions and Cultural Representation Rhys Jones 21. Regional Identities: Quested and Questioned Kees Terlouw 22. Military-to-Wildlife Geographies: Bureaucracies of Cleanup and Conservation in Vieques Irus Braverman Part IV Urbanization and New Forms of Spatiality 23. City-Regions and City-Regionalism Sami Moisio and Andrew E.G. Jonas 24. Cross-Border Regions Christophe Sohn 25. Comparing Regionalism at Supra-National Level from the Perspective of a Statehood Theory of Regions Luk van Langenhove 26. Regional Urbanization: Emerging Approaches and Debates J. Miguel Kanai and Seth Schindler 27. Extended Urbanization: Implications for Urban and Regional Theory Roberto Monte-Mór and Rodrigo Castriota 28. The Twenty-first Century Rediscovery of Regional Planning in the Global South Seth Schindler, J. Miguel Kanai and Deusdedit Rwehumbiza 29. African Urbanization: Will Compact Cities Deliver Shared and Sustainable Prosperity? Ivan Turok Part V Regions and Regionalisms in Contexts 30. The ‘Europe of the Regions’ Julian Clark and Alun Jones 31. Mediterranean ‘Regionalism’ Michelle Pace 32. Sovereignty and Regionalism in Eurasia Dmitrii Kofanov, Anton Shirikov and Yoshiko M. Herrera 33. Chinese regionalism Michael Dunford and Weidong Liu 34. The Production of a Trans-Regional Scale: China’s ‘One Belt One Road’ Imaginary Ngai-Ling Sum 35. Australasian Regionalism Andrew Beer 36. African Regionalism Frank Mattheis 37. North American Regionalism Michael R. Glass 38. Region Building, Autonomy and Regionalism in South America Pia Riggirozzi and Melisa Deciancio 39. Arctic and Antarctic Regionalism Klaus Dodds and Alan D. Hemmings 40. Ocean Regions Kimberley Peters Index

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Book SynopsisHigh Speed Rail and China's New Economic Geography presents an analytical approach to assessing the socioeconomic impact of high speed rail in China, with an emphasis on capturing the spatial spillover effects of rail infrastructure development on China's economic geography in terms of land use, housing market, tourism, regional disparity, modal competition, the economy and environment. The assessment involves a multilevel spatial analysis approach at both the national and the regional level. The methods include partial equilibrium analysis characterized by a spatial econometric modeling and the state-of-the-art computable general equilibrium modeling. It provides a basis for policy decision-making and operational considerations. Academic scholars and students who are specialized in regional economics, urban planning, public policy, and transportation will find this book useful. Practitioners and policy-makers will also find this book valuable as the empirical findings provide implications for future transportation planning and development.Trade Review'A very welcome addition to the economic literature. This groundbreaking work to demonstrate the positive impact HSR has on reducing economic disparities between regions is particularly interesting and relevant for our work at the World Bank.' --Martha B. Lawrence, The World Bank'This timely book by Chen and Haynes provides a variety of quantitative evidences on how this new transportation innovation has reshaped China's economic geography. This inspiring analysis effectively connects many inter-related pieces together - economic growth and disparity, land use, real estate, tourism, other transportation modes, and the environment, so that readers can gain a thorough understanding of how high speed rail has changed the whole country and beyond.' --Siqi Zheng, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Urban Studies and Planning, US'The rapid development of China's high speed rail network over the last 15 years is unprecedented in the history of modern transportation. This book provides by far the most comprehensive assessment of various impacts of the development, on the economy, regional economic disparity, environment, tourism, land values, housing prices, and domestic air transportation. The quantitative analyses are meticulous, and the results convincing. The book is a valuable contribution to the literature of transport economics and geography.' --Zhi Liu, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, USTable of ContentsContents: Foreword Preface 1. Introduction PART I LAND USE AND REAL ESTATE IMPACTS 2. Spatial Impacts of High Speed Rail on Land Value Change 3. Spatial-Temporal Impacts on Urban Growth: The Case of the Beijing-Shanghai Line 4. Housing Impact of Long-Distance High Speed Rail 5. Intercity Passenger Rail Impact on Housing PART II TOURISM AND AVIATION IMPACTS 6. High Speed Rail Impact on Tourism 7. Impacts of High Speed Rail on Domestic Air Transportation PART III ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS 8. High Speed Rail and Regional Economic Disparity 9. Economic and Environmental Impacts of High Speed Rail: A National Perspective 10. Economic Impacts of High Speed Rail: A Regional Perspective 11. Conclusion Index

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Book SynopsisThis edited volume offers a multidisciplinary perspective on innovation challenges and innovative practices in the context of developing and transition countries. The contributions mostly embrace a national innovation system approach in an attempt to understand innovation processes and their implications at both macro and micro levels. The chapters in this book, taken as a whole, offer insights on a range of issues grouped around the following questions: What are the challenges for innovation at the macro (system) and micro (firm) level according to the experiences of developing and transition countries? What is the role of public policies in the transformation of national innovation systems? What innovation practices allow to successfully overcome challenges to innovation? What is the role of collaboration and learning in fostering innovation? A variety of methods are presented including historical analysis, participatory action research, case studies, document analysis and survey-based quantitative research as well as triangulation to study innovation and adaptation strategies in developing and transition countries. It also provides 10 case studies selected from developing and transition countries, to offer a detailed and comprehensive perspective on innovation and innovation practices at macro and micro levels. Students and researchers interested in innovation and innovation systems around the world will find this volume an invaluable tool and reference.Contributors include: G. Abuduxike, C.G. Acevedo Peña, S.M. Aljunid, W.M.H. Céspedes Quiroga, L. Csonka, A. Faggian, O.O. Jegede, M. Lukacs de Pereny Martens, A. Morero Hernán, T. Poghosyan, R. Rasiah, J. Schmutzler, M. Suarez, C. Tomassini Urti, A. Tsvetkova, N. Yacoub, X.-S. Yap, J.E. Zambrana MontánTrade Review'This book makes important contributions both to theory and public policy. It develops the understanding of the concept national innovation systems by confronting it with the reality of ten developing and transition countries from four different continents. The case studies apply the concept to different sectors and technologies spanning from mining in Nigeria to the health sector in Brazil. Common themes are the importance of informal institutions and the systemic interdependence between national patterns of innovation on the one hand and patterns of interaction among firms on the other. One lesson that policy makers can learn from this diversity of experiences is that getting to know the specificity of your own national innovation system, including how it is linked to the rest of the world, is a prerequisite for smart policy and necessary in order to overcome path-dependency and social exclusion.' --Bengt-Ake Lundvall, Aalborg University, DenmarkTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction. A context-specific two-way approach to the study of innovation systems in developing and transition countries Jana Schmutzler, Marcela Suarez, Alexandra Tsvetkova and Alessandra Faggian Part I. The role of public policies in developing and transforming national and sectoral innovation systems 2. From industrialization to innovation: Building the Peruvian National System of Science, Technology and Innovation, 1968-2015 Miklos Lukacs de Pereny 3. State of the National Innovation System of Armenia Tatevik Poghosyan 4. The role of public policies in building-up a national pharmaceutical innovation system in Tunisia: Challenges after the Jasmine Revolution Nejla Yacoub 5. Public policies to orient science, technology and innovation in healthcare towards inclusive development: Evidence from Brazil Cecilia Tomassini Urti 6. The role of public policies in promoting innovations and innovation complementarities in developing countries: The case of Argentinian software industry Hernan Alejandro Morero Part II. Innovation challenges and response strategies in national and sectoral innovation systems: A firm-level perspective 7. Health biotechnology in Malaysia: Issues and challenges faced by the innovative biotechnology firms Gulifeiya Abuduxike and Syed Mohamed Aljunid 8. Collaborating to innovate: The case of the Nigerian mining industry Oluseye Oladayo Jegede 9. Collaboration among Hungarian SMEs in innovation László Csonka 10. Developmental university in emerging innovation systems: The case of the Universidad Mayor de San Simón, Bolivia Carlos Gonzalo Acevedo Peña, Walter Mauricio Hernán Céspedes Quiroga and José Eduardo Zambrana Montán 11. The lost tiger in technological catch-up: Lessons learned and implications for latecomer strategic typology Xiao-Shan Yap and Rajah Rasiah 12. Epilogue. Innovation systems in developing and transition countries: What is different, what is missing and what are the implications? Alexandra Tsvetkova, Jana Schmutzler and Marcela Suarez Index

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Book SynopsisAs the international economy globalises, there is a need for national infrastructure systems to adapt to form a global infrastructure system. This network of networks aids mobility between national systems as a means of supporting their territorial needs and preferences. This reflects a strategic approach to state infrastructuring as nations seek to utilise these physical systems to support and enhance their territoriality. Providing a thorough examination through the lens of economic infrastructure, the book addresses the forces of integration and fragmentation in global networks.This book explores the trend towards the development of regional infrastructure systems within the context of territorial strategy. Regional systems emerge out of states seeking to position themselves within the international system. Colin Turner identifies the diverse processes that are driving regional infrastructures, as well as examining the formal and informal patterns of integration that are shaping developments. This book is ideal for international political economy and regional development scholars who seek an advanced understanding of current regional infrastructure systems. It will also serve as a vital tool for practitioners who need to understand the implications for policy-making.Trade Review‘Regional Infrastructure Systems provides a comprehensive account of RIS in the areas surveyed even if this account is geographically and developmentally normative at times. The book's focus on both soft and hard infrastructure nevertheless enables a complex and multi-layered account of the role of territoriality in shaping global connections, particularly the emerging role of China in RIS. The book is an important and helpful foundation for students, educators, and researchers working on regional infrastructures.’ -- Holly Randell-Moon, Eurasian Geography and Economics'Colin Turner has produced a fascinating, timely and comprehensive study on the development of regional and international infrastructures. Infrastructure will continue to play a vital role in shaping our ever inter-connected world. This book combines excellent theoretical depth with rich empirics on the subject. It is a vital read for anyone interested in understanding the future paths of both regionalism and globalisation.' --Christopher M. Dent, University of Leeds, UKTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. The Rise of Regional Infrastructure Systems 2. The European Infrastructure System 3. The Asian Infrastructure System 4. The African Infrastructure System 5. The Americas’ Infrastructure System 6. Regional Infrastructure Systems: A Conclusion Index

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Book SynopsisResilience has lately emerged as a recurrent notion to explain how territorial socio-economic systems adapt successfully (or not) to negative events. Resilience, Crisis and Innovation Dynamics uses resilience as a bridging notion to connect different types of theoretical and empirical approaches, helping improve understanding of the impacts of economic turbulence at both system and actor levels. Providing a unique overview of the recent financial crisis, as well as assessing the importance of innovation dynamics for regional resilience, the international array of contributors offers an engaging and thought-provoking debate as to how regional resilience can be improved as well as exploring the social aspects of vulnerability, resilience and innovation. In offering a set of challenges from different regional and structural perspectives, the book helps to consolidate the research surrounding resilience in regional science. Essentially, the contributions consider the relevance of innovation systems, knowledge networks and the role innovation actors play to create new possibilities for preparing for, and adapting to, both present shocks and future problems that may arise. Offering a wealth of refreshing studies with great value for academia, industry and government, this book will be relevant for students and researchers of economics, urban and regional studies, and innovation as well as regional scientists and planners.Contributors include: P. Bary, T. Baycan, M.B. Baypinar, M. Benke, A.B.S. Bravo, R. Comunian, P. Cooke, K. Czimre, A.S. Dogruel, F. Dogruel, L. England, A. Faggian, M.E. Ferreira, K.R. Forray, T. Heinonen, D. Kallioras, T. Kozma, B. Martini, S. Márton, F.J. Ortega-Colomer, B.S. Özen, Y. Özerkek, P. Pantazis, E. Pekkola, T.S. Pereira, H. Pinto, Y. Psycharis, M.M. Ridhwan, M. Sipikal, M. Siserova, R.R. Stough, V. Szitasiova, K. Teperics, B.J. ValenciaTrade ReviewResilience, Crisis and Innovation Dynamics is a timely and welcome contribution to the debate on economic resilience. The volume takes a fresh look at the topic with a special focus on economic turbulence and vulnerability of regional economies. It brings together a remarkable collection of conceptual and empirical contributions from Europe and beyond, addressing many different dimensions of economic resilience. It is essential reading for practitioners, policy-makers, scholars and students as they seek to understand the ability of regional economies to navigate these turbulent times.' --Elvira Uyarra, University of Manchester, UK'This book, authored by recognised and young authors from thirteen countries across all continents, shows that globalisation raises similar issues for people and places around the world. It fulfils an important role in the production and sharing of scientific knowledge whilst reinforcing the vocation of regional science to respond to emerging issues in the real world.' --Tomaz Ponce Dentinho, Editor of Regional Science Policy and PracticeTable of ContentsContents: Preface PART I INTRODUCTION 1. Resilience, Crisis and Innovation Dynamics: Emerging Challenges Tüzin Baycan and Hugo Pinto PART II INNOVATION, CRISIS AND RESILIENCE 2. The effects of the global economic crisis on the innovation performance of EU countries Tüzin Baycan and Berna Sezen Özen 3. The resilience of innovation systems under economic turbulence Hugo Pinto and Tiago Santos Pereira 4. Learning regions for resilience in Hungary: Challenges and opportunities Magdolna Benke, Klára Czimre, Katalin R. Forray, Tamás Kozma, Sándor Márton and Károly Teperics 5. Innovation support, resilience and regional development in Slovakia Valeria Szitasiova, Miroslav Sipikal and Monika Siserova 6. The regional effects of macroeconomic shocks in Indonesia Masagus M. Ridhwan and Pakasa Bary 7. Transversality, Resilience and Innovation: A Qualitative Regional Analysis Philip Cooke PART III LABOR MARKETS, EMPLOYMENT AND RESILIENCE 8. Labor market resilience and reorientation in disaster scenarios Benjamin Jara and Alessandra Faggian 9. External Shocks and Regional Economic Performance in Turkey A. Suut Doğruel, Fatma Doğruel and Yasemin Özerkek 10. Employment changes and regional resilience: An application of trade-adjusted shift-share analysis to the Greek regions Yannis Psycharis, Dimitris Kallioras and Panagiotis Pantazis 11. Resilience, reorientation and variety: An analysis of Italian provinces after the 2007 economic shock Barbara Martini 12. Role of engineering education in the transition of industry: Central steering or local resilience? Francisco Javier Ortega-Colomer, Elias Pekkola and Tuomo Heinonen PART IV CLUSTERS, INDUSTRIAL DYNAMICS AND RESILIENCE 13. Learning regions, clusters and resiliency: A typology of regional and cluster dynamics Roger R. Stough 14. A case study of resilience: The footwear cluster of Northern Portugal Maria Estela Ferreira 15. Innovation, technology transfers and regional competitiveness: A study for Oeiras Bio-pharmaceutical industry Ana Santos Bravo 16. Resilience of Software Clusters and Turkey’s Experience Mete Başar Baypınar 17. The resilience of knowledge from industrial to creative clusters: The case of regional craft clusters in the West Midlands (UK) Roberta Comunian and Lauren England Index

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Book SynopsisAs a consequence of globalization, news, ideas and knowledge are moving quickly across national borders and generating international spillovers. So too, however, are economic and financial crises. Combining a variety of methods, concepts and interdisciplinary approaches, this book provides an in-depth examination of these structural changes and their impact. Case studies from a range of countries including Japan, Turkey, Sweden, Germany and the USA offer insight into different national contexts and are used to explore a variety of theoretical and empirical issues relating to the geography of growth. Assessing the implications of globalization for businesses and sectors, the chapters focus on the interdependencies between different economic and political layers, and explore topics such as human capital, creativity, innovation, networks and collaboration. Researchers and policy makers who are interested in regional growth at different spatial scales will find that this work addresses a number of existing knowledge gaps. Students of economics, economic geography, regional science and international industrial management will also find it to be a valuable interdisciplinary resource to help deepen their knowledge of the myriad processes induced by globalization.Contributors include: G.M. Artz, T. Arvemo, G. Cook, A.P. Cornett, U. Grasjo, Z. Guo, M. Hirano, O. Hovardaoglu, N. Javakhishvili-Larsen, C. Karlsson, M. Klatt, M. Kurashige, H. Loof, A. Naveed, M. Olsson, O. Olsson, P.F. Orazem, O. Pesamaa, K. Sakakibara, Y. Shevtsova, T.-A. Stone, M. Svensson, T. WallinTable of ContentsContents: 1. Globalization, international spillovers and sectoral changes: an introduction Charlie Karlsson, Andreas P. Cornett and Tina Wallin Part I General aspects of globalization 2. Does Culture Matter? The Role of Board Efficacy, Growth and Competitiveness in Western and Asian Corporate Governance Ossi Pesämaa and Martin Svensson 3. The impact of technology spillovers and international knowledge flows on the productivity and innovativeness of UK multinationals Gary Cook, Yevgeniya Shevtsova and Hans Lööf 4. How does distance determine multinational location choice? A literature review Trudy-Ann Stone Part II Sector-specific transformations 5. Yanagiya: One of the Best Practice Manufacturing SMEs in Japan Makoto Hirano, Mitsuhiro Kurashige and Kiyonori Sakakibara 6. ICT as a driver of innovation: a life cycle approach Ola Olsson Part III Implications for regions in general 7. Knowledge-based Strategies and Sources of Growth in Small and Medium-sized Cities: A lesson from the literature Amjad Naveed 8. Location, Location, Location: Place-Specific Human Capital, Rural Firm Entry and Firm Survival Georgeanne M. Artz, Zizhen Guo, and Peter F. Orazem 9. Succeeding Generations, Changing Trajectories: Influences of Generational Transition on Local Development Experiences Ozan Hovardaoğlu 10. The Swedish commuting pattern: A gravity model of commuting, with housing-expenditure and income constraints Michael Olsson Part IV Implications for cross-border regions 11. Employment and economic activity in different Swedish border regions Tobias Arvemo and Urban Gråsjö 12. Identifying potential human capital creation within the Cross-Border Institutional Thickness model in the Rhine-Waal Region Nino Javakhishvili-Larsen, Andreas P. Cornett, and Martin Klatt Index

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Book SynopsisThis book provides theories, experiences, reflections and future directions for social scientists who wish to engage with policy-oriented research in, and for, cities and regions. The '?policy learning?' perspective is comprehensively discussed, focusing on actors promoting '?policy knowledge?' and interaction among different stakeholders. Theoretical frameworks and practical experiences of policy-orientated research for European regions and cities are comprehensively explored in this timely book. The authors review current theories and present novel case studies of policy-orientated research. By combining policy analysis with urban and regional studies, the book highlights how researchers can be agents of policy learning, helping policymakers to learn how to learn. This book will provide unique, real world insights for researchers, practitioners and stakeholders interested in research-based approaches to cities and regions.Contributors include: I. Bakker, S. Bandera, P. Benneworth, M.C. Cattaneo, P. Coletti, A. Colombino, A. Colombo, J.L. De las Rivas Sanz, N. Francesco Dotti, F. Eckardt, A. Gerritsen, S. Giest, D. Greenwood, A. Healy, T. Herrschel, T. Metze-Burghouts, S. Moyson, M. Paris, S. Pazos-Vidal, D. Pojani, P. Scholten, D. Stead, M. Stuiver, C. Termeer, G. Urso, J. Vaesen, W.-J. Velderman, B. WayensTrade Review'At a time of major transformation in the relationship between research and policy, this is a timely and thought-provoking volume. The creation of knowledge, and its application to the design and implementation of policy, have new analytical possibilities from big and open data - as well as opportunities and obligations for the involvement of citizens in imaginative ways. This book draws combines theoretical debates and practical experiences of policy learning from different institutional perspectives. It should be required reading for scholars and policymakers interested in fostering more effective research-policy dialogues.' --John Bachtler, University of Strathclyde, UK'This edited book proposes an original and very interesting analysis of the complex interaction between researchers and policymakers. Considering their different rationalities, the authors focus theoretically, methodologically, and empirically on the learning conditions which allow these two types of actors to interact with each other in and on the policy process.' --Philippe Zittoun, University of Lyon, France'A timely and very useful collection providing a fresh look at an old problem: the problematic relationship between policy research and policymaking. A necessary read for scholars interested in generating usable knowledge.' --Bruno Dente, Politecnico di Milano, ItalyTable of ContentsContents: Introduction PART I Theoretical Framework: Learning Knowledge for Policymaking 1. The research–policy nexus: boundaries, bonding and ten golden rules Alessandro Colombo 2. Theories on policy learning: Existing approaches and future challenges Stéphane Moyson and Peter Scholten 3. Methodological challenges for policy learning Paola Coletti and Giulia Urso 4. Learning across cities and regions: The limits to transferring “best practice” Dominic Stead and Dorina Pojani PART II Experiences of Policy-Oriented Research in Cities and Regions 5. Spatial knowledge for regional governance: toward an alternative map of Castilla y León Mario Paris and Juan Luis de las Rivas Sanz 6. Éupolis Lombardia: Practising Research-Policy Dialogue for a Regional Government Sabrina Bandera and Maria Chiara Cattaneo 7. Knowledge Serving the City? Brokerage, Production and Sharing in Brussels Joost Vaesen and Benjamin Wayens 8. Scotland: a thriving environment for policy entrepreneurship? Serafin Pazos-Vidal 9. Dutch experiences of policy mobility in urban planning Dominic Stead and Dorina Pojani 10. Knowledge governance in sustainable development: a comparative case study Alwin Gerritsen, Marian Stuiver and Catrien Termeer PART III In-Formation: Experiences and Reflections from an Incoming Revolution 11. Policy learning in times of big data analytics: The challenges of skill-based outsourcing Sarah Giest 12. Visual framing for policy learning: Internet as the ‘eye of the public’ Tamara Metze 13. Knowledge, Urban policy-making and citizen participation: a democratic challenge Franziska Eckardt, Willem-Jan Velderman and Paul Benneworth 14. Beyond big data, the open data revolution for research Paul Benneworth, Inge Bakker and Willem-Jan Velderman 15. Smart cities, towards smart governance? Tassilo Herrschel PART IV Towards New Theoretical Models: Open Challenges 16. Evaluating coordination and learning within governance: open epistemological issues Dan Greenwood 17. What role for policy studies in a post-truth politics? Adrian Healy 18. Knowledge Governance: Theoretical and Empirical Reflections on territorial innovation policy Alwin Gerritsen and Nicola Francesco Dotti 19. Knowledge for policymaking: an evolutionary perspective to achieve policy resilience Nicola Francesco Dotti and Annalisa Colombino PART V Lessons Learnt 20. Conclusions on Research-Policy Dialogues Nicola Francesco Dotti and Alessandro Colombo Index

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Book SynopsisThis Handbook is a state-of-the-art analysis of proximity relations, offering insights into its history alongside up-to-date scientific advances and emerging questions. Its broad scope – from industrial and innovation approaches through to society issues of living and working at a distance, territorial development and environmental topics – will ensure an in-depth focus point for researchers in economics as well as geography, organizational studies, planning and sociology. Split into four distinctly thematic parts, the Handbook explores the precise definition of proximity relationships and their diversity, including the role they play in social and economic interactions as well as examining the origins and evolution of such relationships. It further presents a detailed overview of the main methods of analysis, highlighting the link between proximity relationships and exchange of information while explaining how exchanges at a distance rely on links of organized proximity, something that plays an increasing role in our societies.This engaging Handbook will provide an excellent update for scientists and researchers on the recent developments in the analysis of proximity relations as well as students looking for precise and detailed information on the main characteristics of proximity relations, regional and spatial analysis, and the major analytical tools.Trade Review‘Finally, we have the first Handbook of Proximity Relations, edited by André Torre, one of the pioneers of the French School of Proximity, and Delphine Gallaud. It covers topics such as the theoretical development of the concept, methods and analytical tools, and emerging issues and future challenges. This authoritative and comprehensive Handbook is a must-read for researchers in regional science, regional studies and innovation who want to be informed about one of the key concepts in modern social science.’ -- Bjørn T. Asheim, University of Stavanger, Norway‘This Handbook provides a systematic overview of the contributions of the Proximity School. Incorporating a variety of disciplinary perspectives and analytic approaches, the Handbook provides a comprehensive overview and systematic analysis of the dimensions, characteristics, and fields of application of the principle of proximity. This important contribution provides the basis for future theoretical extension, analytical refinements and policy applications.’ -- Maryann Feldman, University of North Carolina US'''Proximity'' is a very difficult word. It appears at the outset to be no more than an innocuous reference to physical contiguity or juxtaposition, but on further scrutiny unfolds into multiple declensions with a vast diversity of applications in both the physical and social worlds. A large body of research on these matters has accumulated rapidly over the last two or three decades, much of it now summarized and extended in this authoritative Handbook edited by André Torre and Delphine Gallaud.' -- From the foreword by Allen J. ScottTable of ContentsContents: vii Foreword by Allen J. Scott xiii Structure of the Handbook xv Introduction: proximity relations in the 21st century 1 André Torre and Delphine Gallaud PART I PROXIMITY: MAJOR THEORETICAL DEBATES AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF AN ANALYTICAL POSITION IN REGIONAL SCIENCE The French School of Proximity: genesis and evolution of a school of thought 49 Jean-Benoît Zimmermann, André Torre and Michel Grossetti Proximity, innovation and networks: a concise review and some next steps 70 Pierre-Alexandre Balland, Ron Boschma and Koen Frenken The School of Proximity, genesis and development of a scientific notion 81 Maryline Filippi, André Torre, Etienne Polge and Frederic Wallet Proximity and regional development: an overview 97 Robert J. Stimson The impact of digital technologies on perceptions of proximity 124 Bastien Bernela, Marie Ferru and Alain Rallet PART II METHODS AND ANALYTICAL TOOLS Measuring the unmeasurable: the empirics of non-geographical proximity 138 Andrea Caragliu Proximities in dimensionality reduction 165 John Aldo Lee, Cyril de Bodt, Ludovic Journaux and Lucile Sautot Geographical proximity questioned 204 Marina Bertoncin and Andrea Pase Cities’ systems and networks’ proximities: toward a multiplex approach 220 Céline Rozenblat PART III PROXIMITY, INNOVATION AND KNOWLEDGE Proximity and collaborative knowledge creation 252 Riccardo Crescenzi, Max Nathan and Andrés Rodríguez-Pose Fluctuating proximities and clusters: “the future is already here – it’s just not very evenly distributed” 273 Philip Cooke Economic networks, innovation and proximity 292 Nicola Cortinovis and Frank van Oort The role of proximity dimensions in university–industry collaboration: a review and research agenda 307 Marianne Steinmo and Thomas Lauvås Entrepreneurship and proximity 326 Rolf Sternberg Geographies of temporary markets: an anatomy of the Canton Fair 347 Harald Bathelt, Pengfei Li and Yi-wen Zhu PART IV EMERGING ISSUES AND FUTURE CHALLENGES The role of proximity in food systems 368 Patrick Mundler Industrial and territorial ecology: what types of proximity at work? 384 Christophe Beaurain and Sabrina Dermine-Brullot Infrastructural development projects and proximity analysis 397 Habibullah Magsi and Muazzam Sabir Neighbourhood proximity: a microcosmic resilience perspective on cities 411 Karima Kourtit, Peter Nijkamp and Peter Elmlund The city: a question of proximity(ies) 430 Lise Bourdeau-Lepage Conclusion: the concept of proximity in regional science – a synthesis and future research avenues 443 Roberta Capello Index 460

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Book SynopsisThe author examines the relationships between immigration policy, observed immigration patterns, and cultural differences between the United States and immigrants? source countries. The entirety of U.S. immigration history (1607-present) is reviewed through a recounting of related legislative acts and by examining data on immigrant inflows and cross-societal cultural distances. Prior to the Immigration Act of 1965, U.S. policy favored immigration from Europe, particularly Northern and Western Europe. Thus, American culture became similar to the cultures of European societies and of Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Changes in U.S. immigration policy during the past half century have resulted in American culture becoming more similar to the cultures of more recent arrivals? source countries (i.e., societies in Asia, Latin America, the Caribbean, and Africa). Tests for structural breaks in the immigrant inflow series and descriptive analysis of the cultural differences between the U.S. and several cohorts of countries reveal fascinating details about this transformation. Population projections for the years 2015-2065 suggest continued cultural change. Corresponding policy implications are discussed.This book is a key resource for faculty, researchers and students along with policymakers, non-academics interested in immigration policy and its history, and readers interested in migration studies, global studies, and cultural studies.Table of ContentsContents: Preface 1. A Legacy of Discrimination PART I A REVIEW OF U.S. IMMIGRATION HISTORY 2. The Colonial Era and the Northern and Western European Wave, 1607-1874 3. The Southern and Eastern European Wave: Qualitative Restrictions, 1875-1920 4. The National Origins Quota System: Quantitative Restrictions, 1921-1967 5. A Pivot in U.S. Immigration Policy, 1968-Present PART II THE DETERMINANTS OF U.S. IMMIGRATION, EFFECTS OF POLICY CHANGES, AND CONSEQUENCES FOR CULTURAL DIFFERENCES 6. Identifying the Determinants of U.S. Immigration 7. The Effects of Policy Changes on Immigration to the United States 8. The Influence of Immigration Policy on Cross-societal Cultural Distances PART III IMPLICATIONS FOR AMERICAN CULTURE AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR POLICY 9. Looking Forward: Anticipated Cultural Evolution and Corresponding Implications, 2015-2065 10. How Immigration Policy Has Shaped American Culture and Opportunities for U.S. Public Policy in the Twenty-first Century References Index

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Book SynopsisThis book analyses the relationship between creative and cultural industries, local economic development and entrepreneurship from a global perspective. In so doing, it investigates the evolving paradigm of creative industries and creative entrepreneurship and their related economy over time.Creative Industries and Entrepreneurship explores cultural and creative economics, management, entrepreneurship, international business and urban and regional sciences, in both developed and new emerging countries. The authors provide a framework to understand the evolving paradigm of creative industries and creative entrepreneurship while highlighting the distinction between ?'first generation countries?' such as the US, Canada, Australia and Europe, and ?'second generation countries?' in Asia, South America and North Africa. By adopting a multidisciplinary approach, the book develops a comprehensive overview of the composite phenomenon of the creative economy and its relationship with entrepreneurship.This inter-disciplinary work will appeal to researchers and scholars interested in creative industries, the creative economy and entrepreneurship in addition to policy makers and managers within these areas. These readers will find an up-to-date presentation of existing and new perspectives of research in these domains.Contributors include: F.G. Alberti, M. Amal, R. Apa, N. Bellini, R. Boix Domènech, F. Capone, P. Casadei, Y. Chen, P. Cohendet, P. Costa, I. Fillis, D.E. Floriani, D. Gilbert, J.D. Giusti, N. Innocenti, M. Keane, L. Lazzeretti, K. Lehman, D. Mansour, L. Mazzoni, M. Muñoz-Vela, R. Rentschler, S. Rita Sedita, S. Rovai, J. Ruiz-Gutiérrez, D. Sánchez Serra, L. Simon, A. Srakar, M. Valdivia, M. Vecco, R. Venâncio Lopes, W. WenTrade Review'This is an outstanding book to help understand how economy and culture spatially articulate.' --Olivier Crevoisier, University of Neuchatel, SwitzerlandTable of ContentsContents: Introduction Luciana Lazzeretti and Marilena Vecco Part I Cultural and creative industries and creative entrepreneurship: An overview 1. The rise of cultural and creative industries in creative economy research: A bibliometric analysis Luciana Lazzeretti, Francesco Capone and Niccolò Innocenti 2. Entrepreneurship and creative industries in developing and developed countries Rafael Boix Domènech, Luciana Lazzeretti and Daniel Sánchez Serra 3. In search of creative entrepreneurship: An exploratory analysis Leonardo Mazzoni and Luciana Lazzeretti Part II Cultural and creative industries and creative entrepreneurship in first-generation countries 4. Unpicking the fashion city: Global perspectives on design, manufacturing and symbolic production in urban formations Patrizia Casadei and David Gilbert 5. Knowledge brokerage and creativity in a collaborative online innovation network of fashion makers Jessica D. Giusti and Fernando G. Alberti 6. The Montreal videogame studio and its local ecosystem as a key resource of creativity Patrick Cohendet and Laurent Simon 7. A private entrepreneur and his art museum: How MONA took Tasmania to the world Ruth Rentschler, Kim Lehman and Ian Fillis 8. Modelling cultural entrepreneurial regimes in Central and Eastern Europe: A symbolic data analysis approach Marilena Vecco and Andrej Srakar 9. Creative milieus in the metropolis’ periphery: From the massification of Lisbon’s city centre to the liveliness of ‘Margem Sul’ Pedro Costa and Ricardo Venâncio Lopes Part III Cultural and creative industries and entrepreneurship in second-generation countries 10. The creative economy, digital disruption and collaborative innovation in China Michael Keane, Ying Chen and Wen Wen 11. Chinese creative entrepreneurs in fashion and luxury: An exploratory case study of a concept store in Beijing Serena Rovai and Nicola Bellini 12. The dynamics and patterns of a cultural and creative industry in Brazil from an international business perspective: The wine industry as a creative industry Dinorá Eliete Floriani and Mohamed Amal 13. Cultural and creative industries in Mexico: The role of export-oriented manufacturing metro areas Marcos Valdivia 14. Institutional change and the creative industries: The Colombian case Jaime Alberto Ruiz-Gutiérrez and Mónica Muñoz-Vela 15. Creative entrepreneurship and FDI in Egypt: An empirical illustration from the ICT sector Roberta Apa, Dina M. Mansour and Silvia Rita Sedita Index

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Book SynopsisOverseas department of France in Amazonia and ‘ultraperipheral region’ of the EU, Guyane (French Guiana) is at the juncture of Europe, the Caribbean and South America. This collection of essays explores historical and conceptual locations of Guyane, as a relational space characterised by dynamics of interaction and conflict between the local, the national and the global. Does Guyane have, or has it had, its own place in the world, or is it a borderland which can only make sense in relation to elsewhere: to France and its colonial history, for example, or to African and other diasporas, or as a ‘margin’ of Europe?This edited collection is the first volume to study Guyane from multiple perspectives. It subjects the enduring clichés and negative stereotypes regarding Guyane to critical examination, exploring how discourse on this DOM is, and has been, formed and how it may evolve. Chapters discuss geographical, literary and cultural ‘locations’ of Guyane, past and present, challenging its relegation to the ‘periphery’, whilst also historicizing the production of its marginal status. Finally, the collection aims to outline possible future challenges to the conceptual location of Guyane and possible directions for continued research.Trade Review'The book is a fascinating challenge to historiographies of Guyane as it peels off the layers of its changing relationships with France and other places in the world, detangles its history of contact, reveals the actors involved in its many transitions from place of forced exile to high-tech center, highlights the role its penal past has played in making it “periphery”, and explains what being Guyanais today entails in a globalized world of flows where local Kreyol traditions and Maroon narratives get reinvented and shaped in the context of cultural commercialism and global art markets.'Hélène B. Ducros, Europe Now Journal‘This valuable interdisciplinary volume offers wide-ranging essays that examine stereotypes about France’s Amazonian outpost that go beyond simple images of the country as a ‘green hell.' Robert Aldrich, French History ‘Overall, with Locating Guyana Wood and MacLeod have achieved a milestone in the study of French Guyana.’Fabio Santos, PERIPHERIE'English-language works on Guyane are comparatively few and far between, and Locating Guyane rectifies a lacuna in the wider scholarship by exploring what makes it distinct from its fellow “old colonies” of Martinique, Guadeloupe, and Réunion. Given the volume’s interdisciplinarity and the essays’ breadth, the short volume speaks to a wide range of academic disciplines, and consequently it serves as an excellent scholarly primer on Guyane, its colonial legacy, and its place in an increasingly global, modern world.' Christopher M. Church, H-France ReviewTable of ContentsIntroductionRichard Price, ‘The Oldest Daughter of Overseas France’Kari Evanson, ‘Grand Reporters in Guyane: Bringing the Exotic Back Home’Kathleen Gyssels, ‘Kor and Karnival, the carnal road of Léon-Gontran Damas: “Evidence of Things not Seen”’Silvia Espelt Bombín, ‘Frontier Politics: French, Portuguese and Amerindian Alliances between the Amazon and Cayenne, 1680–1697’Jonna Yarrington, ‘Producing the periphery’Edenz Maurice, ‘A school in Boniville Political skills and “Primitives’ in French Guiana (1930-1969)’Sarah Wood, ‘Reclaiming Félix Éboué: Departmentalisation and politics of commemoration in Guyane, 1944-2012’Antonia Cristinoi and François Nemo, ‘Palikur, a language between two worlds’Sally Price, ‘Maroon Art in Guyane: New Forms, New Discourses’Catriona MacLeod: ‘Performing and Parading Gender in Guyane’s Carnival’Bill Marshall, ‘Equality and Difference: Queering Guyane?’Conclusion: remaking Guyane?

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Book SynopsisThe future of American leadership in the Asia-Pacific under the Trump administration appears uncertain. In this timely book, Michael Heazle and Andrew O?Neil have brought together contributors from across the globe to explore the commitment of Australia and Japan to US leadership in this region, and how this commitment may impact on often tense relations between China and the US. China's Rise and Australia?-Japan?-US Relations discusses the strategic post-war presence of American leadership in Asia, and examines the influence on the region?s geopolitics. This book allows readers to understand how and why China is challenging this external engagement, and conversely why Australia and Japan want to maintain a commitment to US input; their perceptions of American leadership are critical indicators of the prospects for change in the region. This is a vital book for security and international relations scholars, researchers and experts, as it provides detailed analyses of current relations between countries in the Asia Pacific and the US, as well as giving a thorough look into what the future is likely to hold in terms of US commitment in the region.Contributors include: Z. Cooper, I. Hall, R. Hanada, M. Heazle, V. Jackson, R. Kersten, S. Lee, S. Mori, A. O'Neil, M. Rapp-Hooper, R. SahashiTrade Review'This book addresses many of the critical issues confronting contemporary international relations in the Asia-Pacific, including the origins, nature, and development of the region's US led ''rule-based'' order; the future of the hub and spokes alliance system; and in particular the growing importance of ''spoke to spoke'' security cooperation between Japan and Australia and other US partners at a time of growing uncertainty over Washington's regional engagement. I strongly recommended this book to anyone interested in not only better understanding Australia-Japan-US relations, but also the Asia-Pacific security order and its future.' --Tomohiko Satake, National Institute for Defense Studies, Japan'This is a much needed and serious analysis of the stabilising role of the United States in the Asia Pacific region. That role in maintaining the regional balance of power is as important now as it has ever been. Australia's place as one of America's key allies in the region is an important piece of the jigsaw of regional architecture and it needs to continue to play that part with confidence and certainty. Above all, Australia needs to make its role clear and unequivocal and not be deflected by arguments that it should downgrade its part in upholding the US presence in the region.' --Alexander Downer, AC, Australian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom and formerly Foreign Minister of Australia from 1996 to 2007'In the midst of growing uncertainty about US primacy and commitment in the Asia-Pacific, this timely volume assembles an impressive collection of prominent Australian, Japanese, and US experts to focus on how two of America's very most important allies are grappling with the emergent regional order. With rich scholarly analysis and policy insights, the authors rightly foresee the need for Canberra and Tokyo to recalibrate their expectations about the United States, while still doing all they can with Washington and other key partners to shoulder the burden of preserving the rules-based security and economic order which has so greatly benefitted the region. Policymakers and scholars alike-in Australia, Japan and beyond-should read this book to understand how US allies are looking to navigate between a rising China on the one hand and uncertain America leadership on the other.' --Bates Gill, Macquarie University, AustraliaTable of ContentsContents: Preface Part I US Leadership in a Liberal East Asian Order 1. A Question of Primacy? Japan, Australia, and the Future of the United States in Asia Michael Heazle and Andrew O’Neil 2. Resolving Contradictions: US Primacy and the ‘Rules-Based’ Order Ian Hall and Michael Heazle Part II US leadership and Strategic Engagement in East Asia: Directions and Challenges 3. What Does America Seek in Asia? Refuting the Pacific Primacy Myth Van Jackson 4. Networked Security in a Changing Asia: The Value of Alliances in Uncertainty Mira Rapp-Hooper 5. Building a Pacific Order: Binding the Liberal Spokes Zack Cooper Part III Japanese and Australian Perspectives on US Leadership and the Liberal Regional Order 6. US Leadership in Maritime Asia : A Japanese Perspective on the Rebalance and Beyond Satoru Mori 7. American Leadership and Power in Japanese Security Strategy Ryo Sahashi 8. Contesting Visions of ‘Primacy’: The Australian Perception of US Decline in the Asia-Pacific Sheryn Lee Part IV Prospects and Challenges for Deeper Australia-Japan Security Engagement 9. Assumptions about Alliances: Australia, Japan, and the Liberal International Order Rikki Kersten 10. Heading towards Alliance? Domestic Factors in the Evolution of Japan-Australia Security Cooperation Ryosuke Hanada Part V Conclusion 11. US Leadership and Asia’s Liberal Order: Current and Future Challenges for Regional Allies and Partners Michael Heazle and Andrew O’Neil Index

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Book SynopsisIn this easy-to-follow, one-stop reference, Dinc discusses a new and dynamic endogenous regional development approach that delves deeply into a variety of topics: the globalization process and its impact on local and regional economies; theoretical evolution of economic development; the role of governance; and institutions and local leadership in the development process.The book reviews major traditional local and regional development theories from their origins and early applications as well as regional agglomerations and industrial clusters. It also introduces conflict management procedures into the regional development process and provides a regional decision support framework that can be used for informed development policymaking. Another advantage of this book is its discussion of basic analytical tools and the inclusion of a template in an easy-to-use MS Excel spreadsheet application. Though the book follows a logical narrative, each chapter can be read individually without a loss of meaning, making it perfect for classrooms.Introduction to Regional Economic Development will prove to be an invaluable resource for teachers and students of regional science, regional development, and planning, as well as regional and local development practitioners, regional development agency staff, and local government officials.Trade ReviewIntroduction to Regional Economic Development is one of the first examinations of the field that not only introduces advanced undergraduate and masters students to the field but also serves as a useful guide to planners and practitioners responsible for building and implementing strategy in developing and emerging national and regional economies. The author's many years of experience in development planning and implementation in Central Asia, Middle East, South and East Asia provide a theoretical and methodologically-balanced treatment of the tools and concepts that dominate the field. Through the lens of globalization as a driver of change Dr. Dinc provides a new and fresh treatment of the material that defines regional economic development planning and practice.' --Roger Stough, George Mason University, US'This book by Dr. Mustafa Dinc of The World Bank is powerful, insightful and one of the most valuable presentations of practical steps in doing regional economic development. It links theory and practice in an operation step by step process that helps the practitioner do and not just think about regional development. He does not ignore theory or long-term strategies but focuses on the practical and functional steps which help a practitioner carry out the regional development process for his or her region. He also identifies steps for benchmarking regions and for monitoring progress. The practitioner and new professional will find it a key reference and standard for guiding the analytic process of regional development and the seasoned manager will also see the excellent value of this development tool. It is a great honor to have the opportunity to recommend such a penetrating, useful and outstanding contribution to the literature in this field.' --Kingsley Haynes, George Mason University, USTable of ContentsContents: 1. Globalization and Regional Economies 2. Theoretical Evolution of Economic Development 3. Governance: Institutions, Local Leadership and the Role of Regional Development Agencies 4. Conflict Management in Regional Development 5. Traditional Regional Economic Development Theories 6. Regional Agglomeration and Industrial Clusters 7. Traditional Methods for Local and Regional Economic Analysis 8. A Regional Decision Support System 9. Concluding Remarks References Annex 1: Local and Regional Economic Analysis Tools User Guide Annex 2: Productivity, Output and International Trade Extensions of Shift-Share 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 SynopsisMany developed countries are facing a demographic change with an increasing share of older individuals, yet little is known about how older workers will impact regional and national economies in terms of labor market dynamics. One possible outcome of this new demographic structure is that more individuals will become entrepreneurs at an older age. This Handbook contributes to the important and emerging field of entrepreneurship among this group and focuses on the behavioral perspectives of this phenomenon; on innovation, dynamics and performance; and the ways entrepreneurship among the elderly looks within different countries. Researchers interested in the field of entrepreneurship among older workers and policy makers dealing with the effects of changing demographic settings within countries or regions will turn to this work to gain a better understanding of entrepreneurship and aging. Contributors include: Z. Acs, M. Amaral, A.E. Brouwer, M. Cucculelli, M. Damman, H. Delfmann, M. Dragusin, R. Fonseca, M. Fritsch, M.M. Gielnik, J. Hessels, C. Holmquist, M. Klinthäll, B. Leick, R. Mariana, A. Maritz, C. Matos, H. Mayer, M. Mensmann, G. Micucci, S.C. Parker, A. Sorgner, R. Sternberg, E. Sundin, P. van der Zwan, H. Van Solinge, D. Welsh, M. Wyrwich, H. Zacher, T. ZhangTrade Review'Not only have most researchers not given special attention to older entrepreneurs, they have often intentionally excluded them from their theoretical and empirical analyses. But as the globe grays, understanding how the promises and perils of entrepreneurship change with age becomes ever more important. Backman, Karlsen and Kekezi have assembled a prominent cast of entrepreneurship researchers to set the research agenda and to begin to answer many of the open questions.' --Olav Sorenson, Yale School of Management, USTable of ContentsContents: Introduction to the Handbook of Research on Entrepreneurship and Aging 1 Mikaela Backman, Charlie Karlsson and Orsa Kekezi PART I THE INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE 1 Entrepreneurship among older workers: international evidence 23 Raquel Fonseca and Simon C. Parker 2 Senior entrepreneurship: global mapping of supporting initiatives and programmes 52 Catarina Seco Matos and Miguel Amaral 3 Entrepreneurship and ageing: exploring an economic geography perspective 88 Heike Mayer and Birgit Leick PART II INNOVATION, DYNAMICS AND PERFORMANCE 4 Are senior entrepreneurs less innovative than younger ones? 110 Rolf Sternberg 5 Entrepreneurial dynamics in the third age – a study of trajectories for start-ups by two cohorts of entrepreneurs/self-employed aged 55 and 60 143 Carin Holmquist, Elisabeth Sundin and Martin Klinthäll 6 The age effect in entrepreneurship: founder tenure, firm performance, and the economic environment 169 Marco Cucculelli and Giacinto Micucci 7 Different age effects by entrepreneur types: an investigation on US boomer entrepreneurs 192 Ting Zhang and Zoltan Acs PART III THE BEHAVIOURAL PERSPECTIVE 8 Ageing and entrepreneurship: a psychological perspective 228 Hannes Zacher, Mona Mensmann and Michael M. Gielnik 9 Grey entrepreneurship: entrepreneurship later in life and the pursuit of well-being 246 Aleid E. Brouwer and Heike Delfmann 10 Entrepreneurship and job satisfaction: the role of age 269 Michael Fritsch, Alina Sorgner and Michael Wyrwich 11 Old age self-employment and work-related stress 283 Jolanda Hessels and Peter van der Zwan PART IV CASE STUDIES 12 Senior self-employment – the case of the Netherlands 300 Marleen Damman and Hanna van Solinge 13 Romania’s ageing population: entrepreneurship opportunities and challenges 327 Dianne H.B. Welsh, Mariana Dragusin and Raluca Mariana Grosu 14 Senior entrepreneurship perspectives in Australia 352 Alex Maritz 15 Senior entrepreneurship: a case study for Portugal 370 Miguel Amaral and Catarina Seco Matos Index 411

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Book SynopsisIn recent years, economic crises, regional fragmentation trends, radical technological innovation and the failures of regional policies have expanded the knowledge horizon of experts in regional growth and development. This fully updated, revised and expanded Second Edition contains eight new chapters as well as exploring theories prevalent in the first edition in the face of recent changes in the field. With 30 chapters from leading experts from across the globe, this Handbook looks at new pathways in regional economics, presenting the most cutting-edge theories explaining regional growth and local development. It thoroughly examines recent advances in theories, the normative potentialities that they have and the cross-fertilization of ideas between regional and mainstream economists, providing crucial insights to the topic. This will be an essential source of reference and information for scholars and advanced students of regional science and regional economics. It will also be a useful tool for experts in international institutions researching regional growth.Trade Review'Capello and Nijkamp's significantly extended and updated Handbook is a tour de force of the best scholars in regional science. It is a complete guide to the theories, methodologies and literature of the field, and should be on the desk of all regional science and regional economic scholars.' --Mark Partridge, Ohio State University, US, Jinan University, China and GSSI, ItalyTable of ContentsContents: Introduction to the second edition: novelties and advances Roberta Capello and Peter Nijkamp Part I Growth Theories and Space 1. Theories of Agglomeration and Regional Economic Growth: a Historical Review Philip McCann and Frank van Oort 2. Space, Growth and Development: a Historical Perspective and Recent Advances Roberta Capello 3. Location/Allocation of Regional Growth Gunther Maier and Michaela Trippl 4. Regional Growth and Trade in the New Economic Geography and Other Recent Theories Kieran P. Donaghy 5. Leadership, Institutions and Regional Economic Development and Growth Roger `R. Stough Part II Development Theories: Regional Production Factors 6. Agglomeration, Productivity and Regional Growth: Production Theory Approaches Jeffrey P. Cohen, Cletus C. Coughlin, and Catherine J. Morrison Paul 7. Territorial Capital and Regional Development: Theoretical Insights and Appropriate Policies Roberto Camagni 8. Human Capital and Regional Development Alessandra Faggian, Félix Modrego and Philip McCann 9. Infrastructure and Regional Development Johannes Bröcker, Dirk Dohse and Piet Rietveld 10. The Nexus of Entrepreneurship and Regional Development Manfred M. Fischer and Peter Nijkamp 11. Foreign Direct Investments, Global Value Chains and Regional Development Laura Resmini Part III Development Theories: Innovation, Knowledge and Space 12. Theories of Innovation in Space: Path-breaking Achievements in Regional Science Roberta Capello 13. Innovation and space. Achievements and prospects Camilla Lenzi 14. R&D Spillovers and Regional Development/Growth Daria Denti 15. Regional Development and Knowledge Borje Johansson and Charlie Karlsson 16. Territorial development and proximity relations André Torre 17. Sustainable Development and Regional Growth Revisited Amitrajeet A. Batabyal and Peter Nijkamp 18. Spatial Clusters and Regional Development Karima Kourtit and Peter Gordon Part IV Regional Growth and Development Measurement Methods 19. Measuring Agglomeration Ryohei Nakamura and Catherine J. Morrison Paul 20. Investigating endogenous regional performance Robert J. Stimson, William Mitchell, Michael Flanagan, and Alistair Robson 21. Spatial-Economic Disparities and Convergence Stilianos Alexiadis 22. Heterogeneous reaction versus interaction in spatial econometric regional growth and convergence models Julie Le Gallo and Cem Ertur 23. CGE Modelling in Space: a Survey Kieran P. Donaghy 24. Modern Regional Input-Output and Impact Analyses Jan Oosterhaven, Karen R. Polenske and Geoffrey J. D. Hewings Part V Regional Growth and Development Policies 25. Institutions and Regional Development T.R. Lakshmanan and Ken J. Button 26. Regional Policy: Rationale, Foundations and Measurement of Effects Jouke van Dijk, Henk Folmer and Jan Oosterhaven 27. Regional Policy Models: a Review Ana M. B. Barufi and Eduardo A. Haddad 28. Quantitative Evaluation Techniques for Regional Policies Augusto Cerqua and Guido Pellegrini 29. The Regional Adjustment Model: An Instrument of Evidence-based Policy John I. Carruthers and Gordon F. Mulligan 30. Economic Decline and Public Intervention: Do Special Economic Zones Matter? Peter Friedrich and Chang Woon Nam Index

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Book SynopsisExploring the importance of megacities and megacity-regions as one of the defining features of the 21st century, this Handbook provides a clear and comprehensive overview of current thinking and debates from leading scholars in the field. Highlighting major current challenges and dimensions of megaurbanization, chapters form a thematic focus on governance, planning, history, and environmental and social issues, supported by case studies from every continent. Analysing vital questions for contemporary urban research, this Handbook looks at: what place megacities and megacity-regions occupy in a world of cities; how they interrogate current thinking about urban society, theory, and policy; and what role these largest of urban areas will play in shaping humanity's future. Key contributions reveal that research needs to further focus a critical and analytical lens on the particularities and distinctive issues associated with megaurbanization. A timely and essential read for urban studies, urban geography, and public policy students, the interdisciplinary nature of this Handbook provides a thorough view into the features and importance of megacities and megacity-regions. Public policy-makers and planners will also benefit from the wide-ranging case studies included.Trade Review'What remains to be said about cities when the planet is completely urbanized? This astonishing new Handbook seeks answers in the megacity-regions of the world, especially in the burgeoning urban constellations of eastern Asia. The book's diverse and topical chapters help planners and decision-makers, and ultimately inhabitants, to ''find their bearings'' in the unmoored vastness of a planet of megacities.' --Roger Keil, York University, Canada'The book fulfills a very timely mission: to reveal just how complex, varied, and multi-scaled the global urban reality has become - and is still becoming. The authors provide an antidote to simplifying notions about cities and megacities, updating our understanding of urban forces and dynamics, so that we might act upon them more effectively.' --Jeb Brugmann, Founder, ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability, Germany and author, Welcome to the Urban RevolutionThe Handbook of Megacities and Megacity-Regions provides a much needed assessment of 21st century urbanization, especially with its attention to the scale and density that characterizes todays cities. Its nuanced discussion of how to define megacities and megacity-regions is an important contribution to our understanding of one of the most critical megatrends of our times.' --Eugenie L. Birch, University of Pennsylvania, USTable of ContentsContents: 1 Megacities, megacity-regions, and the endgame of urbanization 1 André Sorensen and Danielle Labbé PART I THE CONCEPTUAL CHALLENGES OF MEGACITIES 2 Thinking about mega-conurbations and planning 21 John Friedmann 3 City limits: bounding and unbounding in conceptualizing the megacity 33 Michael Leaf 4 Urbanization and developmental pathways: critical junctures of urban transition 47 André Sorensen 5 El Monstruo : reflections on catastrophic metaphors about Mexico City 65 Julie-Anne Boudreau and Felipe de Alba PART II MEGA-URBAN GOVERNANCE 6 Urban governance of megacities: searching for the collective actor 78 Christian Lefèvre 7 Powerful states, weak states: understanding coercion and neglect in the governance of Marcos-era Manila 92 Nancy Kwak 8 Actors and shifting scales of urban governance in India 101 Loraine Kennedy 9 The incomplete and paradoxical ‘neoliberal turn’ in Mumbai 119 Marie-Hélène Zérah 10 Nurturing neighbourhoods to sustain quality of life in megacities and large city regions: an interdisciplinary reflection on planning for sustainable and socially just cities from Chile 134 Lake Sagaris, María Inés Arribas, María Inés Solimano, Sonia Reyes-Paecke and Juan Carlos Muñoz PART III MEGA-URBAN PATTERNS, FORMS AND PLANNING APPROACHES 11 Urban containment policies for megacities: the case of Beijing 153 Haoying Han 12 East Asian megacities: the view from the periphery 169 Douglas Webster and Jianyi Li 13 On the road again: the geography and characteristics of American commuter megaregions 188 Alasdair Rae and Garrett Dash Nelson 14 The West African corridor from Abidjan to Lagos: a megacity-region under construction 206 Armelle Choplin and Alice Hertzog 15 Cities: growing threats, growing opportunities 223 Daniel Hoornweg and Kevin Pope PART IV MEGA-URBAN LIFE SPACES AND LIVEABILITY 16 Navigating the extensiveness of Jakarta 234 AbdouMaliq Simone 17 Poverty in a wealthy megacity: stories from Tokyo’s alleys after the bubble burst 245 Heide Imai 18 Flooding as emotional politics in the Mexican megacity-region 261 Felipe de Alba PART V MEGA-URBAN ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES 19 Measuring progress toward sustainable megacities 278 Iain D. Stewart, Chris A. Kennedy and Angelo Facchini 20 Megacities at risk: the climate–energy conundrum 292 William E. Rees 21 Future megacity-regions and heatwave exposure 309 Peter J. Marcotullio, Carsten Keßler and Balázs M. Fekete 22 Megacity in the delta: managing water in Jakarta 327 Christopher Silver PART VI MEGA-URBAN ECONOMICS, REAL ESTATE AND PROPERTY 23 Rethinking megacity-region development: the land–infrastructure– finance nexus as political project 345 Gavin Shatkin 24 The process of metropolization in megacity-regions 360 Rodrigo Cardoso and Evert Meijers 25 The emergence and economic restructuring of two global super megacity-regions in China: comparing the Pearl River and Yangtze River Deltas 376 Anthony G. O. Yeh, Xingjian Liu, Jili Xu and Mengdi Wu 26 The financialization of real estate in megacities and its variegated trajectories in East Asia 395 Natacha Aveline-Dubach Index 411

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Book SynopsisThis timely and engaging book explores the role of European political entrepreneurship in debating, shaping and implementing the Europe 2020 strategy. Insightful chapters analyse the content, conditions and consequences of Europe 2020, investigating the plan for a future prosperous EU economy. Focussing on how European political entrepreneurship functions in times of crisis, Smart, Sustainable and Inclusive Growth considers these crises as potential windows of opportunity. The expert contributors highlight how the 2020 strategy has been debated, decided on, and then implemented from a governance perspective with multiple actors, and look ahead to necessary future developments. Further to this, multi-level governance is discussed as a way to address the demanded socio-economic goals across the EU in order to effect smart, sustainable and inclusive growth. Entrepreneurship and public policy scholars, particularly those with an interest in European affairs will find this book to be an interesting read. It will also prove to be a powerful resource for politicians and public servants working within the Europe 2020 strategy.Contributors include: H. Ekelund, A. Haglund-Morrissey, C. Karlsson, M. Nilsson, M. Öhlén, A. Parkhouse, B. Pircher, C. Silander, D. Silander, S. TavassoliTrade Review'This edited volume is an excellent starting point for everyone interested in how Europe may continue to be a guiding beacon in terms of economy, democracy and sustainability when challenged by US techgiants and Chinese state enterprises.' --Bent Meier Sørensen, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark'This is a timely and highly policy relevant collection of contributions that explores the role of European political entrepreneurship in debating, shaping and implementing the Europe 2020 strategy within the EU. The book is coherent and provides its readers with key insights regarding the contents of Europe 2020, core actors and policies on smart, sustainable and inclusive growth. I highly recommend the book to anyone interested in current policy of the EU and in European political entrepreneurship.' --Martin Andersson, Blekinge Institute of Technology (BTH), Swedish Entrepreneurship Forum, and Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN), SwedenTable of ContentsContents: Part I Europe 2020 and Framework of Study 1. The European Commission and Europe 2020: Smart, Sustainable and Inclusive Growth Daniel Silander 2. EU, Europe 2020 and a Social Market Economy Daniel Silander Part II Core Actors on Europe 2020 3. Policy-Making in the European Council and the Council of the EU on Europe 2020: The Presidency Effect Brigitte Pircher 4. The European Parliament and the Europe 2020 Strategy: An Arena for Public Debate or Political Entrepreneurship? Mats Öhlén 5. Local and Regional Involvement in Europe 2020: A Success Story? Brigitte Pircher 6. Europe 2020, EU Agencies and Political Entrepreneurship Helena Ekelund Part III Policies on Smart, Sustainable and Inclusive Growth 7. Policy-Evaluation in Competitiveness: Towards More Results-Oriented Industrial Policies Charlie Karlsson and Sam Tavassoli 8. Research and Innovation Anne Haglund-Morrissey 9. Gender Equality Policy Charlotte Silander 10. Asylum- and Migration Policies: Enabling Inclusive Growth in the EU? Anna Parkhouse 11. Climate and Environmental Politics: Resource Efficient Martin Nilsson Section 4: Concluding Remarks 12. European Political Entrepreneurship: Europe 2020 To An End Daniel Silander Index

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Book SynopsisThis comprehensive Handbook provides an in-depth analysis of the nature of East Asian economic integration alongside thoughtful insights into contemporary issues, such as digital technology and the environment. Contributors provide detailed explanations of the origins of the topic, tracing the evolution of production networks and guiding readers through contemporary policy issues.Key feaatures: Trade, poverty and Aid-for-Trade Skills and human capital development policies of ASEAN Institutional reforms, regulatory reform and measuring integration Agricultural development, structural transformation and East Asian trade The Handbook concludes with a considered review of regional security and discusses how improvements in this area can cause obstructions to economic integration, highlighting future approaches for how these issues can be resolved.Accessible and engaging, this Handbook will be an excellent resource for scholars of Asian and regional economics and studies. Policymakers within the media and financial institutions will also benefit from the practical case studies and suggested avenues for future policy improvements.Trade Review‘The fast-growing countries of East Asia have achieved some of the most spectacular economic achievements of all time. Factory Asia followed a different path from Europe and North America. This book explains how this all came about, by tracking the role of trade, investment, supply chains, connectivity, financial integration and trade agreements, clarifying how all this came together to help change people’s lives. At last we have a comprehensive account, written by leading scholars and policymakers from the region.’ -- Alan Bollard, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand and past Director, APEC Secretariat, SingaporeTable of ContentsContents: Foreword by Hidetoshi Nishimura ix Acknowledgements xi List of abbreviations xii 1 Introduction to the Handbook on East Asian Economic Integration: An overview of shifting paradigm in globalisation, trade, and investment in East Asia 1 Fukunari Kimura, Mari Pangestu, Shandre Mugan Thangavelu, Christopher Findlay, and Dionisius Narjoko 2 East Asian architecture of integration 21 Mari Pangestu and Shiro Armstrong 3 Modelling Asia-Pacific regional integration 49 Peter A. Petri, Michael G. Plummer, and Fan Zhai 4 Trade in goods with internationalised production activities 66 Toshiyuki Matsuura and Ayako Obashi 5 FDI activities and integration in ASEAN and East Asia 88 Shandre Mugan Thangavelu, Shujiro Urata, and Dessie Tarko Ambaw 6 International population mobility in East Asia 110 Aris Ananta and Evi Nurvidya Arifin 7 Services 137 Christopher Findlay and Hein Roelfsema 8 Agricultural development, structural transformation, and East Asian trade 156 Kym Anderson 9 Institutional reform, regulatory reform, and integration in East Asia 180 Rashesh Shrestha and Ha Thi Thanh Doan 10 Business impediments to economic integration in Southeast Asia 203 Cassey Lee 11 Trade creation and utilisation of regional trade agreements 218 Kazunobu Hayakawa and Kohei Shiino 12 Trade, poverty, and Aid-for-Trade 235 Jayant Menon and Anna Cassandra Melendez 13 Investment in connectivity 257 Andrew Elek and Christopher Findlay 14 Connectivity and the geographical simulation model 273 Ikumo Isono and Damiaan Persyn 15 East Asian financial integration in banking, markets and regulation 299 Donald Hanna and Andrew Sheng 16 Economic integration, climate change, and sustainable development in East Asia 321 Simon Tay 17 Energy transition for fuelling economic integration in East Asia 342 Venkatachalam Anbumozhi 18 Reorganisation of production 366 Fukunari Kimura and Dionisius Narjoko 19 Skills and human capital development policies of ASEAN 390 Shandre Mugan Thangavelu and Wenxiao Wang 20 Digitalisation and market integration 413 Hosuk Lee-Makiyama 21 The economics–security nexus and East Asian integration 435 Priya Chacko and Kanishka Jayasuriya Index 454

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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 SynopsisThis interdisciplinary book examines Brexit from a political economy perspective, enriched by insights from scholars of political science, history and law. Shedding light on the key motivations for Brexit, this incisive book seeks to better understand what shapes the UK's political and economic preferences and the fundamental causes and issues that have moulded its stance on the EU. Political issues explored include the political rationality of Brexit and the reasons for the UK's unsustainable position in the EU, specific UK sovereignty concerns in the absence of a written constitution, the issue of preferences, and the UK's prospective standing in the world post EU exit. Economic considerations such as the root causes of Brexit, examination of the properties of the single market and EU regulation, including the issue of the City of London, and the importance played by subjective wellbeing rather than economic growth are investigated, as well as the challenges to be confronted post-Brexit. The Politics and Economics of Brexit will be a key resource for scholars and students interested in the European Union, European governance and political economics. Analysing the Brexit impasse from 2016-2019, this comprehensive book will also be valuable to those working in comparative politics, international relations, business and industry. Contributors include: S. Baroncelli, A. Bongardt, R. Bourgeot, P. Della Posta, R. Di Quirico, E. Diodato, S. Giusti , S. Rehman, M. Rosini, L.S. Talani, F. TorresTrade Review'Brexit has many dimensions: political, social, economic, financial and legal. That's what makes the exit of Britain from the EU so difficult to organize. And because it is so difficult, it will continue to make it exciting to study. This timely book disentangles all the different dimensions of Brexit and lays them bare for everybody to see. A must read.' --Paul De Grauwe, London School of Economics, UK'This is a timely and comprehensive book that furthers our understanding of the causes and consequences of Brexit not only for the UK but also for the EU and the rest of the world. The authors succeed in addressing the debates over Brexit from an historical, political, economic and legal point of view. Their comprehensive and insightful analyses of the underlying and proximate causes of Brexit represents an important contribution to the academic literature that is also accessible to the general public.' --Alan Cafruny, Hamilton College, USTable of ContentsContents: Chapter 1: Introduction – the politics and economics of Brexit Annette Bongardt, Leila Simona Talani and Francisco Torres PART 1: THE POLITICS OF BREXIT Chapter 2: Brexit as a question of political rationality: hard choices for the UK, lessons for EU sustainability Annette Bongardt and Francisco Torres Chapter 3: The road to Brexit: European integration, the UK and the failure of the “malign neglect” strategy toward the EU Roberto di Quirico Chapter 4: Brexit, sovereignty and devolution: the view of constitutional law Stefania Baroncelli and Monica Rosini Chapter 5: Globally alone, the UK foreign policy after Brexit Emidio Diodato and Serena Giusti PART 2: THE ECONOMICS OF BREXIT Chapter 6: Social capital, heterogeneous ethnicity and Brexit Pompeo Della Posta and Scheherazade Rehman Chapter 7: UK dithering over Brexit: on the European single market and its regulatory model Annette Bongardt Chapter 8: Brexit and the future of the City of London: Between deregulation and innovation Leila Simona Talani Chapter 9: Brexit adds to Europe’s need for economic rebalancing and technological impetus Remi Bourgeot Chapter 10: Brexit: What have we learnt? Annette Bongardt, Leila Simona Talani and Francisco Torres Index

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Book SynopsisThis book presents multidisciplinary research that expands our understanding of the innovation system (IS) and the entrepreneurial ecosystem (EE) perspectives on regional economic development. It critically reviews the two concepts and explores the promise and the limits of bridging IS and EE, particularly as applied outside of the bubbling global hubs or to the types of entrepreneurship different from the high-growth variety. Building on these insights, it delves deeper into the links between the academic knowledge and its practical applications in a variety of contexts - from a vibrant London suburb to Latin American countries - with the goal of offering place-specific policy implications. Additionally, the authors advance the inquiry by examining some of the overlooked dimensions of the systemic approaches to economic development such as informal and social entrepreneurship and offers a comprehensive view of the current research at the intersection of the IS and the EE frameworks from the practical perspective. Entrepreneurship and innovation - and relatively new ways to study and understand those within the systems framework - are at the forefront of scholarly and policy debate on economic growth at the moment, making this an important and timely work for academics and policy makers. Contributors include: V. Andonova, M. Belitski, J.E. Cassiolato, A.P. da Costa e Silva Lima, C. De Fuentes, G. de Oliveira Santos, M. del Carmen Roman Roig, N.A. Dentchev, A. Diaz Gonzalez, J. Federico, A. Godley, M. Gonzalo, A. Guerrero Alvarado, S. Ibarra Garcia, H. Kantis, R. Lèbre La Rovere, M.C.J. Lustosa, H.M. Martins Lastres, F. Modrego, J.A. Peerally, J. A. Perez-Lopez, M.G. Pessoa de Matos, M.G. Pezzi, R. Pugh, M.G.v. B. Podcameni, J. Schmutzler, V. Servantie, A. Tsvetkova, J.M. Zabala-IturriagagoitiaTrade Review'This book is the first to span the vast void that has separated two distinct research and policy worlds - entrepreneurial ecosystems and innovation systems. In this thoughtful and insightful book, the authors are able to highlight and articulate both the commonalities as well as the unique features distinguishing entrepreneurial ecosystems and innovation systems. Both researchers and thought leaders in business and policy will benefit from reading this important and pathbreaking new book paving the way for linking entrepreneurship to innovation in the context of ecosystems.' --David Audretsch, Indiana University, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface Introduction. Entrepreneurial Ecosystems meet Innovation Systems: Synergies, policy lessons and overlooked dimensions Jana Schmutzler, Rhiannon Pugh and Alexandra Tsvetkova Part I The promise and the limits of bridging the Entrepreneurial Ecosystems and Innovation Systems approaches 1. Bridging the literature on Innovation Systems and Entrepreneurial Ecosystems: Cross-fertilizations for understanding knowledge-intensive, social and environmental entrepreneurship Renata Lèbre La Rovere, Marcelo Gerson Pessoa de Matos, Guilherme de Oliveira Santos and Antonio Pedro da Costa e Silva Lima 2. Entrepreneurial Ecosystems meet Innovation Systems: Building bridges from Latin America to the Global South Hugo Kantis, Manuel Gonzalo, Juan Federico and Sabrina Ibarra Garcia 3. The Role of diaspora in Entrepreneurial Ecosystems and National Innovation Systems Veneta Andonova, Jonathan A. Perez-Lopez and Jana Schmutzler Part II Policy lessons from the systems perspectives 4. Beyond IP and rich infrastructure! A community service learning perspective on the universities’ supportive role towards social entrepreneurs Abel Diaz Gonzalez, Nikolay A. Dentchev and Maria del Carmen Roman Roig 5. The entrepreneurial propensity of the Swedish National Innovation System: New challenges for policy makers Jon Mikel Zabala-Iturriagagoitia 6. Territory, development and systemic innovation: A Southern perspective José Eduardo Cassiolato, Maria Gabriela v. B. Podcameni, Helena Maria Martins Lastres and Maria Cecília Junqueira Lustosa 7. The synergy approach to understand Entrepreneurship and Innovation Ecosystem Taxonomy Maksim Belitski and Andrew Godley Part III The overlooked dimensions of the systems perspectives 8. Beyond entrepreneurial culture in the Entrepreneurial Ecosystems framework: Contributions from economic anthropology Maria Giulia Pezzi and Félix Modrego 9. Typifying latecomer social entrepreneurs by ownership structure: Learning and building knowledge from Innovation Systems Jahan Ara Peerally and Claudia De Fuentes 10. Entrepreneurial Ecosystems as a mechanism to promote economic formality in emerging economies: The Case of Bogota Andres Guerrero Alvarado and Vinciane Servantie Epilogue. The systems perspective on economic development: The past, the present and the future Rhiannon Pugh, Jana Schmutzler and Alexandra Tsvetkova Index

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Book SynopsisA novel contribution to the growing field of regional innovation policies, this timely book combines recent theoretical developments and empirical contributions. With a keen focus on non-core regions, some of the top scholars in the field discuss the topics of regional path transformation, place-based strategy and policy learning. Analysing the role of EU institutions, the book includes a thematic section on EU regional and innovation policies as well as four key case studies of peripheral European regions, Galicia, Apulia, Malopolska and Agder. By analysing these case studies, the authors offer advice on how to improve regional innovation policies and systems within a modern context, where smart specialisation dominates and competitiveness is increasingly relevant. EU studies, innovation and regional studies scholars will appreciate the blend of empirical evidence and theory. It will also be useful to policy-makers in charge of innovation policies at regional as well as EU level. Contributors include: C. Ares, A. Arrona, B.T. Asheim, E. Baier, C.A.M. del Carmen Sánchez-Carreira, I. Dileo, J. Gancarczyk, M. Gancarczyk, M. González-López, R. Hassink, A. Isaksen, J. Karlsen, R.N.S.S. J.P. Knudsen, M. Larrea, F. Losurdo, M. Najda-Janoszka, Ó. Rodil-Marzábal, S. Strickert, M. Trippl, P. Varela-Vázquez, X. Vence-Deza, A. ZenkerTable of ContentsContents List of contributors vii Introduction: regional innovation systems and regional innovation policies 1 Manuel González-López and Bjørn T. Asheim 1 The role of the Regional Innovation System approach in contemporary regional policy: is it still relevant in a globalised world? 12 Bjørn T. Asheim, Arne Isaksen and Michaela Trippl 2 Advancing place-based regional innovation policies 30 Robert Hassink 3 Policy learning in regions: the potential of co-generative research methodologies to help responsible innovation 46 Ainhoa Arrona, James Karlsen and Miren Larrea 4 Regional autonomy and innovation policy 66 Elisabeth Baier and Andrea Zenker 5 EU regional development policy, from regional convergence to development through innovation 92 Cristina Ares 6 An overview of the European Union innovation policy from the regional perspective 113 María del Carmen Sánchez-Carreira 7 Regional Innovation Systems and regional disparities in the Euro area: insights for regional innovation policy 139 Óscar Rodil-Marzabal and Xavier Vence-Deza 8 The effects of projects funded by the EU Framework Programmes on regional innovation and scientific performance 162 Pedro Varela-Vazquez and Manuel González-López 9 Evolution and change of the Galician innovation system and policies 188 Manuel González-López 10 The evolution of regional innovation policy in a peripheral area: the case of Apulia region 207 Ivano Dileo and Francesco Losurdo 11 Regional innovation system and policy in Malopolska, Poland: an institutionalised learning 225 Marta Gancarczyk, Marta Najda-Janoszka and Jacek Gancarczyk 12 The Agder region: an innovation policy case study 252 Roger Normann, Sissel Strickert and Jon P. Knudsen Index 271

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Book SynopsisBuilding on the experience of more than one hundred innovation strategies for smart specialisation, this book uncovers insights into their recent implementation by regional and national governments in the European Union. Although designed to boost the competitiveness of Europe and its regions, chapters analyse why the implementation of this policy model was much more complicated than expected. Offering an in-depth understanding of territories and their complexity, and highlighting why this is crucial to the topic, this timely book explores the importance of place-based innovation policy instead of a one-size-fits-all variety. It provides new reflections on the conceptual approaches for the identification of innovation priorities, the data required, the methods through which the data can be turned into useful information and the mapping of the information available. This book's insights into how the economic, scientific, innovative and societal potential of cities, regions and countries can be measured will be useful for policy-makers looking to learn from the smart specialisation of Europe. Public policy and economic innovation scholars will appreciate the strong case studies analysed in the book combined with in-depth analysis of different methodologies. Contributors include: R. Capello, A. Conte, N. Cortinovis, T. Dogaru, S. Franco, E. Fuster, C. Gianelle, H. Hollanders, A. Kleibrink, H. Kroll, C. Lenzi, G. Mandras, F.A. Massucci, M. Matusiak, A. Murciego, J. van Haaren, F. van OortTrade Review'Building on the experience of the implementation of smart specialisation in EU regions the book discusses mapping tools that may be used for the design of innovation policies. It proposes a broader way of looking at innovation which requires an in-depth understanding of territories and their complexity. The book is a must read for anyone interested in innovation policy at regional level.' --Donato Iacobucci, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Italy'The book addresses one of the key difficulties in identification of regional innovation priorities, the data required, and methods to map and turn data into useful information. In the time of data proliferation, the volume provides a thorough review of the landscape of data and analytics needed to monitor and answer the most pressing of questions when designing evidence-based smart specialization strategies. An important and timely resource for policy makers and practitioners, especially when designing the next generation of innovation strategies and fulfilling the enabling conditions set by the European Union.' --Anwar Aridi, The World Bank, US'This is a refreshing book on new perspectives for innovation policies. One of the forgotten dimensions in this field has been the significance of regional specificities and territorial constellations for the innovation potential of regions and cities. The novel place-based approach - in relation to a smart specialisation policy - provides a promising scientific signpost for modern spatial innovation policy. This volume contains a great collection of informed, quantitative contributions on place-based innovation strategies.' --Peter Nijkamp, Tinbergen Institute, AmsterdamTable of ContentsContents: Chapter 1: Mapping industrial and territorial dimensions for the design of place-based innovation policies: the rationale of the book Roberta Capello, Alexander Kleibrink and Monika Matusiak PART 1: UNDERSTANDING THE ECONOMIC FABRIC OF TERRITORIES Chapter 2: Establishing the Fundament for RIS3 Regional Innovation Policies - Mapping Economic Specialisation Henning Kroll Chapter 3: Mapping relatedness in European regions Frank van Oort, Nicola Cortinovis, Teodora Dogaru and Jeroen van Haaren Chapter 4: Mapping global value chains Giovanni Mandras and Andrea Conte PART 2: UNDERSTANDING THE TERRITORIAL DIMENSION OF INNOVATION Chapter 5: Mapping regional innovation patterns and their evolution Roberta Capello and Camilla Lenzi Chapter 6: Mapping innovation potential for place-based innovation policies Hugo Hollanders and Monika Matusiak Chapter 7. Learning from Similar Regions: How to Benchmark Innovation Systems Beyond Rankings Susana Franco, Carlo Gianelle, Alexander Kleibrink and Asier Murciego Chapter 8: Identifying specialisation domains beyond taxonomies: mapping scientific and technological domains of specialisation via semantic analysis Enric Fuster, Francesco Massucci and Monika Matusiak Index

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Book SynopsisThis unique book explores what subregions are in a European context and what roles they fulfil in relation to the European integration process, exploring how subregional cooperation and integration in Europe largely take place in the shadow of the European integration process. Mats Braun examines how subregions fulfil two specific functions in relation to the European integration process: they compensate for the fact that countries are connected to the European Union in different ways, and they facilitate cooperation in fields where the EU has failed to do so. The book analyses two of the European subregions in detail, the Nordics and the Visegrad, and explores how these groups gain legitimacy. Braun suggests that Nordic cooperation is based on perceptions of shared norms relating, among other things, to peace, while the Visegrad Group has become widely known only in the aftermath of the migration crisis and is now developing a new narrative based on protecting Europe. Elaborating on a theoretical framework based on postfunctionalism, this book will be critical reading for scholars and students of European politics and policy, international relations and regional studies. Its focus on the two case studies will also be beneficial for policy makers and analysts interested in the politics of the Nordic and Visegrad countries.Trade Review'Mats Braun has tackled the subject that many in EU studies and beyond have wanted and needed: how state formations within the EU function and influence its works. A long-time observer, the author is especially well-placed to take on this essential yet understudied topic. This book mobilises an intimate knowledge of both the Nordic and Visegrad countries; a combination difficult to match. The results are an informed, comparative analysis, with great value and insights to a wide range of readers.' -- Rick Fawn, University of St Andrews, UKTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction to The Politics of Regional Cooperation and the Impact on the European Union 2. Subregions and regionalism 3. Regionalism, subregions and identity 4. Case study 1: Nordic cooperation in the context of European integration 5. Case study 2: the Visegrad Group in the context of European integratio 6. Conclusions to The Politics of Regional Cooperation and the Impact on the European Union References

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Book SynopsisCritically reviewing major factors that disrupt local and regional development, Mustafa Dinc provides a transparent interpretation of the circular and cumulative relationship between these disruptions and development, highlighting ways to help interrupt this cycle. The book emphasizes the role and responsibility of individuals in the development process by exploring a humanist approach to local and regional development.Chapters analyse the impacts of information and technological revolutions, globalization, conflict and migration, the depletion of natural resources and environmental degradation, and the deterioration of traditional human values on local and regional development. Moving away from macro-perspectives, this timely book looks at how technology, competition and economic integration over the past few decades have created undeniable social, political, economic and environmental problems for every country, exploring how these may harm the political and social fabric of society to an irreparable point, unless effective action is taken.Written in an accessible style, this is an important read for development studies scholars, as well as economics and sociology scholars focusing on development. It will also benefit local and regional policy-makers needing a more in-depth understanding of the issues facing development in our modern world.Trade Review'This is a very different approach to regional economic development. Although it relies on some well known fundamental principles, it is a completely new and fresh perspective. Given the underlying changes in the new global economic system and the consequences for the restructuring of human activity and redistribution, this volume should be read by all students and professionals in the field.' -- Kingsley E. Haynes, George Mason University, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction 2. Development 3. Sustainability and development 4. Technological revolutions and development 5. Conflict and development 6. Disruptions in local and regional development and the way forward for a more humanitarian world References Index

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Book SynopsisThis timely book explores both the diversity of local resources and the interrelated issues concerning the concept of well-being. Drawing conclusions from diverse settings from across Europe and the US, chapters first begin with an analysis of the nature of local resources. The book then moves on to unpack the concept of well-being. It sheds light on topics such as the impact of urban design on health and the connection between amenities and social justice. Featuring key case studies supporting its theoretical foundations, the authors convincingly argue for a more comprehensive view of local resources and well-being from a territorial perspective. Providing unique and innovative insights into the significance of place-specific resources and well-being, this book is of particular interest to human geography, planning, economics and sociology scholars. Chapters also feature a strong emphasis on policy recommendations. Contributors include: C. Achin, K. Basset, C. Darroux, C. Di Marco, J.-C. Dissart, J. Gensel, E. George, P. Judet, K. Koop, P. Le Quéau, A. Le Roy, D.W. Marcouiller, D. Noël, G. Novarina, F. Ottaviani, B. Parent, B. Pecqueur, J.-F. Ruault, S. Sadoux, Y. Schaeffer, N. Seigneuret, C. Sowa, M. Talandier, R. Thomas, M. Villanova-OliverTrade Review'Local Resources, Territorial Development and Well-being provides a timely and innovative contribution to the literature on regional development. The edited book explores the relationships between territorial actors and resources and local well-being. The chapters demonstrate the value of multidisciplinary approaches to territorial development in a wide variety of settings. The book will provide a valuable resource for academicians, policy makers and practitioners.' --Gary Paul Green, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USTable of ContentsContents: Foreword: well-being and local resources as the basis for territorial attractiveness xv Benoît Parent 1 Introduction: shifting resources, multifaceted well-being 1 Jean-Christophe Dissart and Natacha Seigneuret PART I DIVERSITY OF LOCAL RESOURCES 2 Territorial resources, proximity economics and new urban dynamics: the case of the city of Grenoble 14 Bernard Pecqueur and Kirsten Koop 3 Reconsidering the ground: new opportunities for shrinking cities. Lessons from the cases of Dessau and Halle 36 Charline Sowa 4 Mining the past? Alternative forms of heritagisation and local resources in mountain territories (France, 18th–21st centuries) 58 Karine Basset, Caroline Darroux and Pierre Judet 5 Are outstanding cultural heritage sites useful territorial resources for community development? 77 Jean-François Ruault and Magali Talandier 6 Implementation of tourism diversification in ski resorts in the French Alps: a history of territorializing tourism 100 Emmanuelle George and Coralie Achin 7 Territorial energy transition strategies: new models for cooperation between actors and resource management? 121 Gilles Novarina and Natacha Seigneuret PART II MULTIFACETED WELL-BEING 8 Beyond monetary well-being: can sociabilities offset the effects of low income? A case study in the Grenoble metropolitan area 144 Anne Le Roy and Fiona Ottaviani 9 Accessibility of urban public space: considering the diversity of ordinary pedestrian practices 162 Rachel Thomas 10 The British “Healthy New Towns” initiative: a step towards reuniting planning and health? 180 Stéphane Sadoux and Cecilia Di Marco 11 A framework for describing and analysing life course trajectories: taking a step towards studying residential migration factors 204 Marlène Villanova-Oliver, David Noël, Jérôme Gensel and Pierre Le Quéau 12 Natural amenities and social justice 227 Jean-Christophe Dissart, David W. Marcouiller and Yves Schaeffer 13 Conclusion: renewal of methods and multidisciplinary curiosity 251 Natacha Seigneuret and Jean-Christophe Dissart Index 257

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Book SynopsisElgar Research Agendas outline the future of research in a given area. Leading scholars are given the space to explore their subject in provocative ways, and map out the potential directions of travel. They are relevant but also visionary. City-regions are regeneration economies, or in other words, places that are experiencing on-going processes of recovery, adaptation or transformation. This Research Agenda provides both a state-of-the-art review of existing research on city-regions, and expands on new research approaches. Expert contributors from across the globe explore key areas of research for reading city-regions, including: trade, services and people, regional differentiation, big data, global production networks, governance and policy, and regional development. The book focuses on developing a more integrated and systematic approach to reading city-regions as part of regeneration economics by identifying conceptual and methodological developments in this field of study. Students in geography, urban studies and city and regional planning will greatly benefit from reading this, as it provides a wealth of stimuli for essays and dissertation topics. Advanced business and public policy students will also benefit from the focus on translating research into practice, an approach that this Research Agenda takes in several chapters.Contributors include: L. Andres, J.R. Bryson, J. Clark, G.J.D. Hewings, N. Kreston, M. Nathan, P. Nijkamp, J. Steenbruggen, R.J. Stimson, E. Tranos, A. Weaver, D. Wójcik, G. YeungTrade Review'This important text meaningfully advances our understanding of the complex relations between city regions and regeneration economies across the globe. Bryson, Andres and Mulhall masterfully assemble leading voices in the social sciences that provide us with innovative and penetrating analyses of current economic realities in these places and what needs to be done to resuscitate them. The result is a compelling and provocative account of places struggling to regenerate their economies and how informed public policy may make a difference.' --David Wilson, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, US'We often assume regions in crisis are destined for continued decline. This book challenges that assumption, showing the possibility for struggling regions to rebound and overcome economic adversity. But equally it highlights the need for thoughtful and sustained institutional action to extend the benefits of regeneration, especially in support of shared prosperity.' --Nichola Lowe, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, US'A Research Agenda for Regeneration Economies is a most welcome addition to the scholarly literature on regional economic development planning and ''regeneration economies''. The lessons offered by the distinguished contributors to this volume should find a prominent place in professional planning curricula as well as in continuing-education workshops for practitioners.' --Jeffrey M. Chusid, Cornell University, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface: Timing and Placing Regeneration Economies 1. Dynamics and City-Region Regeneration Economies: Shaping the directions of a new Research Agenda Lauren Andres and John R. Bryson 2. Regenerating Regional Economies: Trade in Goods and Services and People Geoffrey J.D. Hewings 3. Economic Restructuring and Spatial Differentiation Down-Under Robert J. Stimson 4. Beyond Years of Schooling: Precisely Measured Skills, Skill Formation, and Economic Growth Andrew Weaver 5. Global Production Networks and Regeneration Economies Godfrey Yeung 6. Resilience of US metropolitan areas to the 2008 financial crisis Nicholas Kreston and Dariusz Wójcik 7. Regeneration Economies: A Research Agenda: Governance, policy and regional development Jennifer Clark 8. Mobile phone operators, their (big) data and urban analysis Emmanouil Tranos, John Steenbruggen and Peter Nijkamp 9. Linking Research and Policy for Local Economies Max Nathan 10. People, Place, Space and City-Regions: Towards an Integrated or Systemic Approach to Reading City-Region Regeneration Economies John R. Bryson, Lauren Andres and Rachel Mulhall 11. Epilogue: Towards a Research Agenda for City-Region Regeneration Economies: From Artificial Intelligence, the Gig Economy to Air Pollution John R. Bryson and Lauren Andres Index

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Book SynopsisIlluminating and timely, this book explores several theoretical and empirical issues related to the potential for increasing capacities for innovation, knowledge and entrepreneurship. It highlights the current academic and political consensus that calls for policy interventions targeted towards more balanced, inclusive and regionally cohesive growth.Bringing together a wide range of cutting-edge case studies and research on regional potentials, the book explores the need for a focus on the regional inequality aspects of innovating, knowledge and entrepreneurship. Chapters analyse previously underexplored determinants of regional economic growth and development often overlooked in standard growth studies. They offer a deeper understanding of the drivers and implications of sub-national disparities in entrepreneurship and innovation in both developed and developing countries. Scholars and researchers of innovation, entrepreneurship, regional economics and spatial planning will appreciate the blend of empirical and theoretical viewpoints in the book. It will also be a useful tool for policymakers, planners and consultants involved in economic development and regional policies on different scales.Trade Review‘Innovation and entrepreneurship are key to economic development. But these factors are far more concentrated geographically than wealth or employment. Why is this the case? Unlocking Regional Innovation and Entrepreneurship provides the answers. A must-read for scholars and policymakers who want to unleash the economic potential of territories.’Table of ContentsContents: 1 Introduction to Unlocking Regional Innovation and Entrepreneurship: The Potential for Increasing Capacities 1 Iréne Bernhard, Urban Gråsjö and Charlie Karlsson 2 Activating and redirecting regional potentials through innovation and entrepreneurship: an explorative study of European regions 14 Andreas P. Cornett and Nils Karl Sørensen 3 Urban innovation districts as hotspots for innovators 38 Claudia Trillo 4 Entrepreneurs, entrepreneurship policy and regional innovation systems 64 Helen Lawton Smith 5 Industrial policy in developed countries: a difficult but important policy area 81 Charlie Karlsson and Sam Tavassoli 6 Cultural policy for unlocking potentials of cultural activities in diverse regions 111 Giedrė Dzemydaitė 7 Assessing the role of entropy on economic complexity in Italian regions 134 Roberto Antonietti and Chiara Burlina 8 Regional institutions and small business in Russia 158 Yulia V. Tsareva, Stepan P. Zemtsov and Vera A. Barinova 9 Hiring the first employee: an international exploration on the considerations leading to job creation by the solo self-employed 186 Albert Kraaij and Saskia Rademaker 10 How patenting and self-employment have affected US metropolitan growth 219 Gordon F. Mulligan 11 Automation of income support in the public social services: a case study of an innovation that is still struggling 248 Elin Wihlborg and Mariana S. Gustafsson 12 Businessization and collaboration of the citizen/non-profit sector in Japan 271 Masashi Imase 13 Complementary smart specialization in a key Polish region 298 Patryk Czerwony, Mirosław Miller and Tomasz Mroczkowski 14 Higher education and inclusion: a comparative study of immigrants’ challenges, opportunities and strategies in Sweden and South Africa 321 Victoria Johansson and Deeqa Odaway Index

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Book SynopsisThis state-of-the-art Encyclopedia provides a detailed snapshot study of politics in Asia. Curated by two internationally recognised scholars, entries offer key insights and critical reference points in order to navigate the vastness, diversity and dynamism of Asian politics.Cross-disciplinary in approach, this pioneering Encyclopedia of Asian Politics reviews a broad range of issues such as democratisation, identity politics, political culture and terrorism, as well as the regional divisions across Northeast Asia, Southeast Asia and South Asia. Contributors include a wealth of specialist academics and practitioners from a diverse array of fields. They provide case studies on specific countries for further insight, focusing on China, India, Japan, Pakistan, Taiwan and Vietnam among other territories. Offering a high level of detail in an accessible manner, this definitive Encyclopedia will be crucial reading for students and academics in international relations, international politics, Asian studies and Asian politics. It will also prove an excellent reference point for practitioners and professionals working in the field. Key Features: Covers the latest developments in the field of Asian politics Signposts extensive additional resources for further reading and exploration Over 50 entries organised according to key geographic regions and conceptual themes Entries written by leading scholars reviewing core topics in the current political landscape Trade Review‘Asia is a vast and dynamic region. The Encyclopedia of Asian Politics captures this diversity. Providing a succinct analysis of each country in the region, it forms an essential resource that will guide readers through the complexities of Asian Politics.’ -- Chun-Yi Lee, University of Nottingham, UK‘Finally, we have an excellent Encyclopedia that provides an Asian perspective on politics, both theoretically and empirically! While political theories are often derived from American or European experiences, this volume offers critical and comparative insights into research on Asian politics.’ -- Boyu Chen, University of Niigata Prefecture, Japan‘As one of the most politically dynamic regions in the world, any serious student of politics should be familiar with politics in Asia. This volume provides an exciting introduction to the key approaches, themes and country level studies of Asian politics through short accessible entries complete with resource lists and references.’ -- Jason Young, Te Herenga Waka – Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand‘An essential, authoritative, and current reference work for readers to gain a temporal and spatial understanding of contemporary Asian politics. Contributed by experts in the field, these concise and perceptive essays enable readers to explore in-depth studies of various issues and countries in Asia.’ -- Wei-chin Lee, Wake Forest University, USTable of ContentsContents: PART I APPROACHES AND METHODS 1 Comparative methods 2 Dawn Miller-McTaggart 2 Ethnography 6 Josefina Socorro Flores Tondo and Eulalio R. Guieb III 3 Experiments 13 Jay C. Kao 4 Game theory 21 Taehee Whang 5 Institutions and institutionalism 26 Rosalie Arcala Hall 6 Q-methodology 33 Orson Tan 7 Statistical analysis 37 Guang Yang and Tsung-Han Tsai 8 Survey research 45 Chia-hung Tsai PART II THEMES/THEMATIC CHAPTERS 9 Civil society 52 Janjira Sombatpoonsiri 10 Civil wars 58 Juhn Chris P. Espia 11 Constitutions 62 Neel Vanvari 12 Courts and judicial systems 69 Rodelio C. Manacsa 13 Democratization 75 Fang-Yu Chen 14 Electoral systems 82 Ikhsan Darmawan 15 Executives 87 Dawn Miller-McTaggart 16 Gender and politics 92 Wan-Ying Yang 17 Identity politics 99 Orson Tan 18 Legislatures 103 Juhn Chris P. Espia 19 Militaries 109 Saya Kiba 20 Political behavior 113 Dennis Lu Chung Weng 21 Political culture 118 Charles K. S. Wu, Hsuan-Yu Lin and Yao-Yuan Yeh 22 Political economy 122 Stephen Noakes 23 Political economy of developmental states 126 Tian He 24 Political ideologies 133 Chien-Kang Chen 25 Political parties 137 Ching-Hsin Yu 26 Public policy 142 Dawn Miller-McTaggart 27 Religion and politics 147 Michael I. Magcamit 28 Social movements 155 Mariana Cifuentes 29 Terrorism 158 Juhn Chris P. Espia PART III REGIONS 30 Northeast Asia 163 Hsuan-Yu Lin, Charles K. S. Wu and Yao-Yuan Yeh 31 South Asia 168 Rajat Ganguly 32 Southeast Asia 174 Juhn Chris P. Espia PART IV REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 33 Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation 179 Andrea Chloe Wong 34 Association of Southeast Asian Nations 182 Laura Southgate 35 South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation 187 Neel Vanvari PART V COUNTRY CHAPTERS/CASE STUDIES 36 Bhutan 194 Neel Vanvari 37 Brunei Darussalam 201 Edna Nurafeeqah Abdul Ghani Luah 38 China 207 Tian He 39 Hong Kong 213 Karl Ho 40 India 218 Neel Vanvari 41 Indonesia 225 Amalia Sustikarini 42 Japan 230 Takayoshi Uekami 43 Laos 235 Suthikarn Meechan 44 Malaysia 241 Orson Tan 45 Myanmar 246 Noel M. Morada 46 Pakistan 254 Neel Vanvari 47 Philippines 262 Andrea Chloe Wong 48 Republic of Korea (South Korea) 267 Sun Young (Kelly) Park 49 Singapore 274 Orson Tan 50 Sri Lanka 279 Rajat Ganguly 51 Taiwan 286 Alexander C. Tan and Jundeh Wu 52 Thailand 290 Thanikun Chantra and Pradit Chinudomsub 53 Vietnam 293 Mai-Huong Vo Index 298

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Book SynopsisThis volume presents thirteen chapters prepared by senior researchers and former policy makers on key policy issues confronting China and the West. They focus on the role of the state in economic development, trade issues and the part played by innovation, digitalization and leadership.In a challenging and rapidly changing world, the book aims to provide not only authoritative analyses and perspectives, but to stimulate further thinking and debates about the common future. Each chapter is in the form of a short policy brief.China and the West is aimed for policy makers, business leaders, academics and students.Trade Review'A timely and thought-provoking evaluation of the key policy dilemmas in China and the West. This edited volume, with contributions from leading academics, advances our understanding of topics as diverse as ''murky'' protection, sustainability, artificial intelligence, and local government evaluation.' -- Saul Estrin, London School of Economics, UKTable of ContentsContents: 1 Introduction 1 Jan Svejnar and Justin Yifu Lin PART I RECENT POLICIES AND PERFORMANCE 2 Path to prosperity: China’s transition to market economy in the last four decades 5 Justin Yifu Lin 3 China’s performance and prospects in the world economy 14 Jan Svejnar 4 The role of the state in economic growth 20 Jacob Lew 5 Reflections on the global financial crisis: a comparison of US and China policies 29 Frank Song 6 Policies for structural reform in China: domestic rebalancing for strong sustainable and inclusive growth within and beyond China 39 Ehtisham Ahmad, Isabella Neuweg, Nicholas Stern and Chunping Xie PART II TRADE, TENSIONS AND DIVISION OF LABOR 7 The potential for cooperation and competition in international trade: recent trade growth and driving factors – a perspective on current global trade tensions 60 Robert Koopman 8 Overview of China–US Economic Disputes in 2018 69 Feng Lu 9 The metabolic nature of changing world order 93 Ping Chen 10 India and China in the context of rising trade tensions in the global economy 112 Arvind Panagariya PART III DIGITALIZATION AND LEADERSHIP 11 The role of innovation and the digital economy: new opportunities and challenges for Chinese, US and European economic policy 120 Edmund Phelps 12 The digitalisation of Europe’s economy 125 Debora Revoltella, Philipp Brutscher and Tessa Bending 13 Prospects for China’s drive for innovation: From the perspective of demographics 135 Jianzhang Liang 14 Evaluation of local leaders in China 148 Chong-En Bai and Eric Maskin Index

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Book SynopsisThis Handbook expertly explores the profound transformations in international relations (IR) in recent decades. Proliferating cross-border challenges, including global financial crises, climate change, environmental degradation, irregular migration, and COVID-19, require governance structures that transcend the nation state and take both global and regional interplay, as well as problem-solving capacities, into account. Contributing authors investigate the effectiveness of international cooperation and performance in a diverse range of policy fields.Offering a comprehensive overview of the latest theoretical and empirical research on the interactions between global and regional governance, this book explicitly takes into account the rise of new powers and the Global South. It seeks to integrate perspectives, ideas and policies from both Western and non-Western societies in order to better explain relationships among multiplying actors in a highly interdependent world.This cutting-edge Handbook will be an essential read for academics and students of political science, IR, and related disciplines. Professionals in diplomatic, developmental, environmental, trade, and financial fields will also benefit from its accessible evaluation of global and regional governance.Trade Review‘This is the most impressive collection of essays on regionalism and global governance that I know. It is distinctive by bringing the work on global governance and different processes of regionalization together instead of juxtaposing them. The editors have done a marvelous job and the volume will remain a reference work for years to come.’ -- Michael Zürn, Berlin Social Science Center, Germany‘Rüland and Carrapatoso have assembled a group of distinguished contributors for this comprehensive survey of regionalism in contemporary global governance. With sections on theorizing regionalism, global institutions, regionalism in most parts of the world, and regional cooperation on trade, finance, climate change, and security, this volume is certain to become the go-to collection for scholars in coming years.’ -- John Ravenhill, University of Waterloo, CanadaTable of ContentsContents: Preface xii Acknowledgments xv List of abbreviations xvi 1 Introduction: issues of governance beyond the nation state 1 Jürgen Rüland and Astrid Carrapatoso PART I THEORIZING GLOBAL AND REGIONAL GOVERNANCE 2 Theorizing global governance 21 Klaus Dingwerth and Philipp Pattberg 3 Global theories of regionalism 36 Lynda Chinenye Iroulo and Tobias Lenz 4 The diffusion of institutions, norms, and policies among international organizations 52 Anja Jetschke 5 Democratizing global governance: coping with stakeholder plurality 68 Anna Meine and Jürgen Rüland 6 Global governance and regionalism: legal perspectives 86 Michael Riegner PART II GLOBAL INSTITUTIONS, ORGANIZATIONS AND PROCESSES 7 Multilateralism: contested concept, elusive practice 103 Hanns W. Maull 8 The United Nations: in between international and global governance 119 Sascha Werthes 9 The G7 and the G20 in global governance 138 Juha Jokela 10 BRICS: Expiring political relevance and inspiring new coalitions 149 Harsh V. Pant and Tobias Scholz 11 South–South cooperation: between cooperation at eye level and accusations of neo-colonialism 161 Sandra Destradi and Julia Gurol 12 Informal clubs in global governance 172 Angela Geck PART III REGIONALISM 13 The European Union: crisis politics and integration 184 Berthold Rittberger 14 Knowing and doing regionalism in Asia: theoretical diversity and pragmatic conduct in the ASEAN regional project 203 See Seng Tan 15 Regionalism in Africa 220 Fredrik Söderbaum and Sören Stapel 16 Regionalism in the Americas: segmented, overlapping, and sovereignty-boosting 232 Andrés Malamud 17 Regionalism in Eurasia: four research puzzles 250 Evgeny Vinokurov and Alexander Libman 18 Interregionalism: why and how regions interact 264 Jürgen Rüland 19 Building blocks of regionalism? Cross-border cooperation schemes in Europe and Southeast Asia 280 Elisabetta Nadalutti 20 Regionalizing world politics? Regional organizations as actors in global fora 294 Jürgen Rüland PART IV POLICY FIELDS IN GLOBAL AND REGIONAL GOVERNANCE 21 From collective security to the construction of regional security communities: regional security governance in a global context 308 Lukas Maximilian Müller and Mark Beeson 22 Interaction between global and regional ocean governance: three models 324 Yoshifumi Tanaka 23 Trade governance: the politics of prosperity, development and weaponization 335 Amrita Narlikar 24 Exit for voice: redrawing the global financial map 351 Saori N. Katada and Hyoung-kyu Chey 25 Development thinking and practice: from carbon-led growth to low-carbon development 366 Harald Fuhr 26 Global climate governance and the challenge of regional interplay: the case of the European Union and ASEAN 382 Astrid Carrapatoso, Lena Partzsch and Anne-Kathrin Sacherer 27 Governing across regions: global environment and regionalism in Europe and Southeast Asia 401 Paruedee Nguitragool and Helena Varkkey 28 Human rights: the regional and global dynamics of change 420 Catherine Renshaw 29 Global and regional migration governance: an emerging multi-level structure? 435 Stefan Rother 30 Gendering decent work at the global–regional nexus: the International Labour Organization and UN Women 450 Rianne Mahon and Nicola Piper 31 Global health governance in a post-COVID world 462 Mely Caballero-Anthony Index

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Book SynopsisProviding an overview of industrial development using a variety of different approaches and perspectives, the Handbook of Industrial Development brings together expert contributors and highlights the current multiple and interdependent challenges that can only be addressed using an interdisciplinary approach. Chapters discuss the existing issues faced by industry following both the digital and environmental transitions, highlighting their regional roots and the interplay with the wider institutional framework. Investigating the necessity for companies to design new products and production processes and also re-think their corporate responsibilities, this Handbook illustrates the need for a much broader vision taking into account historical, social, political and cultural viewpoints at all governmental levels. Furthermore, it takes an analytical look at further research, including insightful directions for future industrial development policies. Answering complex policy questions for today, this crucial Handbook will be invaluable for policymakers looking for insights into sustainable industrial development as well as practitioners who are seeking an up-to-date comprehensive overview of the topic. Economic development and innovation scholars and researchers will also find the future research ideas interesting and informative.Trade Review‘Industry is key not only to economic growth and jobs. Its ongoing transformation and a stronger and clearer directionality in policy action can critically contribute to establish sustainable development paths as well as to fight territorial imbalances. But how? This Handbook takes the challenge of unwinding this complex issue and analyses past experiences, potentials, limitations and perspectives for the future, adopting an intriguing multidisciplinary approach aimed at understanding both global and local stakes. An important contribution to the current efforts of both scientists and policymakers.’ -- Alessandro Rainoldi, Joint Research Centre, European Commission, Spain‘The global economy is undergoing dramatic change due to newly transparent geopolitical shifts and technological disruption. Technological disruption is due to a variety of technological paradigm shifts ranging from the Internet of Things to quantum computing to artificial intelligence. Climate change and related agricultural and health issues complicate management and policy issues still further. In order to ensure industrial development follows a better path, it is important to critically re-think the role of firms, technologies, industrial sectors and structures, the changing nature of work and labour markets, governance and public policy, and, in turn, their socio-economic impacts within regions, nation states and the global economy. This timely Handbook brings together leading scholars from several fields to explore these issues. Its collection of thought-provoking chapters will allow readers to challenge the conventional wisdom and to consider alternative possibilities for sustainable and more inclusive industrial development.’ -- – David J Teece, University of California, Berkeley, US‘Our world is facing profound challenges that require a re-examination of cherished ideas. Early 2020 brought a pandemic, a global recession and an unprecedented reconfiguration of supply chains. The world now stares down a regional war of untold danger and hardship. Looking to the future, we will need hope and insight into a newly designed wealth-generating capacity taking into account social, environmental, political and industrial governance practices of a magnitude not seen since the first Industrial Revolution. This new Handbook of Industrial Development takes on such a task and it could not be more timely. Combining theory, sectoral analysis and multiple geographies while recognizing new societal imperatives, the book looks beyond Industry 4.0, interrogating up-to-the-minute developments in today's industries while offering suggestions for future-oriented policy to tackle near- and long-term problems of equity and inclusion.’ -- Amy Glasmeier, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, US‘This Handbook of Industrial Development will be central to academic research, teaching and industry engagement for decades to come. In an era when governments seek new ways to promote employment and rebuild economic capacity this Handbook provides solutions to the conceptual and practical challenges many nations face in their efforts to establish and develop new industries. World-leading researchers provide fresh insights into the relationship between industrial development and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the places of innovation, path development, sectoral policy and the challenges before governments. This Handbook is both timely and pivotal to advancing thinking and policy on the industry of the future.’ -- Andrew Beer, University of South Australia, AustraliaTable of ContentsContents: Foreword by Annalisa Primi: why talking about production means talking about development xvi Foreword by Richard Kozul-Wright xviii PART I INTRODUCTION 1 Shaping sustainable industrial development paths 2 Patrizio Bianchi, Sandrine Labory and Philip R. Tomlinson PART II HISTORICAL AND SOCIOECONOMIC PERSPECTIVE ON INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT 2 Industrial revolutions in a globalizing world, 1760–present 18 Bas van Leeuwen, Ulbe Bosma and Meimei Wang 3 Latin America: learning and fictional expectations in industrial development 37 Clemente Ruiz Durán and Moisés Balestro 4 Murmurs of an industrial revolution in Africa: is it time for Africa? 54 Horman Chitonge 5 Industrialization, economic and political power 76 Graham Brownlow 6 The transformation of work: changing employment governance regime 91 Valeria Pulignano 7 Sustainable human development, capabilities and the new trajectories of industrial policy 107 Mario Biggeri, Andrea Ferrannini, Santosh Mehrotra, Marco R. Di Tommaso and Patrizio Bianchi PART III INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT IN REGIONS 8 Place and industrial development: paths to understanding? 134 Peter Sunley and Ron Martin 9 Innovation, industrial dynamics and regional inequalities 152 Ron Boschma, Martina Pardy and Sergio Petralia 10 Evolutions in industrial districts and local productive systems 166 Marco Bellandi, Maria Chiara Cecchetti and Erica Santini 11 External collaboration for innovation: firms, industry, regions and policy 183 Mariachiara Barzotto, Carlo Corradini, Felicia Fai, Sandrine Labory and Philip R. Tomlinson 12 Governing industrial policy: the scope and limits of the ‘good governance’ agenda 201 Pedro Marques and Kevin Morgan PART IV SECTORS 13 Spatial implications of the platform economy: cases and questions 216 Martin Kenney, John Zysman, Dafna Bearson and Camille Carlton 14 Consumer goods: from mass consumption to servitization 233 Juan Carlos Monroy-Osorio, Marco Opazo-Basáez and Ferran Vendrell-Herrero 15 The car industry as a laboratory of transformations induced by industrial development 249 David Bailey, Dan Coffey, Lisa De Propris and Carole Thornley 16 The propulsive role of the space industry in industrial development: evaluating the case of spaceports 269 Leslie Budd and Davide Villani 17 The energy sector: an industrial perspective on energy transitions 288 Tuukka Mäkitie and Markus Steen 18 Industry, innovations and transition to the green and circular economy 303 Massimiliano Mazzanti and Emy Zecca PART V THE ROLE OF THE STATE IN INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT 19 Industrial policy beyond market failure: structural dynamics, innovation and economic governance for industrial development 323 David Bailey, Sandrine Labory and Philip R. Tomlinson 20 Stages of industrial development and appropriate industrial policy 339 Murat Yülek and K. Ali Akkemik 21 Platform oligopolies, anti-trust policy and sustainable development 358 Christos Pitelis and Eleni E.N. Piteli 22 States of innovation: how the state shapes production transformation 383 Antonio Andreoni and Rainer Kattel 23 Industrial development and the growth process: a structural framework 404 Ivano Cardinale and Roberto Scazzieri Index

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Book SynopsisOverseas department of France in Amazonia and ‘ultraperipheral region’ of the EU, Guyane (French Guiana) is at the juncture of Europe, the Caribbean and South America. This collection of essays explores historical and conceptual locations of Guyane, as a relational space characterised by dynamics of interaction and conflict between the local, the national and the global. Does Guyane have, or has it had, its own place in the world, or is it a borderland which can only make sense in relation to elsewhere: to France and its colonial history, for example, or to African and other diasporas, or as a ‘margin’ of Europe?This edited collection is the first volume to study Guyane from multiple perspectives. It subjects the enduring clichés and negative stereotypes regarding Guyane to critical examination, exploring how discourse on this DOM is, and has been, formed and how it may evolve. Chapters discuss geographical, literary and cultural ‘locations’ of Guyane, past and present, challenging its relegation to the ‘periphery’, whilst also historicizing the production of its marginal status. Finally, the collection aims to outline possible future challenges to the conceptual location of Guyane and possible directions for continued research.Trade Review'The book is a fascinating challenge to historiographies of Guyane as it peels off the layers of its changing relationships with France and other places in the world, detangles its history of contact, reveals the actors involved in its many transitions from place of forced exile to high-tech center, highlights the role its penal past has played in making it “periphery”, and explains what being Guyanais today entails in a globalized world of flows where local Kreyol traditions and Maroon narratives get reinvented and shaped in the context of cultural commercialism and global art markets.'Hélène B. Ducros, Europe Now Journal‘This valuable interdisciplinary volume offers wide-ranging essays that examine stereotypes about France’s Amazonian outpost that go beyond simple images of the country as a ‘green hell.' Robert Aldrich, French History ‘Overall, with Locating Guyana Wood and MacLeod have achieved a milestone in the study of French Guyana.’Fabio Santos, PERIPHERIE'English-language works on Guyane are comparatively few and far between, and Locating Guyane rectifies a lacuna in the wider scholarship by exploring what makes it distinct from its fellow “old colonies” of Martinique, Guadeloupe, and Réunion. Given the volume’s interdisciplinarity and the essays’ breadth, the short volume speaks to a wide range of academic disciplines, and consequently it serves as an excellent scholarly primer on Guyane, its colonial legacy, and its place in an increasingly global, modern world.' Christopher M. Church, H-France ReviewTable of ContentsIntroductionRichard Price, ‘The Oldest Daughter of Overseas France’Kari Evanson, ‘Grand Reporters in Guyane: Bringing the Exotic Back Home’Kathleen Gyssels, ‘Kor and Karnival, the carnal road of Léon-Gontran Damas: “Evidence of Things not Seen”’Silvia Espelt Bombín, ‘Frontier Politics: French, Portuguese and Amerindian Alliances between the Amazon and Cayenne, 1680–1697’Jonna Yarrington, ‘Producing the periphery’Edenz Maurice, ‘A school in Boniville Political skills and “Primitives’ in French Guiana (1930-1969)’Sarah Wood, ‘Reclaiming Félix Éboué: Departmentalisation and politics of commemoration in Guyane, 1944-2012’Antonia Cristinoi and François Nemo, ‘Palikur, a language between two worlds’Sally Price, ‘Maroon Art in Guyane: New Forms, New Discourses’Catriona MacLeod: ‘Performing and Parading Gender in Guyane’s Carnival’Bill Marshall, ‘Equality and Difference: Queering Guyane?’Conclusion: remaking Guyane?

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Book SynopsisMost colonies became independent countries after the end of World War II, while few of them became modernized even after decades of their independence. Taiwan is one of the few to become a modern state with remarkable achievements in its economic, socio-cultural, and political development.In 1921, Taiwanese intellectuals initiated a Petition Movement for the Establishment of a Taiwanese Parliament under the colonial government. Leaders of the enlightenment also established the Taiwan Cultural Association (TCA) on October 17, 1921. These two movements led to a series of socio-cultural, political, and economic developments during the past century. This book addresses the path and trajectory of the emergence of Taiwan from a colony to a modern state in the past century. It contains four major sections on identity and political developments and explores international relations, economic development. educational and societal development, and culture and literature development.This thorough exploration will prove invaluable to graduate and undergraduate students in Taiwan history, literature, and the cultural and political economy of development as well as students studying East Asia. It offers the same wealth of information to researchers and practitioners in Taiwan-China-US trilateral relations and in cultural anthropology and practices in East Asia politics and business.Trade Review‘Peter Chow is to be congratulated for assembling this collection of fascinating studies of various aspects of Taiwanese politics, sociology, culture and economics during the past century. The chapters include analyses of aspects of Taiwanese history hitherto little discussed in Anglophone literature, thus making an important and original contribution to the international field of interdisciplinary Taiwan studies.’ -- Edward Vickers, International Journal of Asian Studies‘The combined scholarship published in A Century of Development in Taiwan: From Colony to Modern State is a well-timed overview of – and introduction to – the changes and challenges faced by Taiwan in the past and in contemporary times.’ -- Edwin Pietersma, International Institute for Asian Studies‘In this impressive collection, leading Taiwanese and international scholars provide a comprehensive assessment of Taiwan over the last century. From multiple disciplinary perspectives, they tell the tale of its remarkable and tumultuous transformation from a Japanese colony with an agrarian economy, an unequal society, and no political autonomy to today’s Taiwan, with its advanced economy, vibrant liberal democracy, equitable and inclusive multi-ethnic society, distinct cultural identity, and robust, if contested, international status.’ -- Jacques deLisle, University of Pennsylvania, USTable of ContentsContents: Foreword: learning history xii Edward Friedman Foreword xviii Masahiro Wakabayashi Preface and acknowledgment xxi PART I INTRODUCTION 1 From colony to modern state: an overview of Taiwan’s path of development 2 Peter C.Y. Chow PART II TAIWANESE IDENTITY, POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT, AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS 2 Taiwan’s international relations 17 June Teufel Dreyer 3 From a province to a sovereign state: Taiwan’s political changes as reflected in the three critical years 1951, 1971 and 1991 40 Yi-Shen Chen 4 Rethinking Taiwanese ethnicity: notes on recent historical scholarship 57 Lung-Chih Chang 5 Identity in formation and transformation: dynamics of national identity change after Taiwan’s democratization 70 Shiau-chi Shen PART III ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SINCE THE 1920S 6 Taiwan’s industrialization and Southeast Asia during the Japanese period: a miracle growth in prewar Taiwan 92 Frank S.T. Hsiao 7 The path of Taiwan’s industrial development: from follower to innovator 146 Peter C.Y. Chow 8 Money and banking in Taiwan: country identity and the top trade partner 176 Hong-Jen Abraham Lin PART IV SOCIETAL AND EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT 9 The rise and fall of civil society movements in Taiwan: 1920–2020 194 Hsin-Huang Michael Hsiao 10 A century of colonial education by Japan and the KMT/ ROC party-state, 1898–1997: a comparative study of the problems of Taiwan’s national identity 217 Wan-yao Chou 11 Transformation of women’s status in Taiwan, 1920–2020 240 Doris T. Chang PART V LITERATURE AND CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT IN TAIWAN 12 The rise and fall of cultural theatre and new theatre, from the 1920s to the 1960s 263 Yin-Chen Kang 13 Modern Taiwan Literature of Taiwan: between China and the world 286 Michelle Yeh 14 Hybrid theatre: the origin and development of creative Taiwanese opera 302 Jasmine Yu-Hsing Chen 15 A century of struggle over Taiwan’s cultural self-consciousness: the life and afterlife of Chiang Wei-shui and the Taiwan Cultural Association 320 Fang-long Shih Corresponding table of Wade-Giles/Taigi and Pinyin romanization of Chinese names and terms 353 Index

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Book Synopsis'This book is a remarkable and often inspirational tour de force. Martin Jones confidently moves between theories of political economy and stories of regional and urban policy, using each to inform the other. He brings the uneven geographies of England to life, showing how they are reproduced in practice, while also offering the prospect of alternative futures.'- Allan Cochrane, The Open University, UKOffering a geographical political economy analysis, this book explores the mechanisms, institutions, and spaces of subnational economic development. Martin Jones innovatively examines how policy-makers frame problems and offer intervention solutions in different cities and regions.Drawing on different approaches to state intervention, neoliberalism, crisis and contradiction theories, and notions of depoliticisation, this book explains policy failure and how it is impacted by flux surrounding economic development. With constant changes to legislation, institutional initiatives, and ministerial responsibility, local and regional economic development is shown to be at a critical crossroads.Theoretically innovative and empirically focused, this timely book is a must-read for researchers and policy-makers of urban geography, regional development, political economy and public policy.Trade Review‘Cities and Regions in Crisis presents a rich and insightful analysis of urban and regional governance in England. Jones has rather successfully curated a body of work that not only documents, but also questions the notion of crises in the context of uneven development and, more specifically, in left behind places. It manages to be both comprehensive and inclusive, thoroughly researched and accessible, and highly theorized and policy relevant. It should be recognized as an important contribution to the fields of critical economic and political geographies, at what is ostensibly a defining moment for subnational economic development.’ -- Margaret Cowell, Spatial Research and Planning‘Jones provides us with a range and depth of theoretical foundations, arguments and empirics that gives the reader a variety of insights into the critiques of the economic policy in neoliberalism. The book memorably shows us that 'the need for new spatial frameworks and ways of coupling governance with regulation to hold down the global and ensure some level of social cohesion via applying the brakes on combined and uneven development has never been so urgent'. It provides not only with several highly relevant critical perspectives on the praxis within academia and in the public sphere in framing and managing the local, but it also offers a foundation of critique of neoliberal economic policy, discourses and place-making. Its application of theory in research and able linkage between theory and practical, concrete, ideas about government at the local level gives the reader not only the critical perspective but an idea of what can be done. This is a relevant book for any researcher or policymaker that grapples the linkage between institutional arrangements, governance, the changing contours of the economy, and the consequent effect on uneven development, resentment, and inequalities.’ -- Andreas Erlström, Eurasian Geography and Economics‘The book is a contribution to inter-disciplinary geographical political economy of cities and regions. Though based on England’s experience, the book is of general relevance and applicability across countries including India. It is a useful reference book for students, teachers, researchers, practitioners and policy makers who deal with multi-dimensional and comparative urban and regional economic governance and development issues in different countries and institutional set ups. The long list of references compressed in 48 pages at the end of the book is a fine source of comprehensive literature for both early and senior researchers in urban and regional development studies.’ -- M.R. Narayana, Aarthika Charche‘As Jones’ excellent study demonstrates, the last 30 odd years does not bode well, and without a challenge to the so-called ‘common sense’ of economic development, we will remain ensnared in the political and economy contradictions of neoliberalism. Exposing and challenging these contradictions, Cities and Regions in Crisis is essential reading for all scholars of the local state.’ -- Steven Griggs, Local Government Studies‘In Cities and Regions in Crisis, Jones achieves a synthesis of the literature critiquing neoliberal economic policy and space, and consolidates accounts of institutional changes and policy responses addressing the local effects of uneven development in the UK. His theoretical contributions are noteworthy, having been amongst the core group of scholars to challenge the neoliberal paradigm of development and carry associated ideas into the mainstream. His cases provide clear examples for applying theory in research. It is important for researchers and policy-makers to build upon the body of case research and to provide evidence that can be used to prevent the same failed policy responses from being repeated. For that, this book serves as a useful resource.’ -- Bradley Loewen, Regional Studies‘This book is a remarkable and often inspirational tour de force. Martin Jones confidently moves between theories of political economy and stories of regional and urban policy, using each to inform the other. He brings the uneven geographies of England to life, showing how they are reproduced in practice, while also offering the prospect of alternative futures.’ -- Allan Cochrane, The Open University, UK'Martin Jones is a critical economic and political geographer. This well-integrated monograph presents his radical, theoretically-informed, spatio-temporally nuanced, evidence-based research on cities and regions. While policy-relevant, it explains the many reasons why urban and regional policy-makers more often fail than succeed in delivering their changing projects. It deserves serious study.' --Bob Jessop, Lancaster University, UK'They say that crises are never really solved, only moved around. No one knows this better than Martin Jones, who for two decades has been one of the most astute, creative, and determined chroniclers of the churning ''system'' of urban and regional governance in England.' --Jamie Peck, University of British Columbia, Canada'In Cities and Regions in Crisis, Martin Jones has crafted a rich and grounded geographical political economy. Consolidating and integrating a deep and important body of work, he provides insightful analysis of urban and regional governance in England and extends this to reflect upon more progressive future directions. It offers much to inspire and inform research on the rolling predicament of governing uneven geographical development beyond its empirical focus.' --Andy Pike, Centre for Urban and Regional Development Studies (CURDS), Newcastle University, UKTable of ContentsContents: Preface Introduction: Geographical Political Economy, Neoliberalism, and the Crisis Space Impedimenta State PART I THE NEW LOCALISM 1. Government and Governance 2. Urban Crisis and Contradiction 3. Zones of Welfare and Workfare PART II THE NEW REGIONALISM 4. Regional Development Agencies 5. Spaces of Regionalism 6. City Region Building PART III THE NEW NEW LOCALISM 7. Locality Making 8. Devolution Dynamics 9. Devolution Depoliticisation PART IV ALTERNATIVES TO NEOLIBERALISM 10. Developing Inclusive Growth 11. Beyond Withered Local States Postscript: The Stoke Road to Brexit References Index

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Book SynopsisOffering a fresh analysis of late imperial China, this cutting-edge book revisits the roles played by merchant networks, economic institutions, and business practices in the divergence between Europe and China during the trade revolution.Focusing on the operating modes of three major regional trading networks active in Fujian, Huizhou, and Shanxi from the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries, François Gipouloux assesses the driving forces behind their dynamism, the role they played in Chinese economic development, and the constraints in which they were embedded. Examining merchants’ business practices, partnerships,and investment strategies, chapters portray the three central figures of China’s economy – the financier, the middleman, and the business entrepreneur – and their complex relationships with the imperial bureaucracy. By analysing the divergent trajectory of seemingly identical institutions in China and Europe, Elusive Capital takes a comparative approach to shed light on the factors that inhibited the transformation of commercial development into an industrial revolution, ultimately discovering why capital accumulation proved so elusive in late imperial China.Revealing novel insights from primary documentation including trial accounts, Elusive Capital will prove an invigorating read for students and scholars of economic history, business studies, and Asian urban and regional studiesTrade Review‘The intrinsic value of Gipouloux’s Elusive Capital lies in an in-depth understanding of traditional China as a unique economic universe parallel to Western Europe. Apart from historians and economic historians, scholars from many other disciplines may also benefit from it, including economics, management, sociology, politics and international relations.’ -- Kent Deng, The China Quarterly‘Examining the details of three major Chinese merchant groups between the 14th and 19th centuries, Professor Gipouloux compares and contrasts the Chinese model of wealth accumulation with the European model of capital concentration. The insightful archival analysis and references provide us with historical clues to discuss the contemporary world economy.’ -- Hamashita Takeshi, University of Tokyo, Japan‘Few historical topics are as timely as late imperial China’s commercial economy, and few Western scholars have penetrated its mysteries as successfully as François Gipouloux. Read with pleasure his disclosures on such vital topics as brokers, maritime trade, Shanxi merchant operations, and capital movement, and feel grateful for his generous erudition.’ -- Joseph P. McDermott, University of Cambridge, UK‘This book will not only be applauded as an expert’s contribution to the economic history of imperial China but will appear on the bibliographies of a growing community of global historians who wish to include Chinese commercial history as highly significant for our understanding of mercantile agency, institutions and developments for transitions to modern economic growth.’ -- Patrick Karl O'Brien, University of London and London School of Economics, UKTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction: comparative economic history and the trajectory of economic institutions 2. The city and the merchant 3. Regional merchant networks 4. The figure of the intermediary: brokers, merchant manufacturers and guilds 5. Ultra-marine trade: forms, structures and actors 6. Partnerships, company, contracts and risk management in overseas trade 7. Capital mobilization, human capital development and shareholding 8. The elusive capital 9. The decline of regional merchant networks 10. Conclusion: fragile prosperity and the matter of divergence Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis ground-breaking book analyses the severe monetary policy challenges facing Latin American countries. Contributors reflect on how these issues should be addressed by policy-makers, identifying the need for a synergic response from regional central banks.Arguing that the challenges currently faced by regional central banks are intrinsically related, this book examines the risks generated by an international climate of uncertainty. It explores how to address inflationary pressures, output contraction, external vulnerabilities, tightness in advanced central banks’ monetary policies, nominal dollar appreciation, and falling commodity prices. Chapters focus on key elements of monetary policy, including transmission channels, exchange rates, international reserves, sustainable finance, and income inequality, to give an alternative view on the position of regional central banks in the global financial system.Monetary Policy Challenges in Latin America will be an invaluable resource for students and scholars of monetary policy, development economics, banking, and political economy. It will also be essential reading for policy-makers seeking new perspectives on monetary policy.Trade Review‘In this significant contribution, the editors and authors identify several key analytical dimensions for monetary policy makers in Latin America, while providing a comprehensive view on how to address the main monetary challenges of our time with concrete proposals, theoretical discussions, empirical evidence and analytical rigour. An outstanding contribution which should be widely read by scholars, students and policy makers.’ -- Stephany Griffith-Jones, Emeritus Professorial Fellow, Institute of Development Studies, Sussex University, UK‘What a wonderful collection of essays on the challenges faced in Latin America. The editors have brought together an impressive list of scholars, both young and more established, to tackle difficult questions surrounding monetary policy. This book is an important step forward and must be read by all who wish to understand the complexity surrounding the economics of Latin America. Congratulations to the editors and to the authors.’ -- Jose Antonio Ocampo, Professor, Columbia University, US and former United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs and Minister of Finance of Colombia‘This book puts together 14 excellent policy-oriented - theoretical and empirical - contributions from important post-Keynesian and Structuralist economists. It focuses on policy and institutional arrangements to manage and overcome Balance-of-Payments constraints in Latin America. A must-read for those interested in heterodox short and medium-run open economy macroeconomics.’ -- Ricardo Summa, Professor of Economics, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), BrazilTable of ContentsContents: Introduction to Monetary Policy Challenges in Latin America xxi Fernando Toledo and Louis-Philippe Rochon PART I ALTERNATIVE VIEWS ABOUT CENTRAL BANKS AND MONETARY POLICY IN LACS 1 Assessing the new “integrated policy framework”: a counterfactual analysis of the case of Argentina 2 Sebastián Valdecantos 2 Macroeconomic policy under a managed floating exchange rate regime: a critical appraisal of the international currency hierarchy literature 16 Simone Deos and Enzo Gerioni PART II MONETARY POLICY TRANSMISSION CHANNELS IN LACS 3 Inflation targeting in open economies: the contradictions of determinacy and stability 34 Esteban Pérez Caldentey and Matías Vernengo 4 Limitations of monetary policies in open developing economies: external capital inflows and sterilisation policies 59 Noemí Levy Orlik 5 Global financial cycle and monetary policy rules: a neo-Kaleckian model for emerging markets and developing economies 78 Gabriel Michelena and Fernando Toledo PART III MONETARY POLICIES AND EXCHANGE RATES IN LACS 6 Exchange rate management in Latin America: towards the making of a policy target exchange rate 97 Daniel Pérez-Ruiz, Gary Dymski, and Annina Kaltenbrunner 7 Real exchange rates, growth, and inflation targeting 117 Nelson Barbosa Filho 8 When are devaluations more contractionary? A quantile VAR estimation for Argentina 132 Gabriel Montes-Rojas and Nicolás Bertholet PART IV MONETARY POLICIES, INTERNATIONAL RESERVES, AND SUSTAINABLE FINANCE IN LACS 9 Latin American Reserve Fund: Latin America’s alternative to the IMF? 150 William N. Kring 10 Climate change, monetary policy, and green finance in Latin America: the open economy dimension 168 Pablo G. Bortz and Nicole Toftum PART V MONETARY POLICIES, CENTRAL BANKS, INCOME INEQUALITY, AND FISCAL POLICIES IN LACS 11 Fiscal responses to income inequality surges. A panel estimation for Emerging Market and Developing Economies (EMDEs) 185 Jorge Carrera, Pablo de la Vega, and Fernando Toledo 12 Fiscal and monetary policy challenges after COVID-19: The Argentinean case 206 Damián Pierri 13 International reserves, repurchase agreements, and the Brazilian monetary policy 220 Sylvio Antonio Kappes 14 External debt and economic growth in Latin America and the Caribbean 230 Alfredo Schclarek Curutchet Index 256

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Book SynopsisResponding to global events, including the international financial crisis (IFC) and the COVID-19 pandemic, central banks and the monetary regimes in many Latin American countries responded with actions to mitigate the worst impacts. The authors in this book focus on the recent trends of monetary policy in Latin America and analyze how the actions that were taken have affected the economic performance of these countries.The book is composed of 11 chapters that analyze, theoretically and empirically, the central banks’ actions and the monetary regimes of the following countries: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru, and Uruguay. As most of these countries implemented inflation-targeting regimes in the 1990s and 2000s, a special focus will be given on these experiences and how central banks dealt with the IFC and COVID-19 crises.Academic researchers and students of economics will find a wealth of knowledge contained in these chapters, as will anyone looking for a better understanding of the economy of this important region.Table of ContentsContents: Foreword x Louis-Philippe Rochon Introduction to Central Banks and Monetary Regimes in Emerging Countries xv Fernando Ferrari-Filho and Luiz Fernando de Paula 1 Costs and benefits of currency internationalisation: theory and the experience of emerging countries 1 Bianca Orsi, Antonio José Alves Junior and André de Melo Modenesi 2 Monetary institutions and economic performance in Latin America: the experience with an inflation targeting regime in the period 2000–2020 19 Eliane Araujo, Elisangela Araujo and Mateus Ramalho Ribeiro da Fonseca 3 Monetary policy in Brazil under the inflation targeting regime from a Contested Terrain Approach 43 Assilio Araujo and Fernando Ferrari-Filho 4 The unfinished stabilization of the Real Plan: an analysis of the indexation of the Brazilian economy 61 José Luís Oreiro and Julio Fernando Costa Santos 5 The role of capital flow management measures when the bubble bursts: the Brazilian experience in the global financial crisis and in the COVID-19 pandemic 82 Luiza Peruffo, Pedro Perfeito da Silva and André Moreira Cunha 6 Back to a high-inflation regime? The Argentine economy from the 2000s to the COVID-19 crisis 103 Hernán E. Neyra and Andrés Ferrari Haines 7 The new foreign debt trap and its long run consequences: the persistence of Monetarism as a social doctrine in Argentina 126 Juan Matias De Lucchi and Matías Vernengo 8 The monetary circuit and the credit channel in Mexico 146 Roberto Valencia Arriaga and Santiago Capraro Rodríguez 9 Monetary policy in Latin America during the COVID-19 crisis: was this time different? 171 Luiz Fernando de Paula, Paulo José Saraiva and Mateus Coelho Ferreira 10 The Central Bank of Brazil in the face of the COVID-19 economic crisis 190 Isabela Andrade do Carmo and Fábio Henrique Bittes Terra 11 The financial aspects of the COVID-19 crisis in Brazil: a Minskyan approach 208 Norberto Montani Martins, Ernani Teixeira Torres Filho and Luiz Macahyba Index

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Book SynopsisHealing the economic and social wounds inflicted by the COVID-19 pandemic will take time, but the long road to recovery presents a unique opportunity to build back better. To catalyze change and succeed in the post-pandemic era, economic development policy and practice must see the crisis as an opportunity to rethink and redesign regional economic systems. This will involve creating a shared understanding of – and policies to address – the differential impacts of the pandemic across occupations, industries, and socioeconomic groups.Rethinking how existing economic development tools, frameworks, and practices can be optimized has never been more compelling. Special attention must be given to interventions capable of accelerating desirable trends that will shape the next normal in our contemporary discussions on the COVID-19 pandemic. This book explores the challenges and opportunities heralded by the virus in the broadest sense and presents case studies on equitable and inclusive economic recoveries.Regional Economic Systems after COVID-19 offers actionable insights for regional policymakers, business leaders, investment and trade promotion agencies, site selectors, students, scholars, researchers, and organizations involved in tourism, foreign direct investment, and economic development.Table of ContentsContents: PART I THE ECONOMIC REDESIGN IMPERATIVE 1 Introduction: the economic redesign imperative 2 Fred Olayele PART II OCCUPATIONAL IDENTITY, REGIONAL RESPONSES, AND POPULATION DENSITY 2 Striving despite disruption: young people’s occupational identity and economic opportunity during COVID-19 10 Jaclyn Kelly and Anindya Kundu 3 COVID-19 in New Zealand: consequences, policies, and regional responses 41 David Wilson, Patrick McVeigh and Harvey Brookes 4 The overblown role of population density in the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City 67 Yu Zhong and Bertrand Teirlinck PART III EQUITABLE AND INCLUSIVE ECONOMIC RECOVERIES AND CASE STUDIES 5 Gender equality as an economic imperative in a post-pandemic era 94 Bernadette Maria Antão Fernandes and Herb Emery 6 The imperative of childcare provision as critical infrastructure 112 Melissa Pumphrey and Poorvi Goel 7 The future of work and inclusion: case studies and takeaways for economic developers 133 Swati Ghosh and Louise Anderson PART IV FACTOR REALLOCATION AND REGIONAL INNOVATION ECOSYSTEMS 8 Modeling decreased labor access after the COVID-19 pandemic: economic, social, and demographic implications 149 Jeffrey Dykes, Billy Leung and Fred Olayele 9 Neighborhood vulnerability in critical infrastructure and services 168 Kyle Marks and Joyce Jauer 10 Clusters and regional transformation: establishing actionable forward agendas 186 Ifor Ffowcs-Williams 11 The global visitor economy and resilience challenge: Mallorca’s destination resurgence in perspective 203 Fergus T. Maclaren and Bartomeu Deya Canals 12 FDI, innovation superclusters, and value creation in Canada’s ocean sector 225 Fred Olayele Index 236

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Book SynopsisThis engaging and topical book comprehensively explores the complexities surrounding the EU Cohesion Policy, which has been addressing regional and urban development across Europe since the 1980s. Adopting a multidisciplinary approach, it considers the goals of this long-term investment policy, which is to reduce territorial disparities between Member States and their regions, and its role in the European integration process.Bringing together contributions from an interdisciplinary team of eminent scholars and policy practitioners, chapters offer expert analysis of the disciplinary genealogies of the EU Cohesion Policy, its contemporary issues, and perceptive reflections on its future. The book provides keen insights into current academic-policy debates, and a deeper understanding of the EU Cohesion Policy’s achievements. The expert’s insights contribute to the debate that this policy must face to address the most pressing European challenges. Each chapter includes different perspectives ranging from political, economic and legal to the urban and social dimensions and investigates ways to boost research-policy dialogue on Cohesion Policy.Offering a forward-thinking account of the topic, this timely book will be welcomed by students, academics, researchers, and policymakers alike in disciplines including human geography and geopolitics, European politics and policy, economics, public policy, and urban and regional studies.Trade Review‘The stakes for the European Union are now higher than ever. If it is to survive and thrive, it needs well-functioning policies. Few policies can contribute as much to the European project as the Cohesion Policy. But it needs to work well to help deliver a more efficient, cohesive, and resilient Europe. This edited volume by Dotti, Musiałkowska, De Gregorio Hurtado, and Walczyk provides a welcome and timely multidisciplinary reflection about how to improve the policy and help the EU brave the many challenges it currently faces.’ -- Andrés Rodríguez-Pose, London School of Economics, UKTable of ContentsContents: Foreword: EU Cohesion Policy an Interdisciplinary Approach xix Preface xxi 1 Introduction to EU Cohesion Policy: A Multidisciplinary Approach 1 Nicola Francesco Dotti, Ida Musiałkowska, Sonia De Gregorio Hurtado and Julia Walczyk PART I DISCIPLINARY GENEALOGIES 2 The origins of the EU Cohesion Policy: from regional economic development to the place-based approach 10 Piotr Idczak, Ida Musiałkowska and Dagmara Kociuba 3 Regional economic theories as drivers of the EU Cohesion Policy 30 Nicola Francesco Dotti, Ugo Fratesi and Christian Oberst 4 A legal perspective on the origins and evolution of the EU Cohesion Policy 47 Serafin Pazos-Vidal 5 The urban dimension of Cohesion Policy: insights into its genealogy, evolution, and future potential 65 Sonia De Gregorio Hurtado 6 Quality of life, Cohesion Policy, and the European social model 84 Bryonny Goodwin-Hawkins PART II ASSESSING WHAT WORKS 7 Evaluation experience from the EU Cohesion Policy 100 Oto Potluka 8 The economic impacts of Cohesion Policy 114 Riccardo Crescenzi and Mara Giua 9 Financial engineering instruments: implementation, governance challenges and lessons learned 125 Claudia Gloazzo 10 Financial engineering instruments for urban investments 145 Piotr Idczak 11 The sub-regional dimension of European local development policies 161 Alberto Bramanti and Paolo Rosso PART III THE ‘WHEN’ AND ‘WHERE’ OF COHESION POLICY IMPLEMENTATION 12 Smart specialisation strategy: a territorial governance perspective 180 Sebastien Bourdin 13 The environmental and sustainable development perspective 193 Silvia Grandi and Federico Martellozzo 14 A cross-border perspective on European local and regional development policies 213 Alberto Bramanti and Paula Tulppo 15 Relationship between civil society and Cohesion Policy 229 Oto Potluka 16 Governance, regional development and management in Cohesion Policy programmes: a geofinance and multilevel perspective 241 Paula Tulppo and Silvia Grandi PART IV LOOKING FORWARD: THE FUTURE CHALLENGES 17 Future perspective: from multi-level to multi-layered Cohesion Policy 256 Serafin Pazos-Vidal 18 Partnerships in Cohesion Policy for smart, inclusive and sustainable growth: an operational framework for effective multi-level policy implementation 275 Mattia Casula, Robert Leonardi and Raffaella Nanetti 19 Cohesion Policy in post-pandemic Europe 292 John Bachtler, Sebastien Bourdin and Martin Ferry 20 Integrating EU climate action into Cohesion Policy: instruments, developments and challenges 311 Ekaterina Domorenok 21 Cooperate to survive: a new age of policies for cohesion 329 Kai Böhme and Maria Toptsidou PART V CONCLUSIONS 22 Lessons learnt and main messages 344 Nicola Francesco Dotti, Ida Musiałkowska, Sonia De Gregorio Hurtado and Julia Walczyk Index

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