Critical reflections on regional competitiveness
Subtitle: theory, policy and practice
By: Gillian Bristow.
Series: Routledge studies in human geography -- 31
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Abingdon, Oxon; New York, NY
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780415471596; 9780203865408
Subjects: Regional economics; Competition; Regional planning
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: What is regional competitiveness?; title: The political economy of regional competitiveness; title: Competitiveness and the "one-size-fits-all" regional policy consensus; title: Performance indicators and rankings: deconstructing competitiveness league tables; title: Resisting or re-stating competitiveness? Variation, recontextualisation and the role of the regional state; title: The limits to competitiveness; title: Resilient regions: re"place"-ing regional competitiveness.