De-coding New Regionalism

Shifting Socio-political Contexts in Central Europe and Latin America
Herausgeber: Scott, James W.

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Produktbeschreibung

Bringing together comparative case studies from Central Europe and South America, this book focuses on 'new' regions - regions created as political projects of modernization and 're-scaling'. Through this approach it de-codes 'New Regionalism' in terms of its contributions to institutional change, while acknowledging its contested nature and contradictions. It questions whether these regions are merely a strategy of neo-liberal adjustment to changing political and economic conditions, or whether they are indicative of true reform, greater citizen participation and empowerment. It assesses whether these regions are really representing something new or whether they are a reconfiguration of traditional power relationships. It provides a timely critical analysis of 'region-building' and the extent to which national processes of decentralization and sub-national processes of regionalism can enhance the effectiveness and responsiveness of governance.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 274
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Januar 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 578g
• ISBN-13: 9780754670988
• ISBN-10: 0754670988
• Artikelnr.: 45540334

Autorenporträt

Dr James W. Scott is a lecturer at the Leibniz Institute for Regional Development and Structural Planning, Germany.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1 Introduction: Aims and Outline of the book; Chapter 1 Introduction,
James Wesley Scott; Part 2 Systemic Transformation and the Politics of
Scale; Chapter 2 Systemic Transformation and the Implementation of New
Regionalist Paradigms: Experiences of Central Europe and Latin America,
James Wesley Scott; Chapter 3 Between Crisis and Adaptation: Economic
Aspects of Institutional Change in Latin America and Central Europe, Carlos
Riojas; Chapter 4 Policies of Regionalization in a Transformational
Context: Some Conceptual Considerations, Karl-Dieter Keim; Chapter 5
Regions, New Regionalism and Regime Theory: Deciphering Post-Socialist
Institutional Change, Iwona Sagan; Part 3 Case Studies of Region-building
in Latin America; Chapter 6 An Indecisive New Regionalism in Mexico? The
Case of Jalisco, Basilio Verduzco Chávez; Chapter 7 Decentralization and
Regions in Brazil: An Economic Development Perspective, Anita Kon; Chapter
8 Redefining Regional Policies in Venezuela: From Decentralization to
Recentralization, Catalina Banko; Part 4 Case Studies of Region-building in
Central Europe; Chapter 9 Regional Development and 'New' Regionalism in
Poland, Grzegorz Gorzelak; Chapter 10 Regionalization in Hungary: Options
and Scenarios on the 'Road to Europe', Ilona Kovács Pálné; Chapter 11
'Reaching for the Stars': East German Urban Regions and the Vicissitudes of
Place-Making, Hans-Joachim Bürkner; Chapter 12, József Benedek; Part 5
Conclusion; Chapter 13 New Regionalism and Evolving Territorialities of the
State, James Wesley Scott;