Gillian Bristow

Critical Reflections on Regional Competitiveness (eBook, ePUB)

Theory, Policy, Practice

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The book is structured into three parts. Part 1 introduces the concept of regional competitiveness by tracing its origins and exploring its different meanings in regional economic development. This will critically engage with political economy approaches to understanding the nature and dominance of the competitiveness discourse. Part 2 interrogates the pursuit of regional competitiveness in policy and practice. This critically evaluates the degree to which the pursuit of competitiveness is encouraging convergence in policy agendas in regions through an examination of key determinants of policy sameness and difference, notably benchmarking and devolved governance. Part 3 explores the limitations to regional competitiveness and explores whether and how its predominance in the policy discourse might be challenged by alternative agendas such as sustainable development and wellbeing. This focuses on the developing qualitative character of regional development.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. April 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135225209
• Artikelnr.: 42976665

Autorenporträt

Gillian Bristow is a Reader in Economic Geography in the School of City and Regional Planning, Cardiff University. Her research interests focus on regional economic development, governance and policy. This book develops her seminal critique of regional competitiveness published in the Journal of Economic Geography in 2005.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1: The Discourse of Regional Competitiveness Introduction:
Neoliberalism and the Regional Competitiveness Hegemony 1. What is Regional
Competitiveness? 2. The Political Economy of Regional Competitiveness Part
2: Regional Competitiveness in Policy and Practice 3. Competitiveness and
the 'one-size-fits-all' Regional Policy Consensus 4. Performance Indicators
and Rankings: Deconstructing Competitiveness League Tables 5. Resisting or
Re-stating Competitiveness? Variation, Recontextualisation and the Role of
the Regional State Part 3: Moving Beyond Competitiveness 6. The Limits to
Competitiveness 7. Resilient Regions: Re'place'-ing Regional
Competitiveness