Handbook of Local and Regional Development

The Handbook of Local and Regional Development provides a comprehensive statement and reference point for local and regional development. The scope of this Handbook’s coverage and contributions engages with and reflects upon the politics and policy of how we think about and practise local and regional development, encouraging dialogue across the disciplinary barriers between notions of ‘local and regional development’ in the Global North and ‘development studies’ in the Global South.
This Handbook is organized into seven inter-related sections, with an introductory chapter setting out the rationale, aims and structure of the Handbook. Section one situates local and regional development in its global context. Section two establishes the key issues in understanding the principles and values that help us define what is meant by local and regional development. Section three critically reviews the current diversity and variety of conceptual and theoretical approaches to local and regional development. Section four address questions of government and governance. Section five connects critically with the array of contemporary approaches to local and regional development policy. Section six is an explicitly global review of perspectives on local and regional development from Africa, Asia-Pacific, Europe, Latin America and North America. Section seven provides reflection and discussion of the futures for local and regional development in an international and multidisciplinary context.

With over forty contributions from leading international scholars in the field, this Handbook provides critical reviews and appraisals of current state-of-the-art conceptual and theoretical approaches and future developments in local and regional development.

Andy Pike is Professor of Local and Regional Development in the Centre for Urban and Regional Development Studies (CURDS), Newcastle University, UK.

Andrés Rodríguez Pose is a Professor of Economic Geography at the London School of Economics, UK.

John Tomaney is Henry Daysh Professor of Regional Development Studies and Director of CURDS, Newcastle University, UK, and Professor of Regional Studies, Institute for Regional Studies, Monash University, Australia.

1. Introduction: A Handbook of Local and Regional Development Andy Pike, Andrés Rodríguez-Pose and John Tomaney Section I: Local and Regional Development in a Global Context 2 Globalisation and Regional Development Seán Ó Riain 3 Territorial Competition Ian Gordon 4 Local and Regional ‘Development Studies’ Giles Mohan Section II: Defining the Principles and Values of Local and Regional Development 5 Regional Disparities and Equalities: Towards a Capabilities Perspective? Diane Perrons 6 Inclusive Growth: Meaningful Goal or Mirage? Ivan Turok 7 The Green State: Sustainability and the Power of Purchase Kevin Morgan 8 Alternative Approaches to Local and Regional Development Allan Cochrane Section III: Concepts and Theories of Local and Regional Development 9 Spatial Circuits of Value Ray Hudson 10 Labour and Local and Regional Development Andy Herod 11 Local and Regional Development: A Global Production Network Approach Neil M. Coe and Martin Hess 12 Evolutionary Approaches to Local and Regional Development Policy Robert Hassink and Claudia Klaerding 13 Innovation, Learning and Knowledge Creation in Co-localised and Distant Contexts Harald Bathelt 14 Culture, Creativity, and Urban Development Dominic Power and Allen J. Scott 15 Post-socialism and Transition Bolesław Domański 16 Migration and Commuting: Local and Regional Development Links Tony Champion and Mike Coombes 17 Within and Outwith/Material and Political? Local Economic Development and the Spatialities of Economic Geographies Roger Lee 18 Spaces of Social Innovation Frank Moulaert and Abid Mehmood 19 Forging Post-Development Partnerships: Possibilities for Local and Regional Development J.K. Gibson-Graham Section IV: Government and Governance 20 The State: Government and Governance Bob Jessop 21 Putting ‘the political’ Back into the Region: Power, Agency and a Reconstituted Regional Political Economy Andy Cumbers and Danny MacKinnon 22 Territorial/Relational: Conceptualizing Spatial Economic Governance Martin Jones and Gordon MacLeod 23 Institutional Geographies and Local Economic Development: Policies and Politics Kevin R. Cox 24 Carbon Control Regimes, Eco-State Restructuring and the Politics of Local and Regional Development Andrew E.G. Jonas, Aidan H. While and David C. Gibbs 25 Competitive Cities and Problems of Democracy Colin Crouch 26 The Politics of Local and Regional Development Andrew Wood 27 Spatial Planning and Territorial Development Policy Peter Ache Section V: Local and Regional Development Policy 28 Endogenous Approaches to Local and Regional Development Policy Franz Tödtling 29 Territorial Competitiveness and Local and Regional Economic Development: A Classic Tale of ‘Theory Led by Policy’ Gillian Bristow 30 Finance and Local and Regional Economic Development Felicity Wray, Neill Marshall and Jane Pollard 31 Green Dreams in a Cold Light Susan Christopherson 32 SMEs, Entrepreneurialism and Local/Regional Development Costis Hadjimichalis 33 Transnational Corporations and Local and Regional Development Stuart Dawley 34 Innovation Networks and Local and Regional Development Policy Mário Vale 35 Universities and Regional Development John Goddard and Paul Vallance 36 Transportation Networks, the Logistics Revolution and Regional Development John T. Bowen Jr. and Thomas R. Leinbach 37 (Im)migration, Local, Regional and Uneven Development Jane Wills, Kavita Datta, Jon May, Cathy McIlwaine, Yara Evans and Joanna Herbert 38 Neoliberal Urbanism in Europe Sara Gonzalez 39 Gender, Migration and Socio-Spatial Transformations in Southern European Cities Dina Vaiou Section VI: Global Perspectives 40 The Experience of Local and Regional Development in Africa Etienne Nel 41 Globalization, Urbanization and Decentralization : The Experience of Asian Pacific Cities Shiuh-Shen Chien 42 Local Development: A Response to the Economic Crisis. Lessons from Latin America Antonio Vázquez-Barquero 43 North American Perspectives on Local and Regional Development Nancey Green Leigh and Jennifer Clark 44 Area Definition and Classification and Regional Development Finance: The European Union and China Michael Dunford Section VII: Reflections and Futures 45 The Language of Local and Regional Development Phillip O’Neill 46 The Evaluation of Local and Regional Development Policy Dave Valler 47 The New Regional Governance and the Hegemony of Neoliberalism. All change – No change? John Lovering 48 Local Left Strategy Now Jamie Gough and Aram Eisenschitz 49 Local and Regional Development: Reflections and Futures John Tomaney, Andy Pike and Andrés Rodríguez-Pose