DE-CODING NEW REGIONALISM by James W. Scott (Editor), Professor Graham Haughton ( 9780754670988 )

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DE-CODING NEW REGIONALISM
SHIFTING SOCIO-POLITICAL CONTEXTS IN CENTRAL EUROPE AND LATIN AMERICA

By:

James W. Scott (Editor), Professor Graham Haughton

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0754670988

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9780754670988

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TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD

Pub. date:

12 January, 2009

Series:

Urban and Regional Planning and Development Series

Pages:

272

Description:

Bringing together comparative case studies from Central Europe and South America, this book focuses on 'new' regions; regions created as political projects of modernisation and 're-scaling'. It de-codes 'New Regionalism' in terms of its contributions to institutional change, but also of its contestedness and contradictions.

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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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includes 5 line drawings & 13 maps

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Ashgate Publishing Limited

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