Globalization, institutions, and regional development in Europe

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Author:

Thrift, N. J.

ISBN:

9780198288978

9780198289166

Publication Information:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1994.

Physical Description:

xii, 268 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.

General Note:

"This book has been produced under the auspices of the European Science Foundation's Regional and Urban Restructuring in Europe (RURE) Programme"--Acknowledgements.

Contents:

1. Living in the Global / Ash Amin and Nigel Thrift -- 2. The Local Embeddedness of Transnational Corporations / Peter Dicken, Mats Forsgren and Anders Malmberg -- 3. Global Agro-Food Complexes and the Refashioning of Rural Europe / Sarah Whatmore -- 4. The Uneven Landscape of Innovation Poles: Local Embeddedness and Global Networks / Franz Todtling -- 5. Growth Regions under Duress: Renewal Strategies in Baden Wurttemberg and Emilia-Romagna / Philip Cooke and Kevin Morgan -- 6. Flexible Districts, Flexible Regions? The Institutional and Cultural Limits to Districts in an Era of Globalization and Technological Paradigm Shifts / Amy Glasmeier -- 7. Regulating Labour: The Social Regulation and Reproduction of Local Labour-Markets / Jamie Peck -- 8. The Disembedded Regional Economy: The Transformation of East German Industrial Complexes into Western Enclaves / Gernot Grabher.

9. Institutional Change, Cultural Transformation, and Economic Regeneration: Myths and Realities from Europe's Old Industrial Areas / Ray Hudson -- 10. Local and Regional Broadcasting in the New Media Order / Kevin Robins and James Cornford -- 11. Global-Local Social Conflicts: Examples from Southern Europe / Costis Hadjimichalis -- 12. Holding Down the Global / Ash Amin and Nigel Thrift.

Subject Term:

Regional planning -- Europe.

Geographic Term:

Europe -- Economic policy.

Added Author:

Thrift, N. J.

Amin, Ash.

Added Corporate Author:

ESF Programme on Regional and Urban Restructuring in Europe.

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Summary

What are the economic prospects for Europe in a globalizing world? One popular view suggests that Europe will be swamped by global forces; another suggests the rise of a new localism leading to a Europe of regions. This book argues that neither of these accounts is correct. Through theapplication of an institutionalist perspective, the authors expertly advance the case that regional economic prosperity will depend upon the degree to which regions are able to mobilize flexible institutional strategies. This timely and insightful book will appeal to a broad range of readers, including students and professionals in economics, geography, sociology, international business, planning, and European studies.

Summary

What are the economic prospects of European regions in a globalizing world? One view suggests that European regions will be overwhelmed by global forces; another suggests the rise of a new localism leading to a Europe of the regions. This book argues that neither of these accounts is correct. The authors offer detailed accounts of the local economies of Baden Wüttemberg, Emilia-Romagna, Switzerland, and Eastern Germany amongst others to support their view. In so doing they discuss a number of important and topical issues: industrial districts and their distinctiveness, organizational flexibility, regional economic planning, and the role of transnational companies.Through the application of an institutionalist perspective which stresses the importance of institutionalizing processes within the economy, the chapters in the book argue that regional economic prosperity will depend upon the degree to which regions are able to mobilize flexible institutional strategies. The book concludes that adaptable regions with a diverse institutional presence can harness the forces of globalization to their own ends. Other regions, with more rigid institutional structures, face a bleak future.