Table of Contents

1. Introduction: Whither Regional Studies? Andy Pike 2. Regions and Regional Uneven Development Forever? Some Reflective Comments upon Theory and Practice Ray Hudson 3. Beyond the Territorial Fix: Regional Assemblages, Politics and Power John Allen and Allan Cochrane 4. Territorial, Scalar, Networked, Connected: In What Sense a ‘Regional World’? Gordon MacLeod and Martin Jones 5. The Accident of the Region: A Strategic Relational Perspective on the Construction of the Region’s Significance Arnoud Lagendijk 6. Observational Equivalence? Regional Studies and Regional Science Philip McCann 7. Power in Firm Networks: What it Means for Regional Innovation Systems Susan Christopherson and Jennifer Clark 8. The Polycentric State: New Spaces of Empowerment and Engagement? Kevin Morgan 9. What Kind of Local and Regional Development and for Whom? Andy Pike, Andrés Rodríguez-Pose and John Tomaney

About the Author

Andy Pike is based at the Centre for Urban and Regional Studies (CURDS) at Newcastle University, UK.