The political economy of regionalism1997
by Michael Keating
This book examines the effects on regions of economic and political restructuring in Europe and North America. The main theses are: international economic restructuring and its impact on regions; political restructuring at the supranational, national and regional levels; political realignments at the regional level; questions of territorial identity and their connection with class, gender and neighbourhood identity; policy choices and policy conflicts in regional development.
The first part of the book treats a number of themes in the political economy of regionalism from theoretical and comparative perspectives. The second part comprises case studies of regions which illustrate these developments in a detailed fashion. The case studies are mainly based in Western Europe and North America...