Regional Behaviour: Political Values and Economic Growth in European Regions

ISBN-13: 9781138721623 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 200 str.

Dimitrios C. Christopoulos

Opis

This title was first published in 2001. In the framework of the EU, a number of policies have been devised for regions in order to facilitate their balanced economic development. The author argues that the focus on regional planners and their actions in academic literature has obscured the importance of regional elites in this process. The author compares Western Scotland and the west of Crete, focusing on the wider regional political and business elites within these regions, and attempting a comparison of elite attitudes within regions and between regions.

Spis treści

List of Graph and Tables, Preface, Acknowledgements, List of Abbreviations, 1. Elites in the Regional Context, 2. Regional Actors: Catalysts of Regional Growth?, 3. Local Government in Strathclyde and Crete, 4. Scottish Regional Elites: The Challenge of Post-Industrial Regeneration, 5. Cretan Local Elites: A Struggle Against Centralisation and Clientelism, 6. The Prospect of Devolution, 7. Attitudes and Economic Growth, 8. Regional Elite Behaviour, Appendix: On Methodology and Validity, Bibliography

O autorze

Christopoulos, Dimitrios C.