Rethinking the Region argues that regions are not simply bounded spaces on a map. This book uses unique research of England during the 1980s to show how regions are made and unmade by social processes. The book examines how new lines of division both social and geographical were laid down as free-market growth and reconstructed this are as a neo-liberal' region.
The authors argue that a more balanced form of growth is possible - within and between regions as well as between social groups. This book shows that to grasp the complexities of growth we must rethink the region' in...

Explores the connections in academic research between theoretical positions, political perspectives and policy prescriptions. Designed primarily for use on undergraduate geography, urban studies and applied economics courses, this title also includes notes and questions, for those about to undertake their own research projects.