Synopsis:
Throughout the world today we are seeing former nation-states, as different as Yugoslavia, Somalia, and Canada, breaking up, or threatening to break up, into regions. The conflicts are economic, social, ethnic, linguistic, religious, political, and cultural. Regional Development Theories and Their Application analyzes the reasons for these conflicts and shows why attempts to eliminate regional disparities within nations have been largely unsuccessful.
Part I of the book is an exposition, analysis, and critique of various theories of regional development. Part II presents case studies in the United States, Great Britain, the European Community, Australia, and less developed countries. Part III outlines the lessons learned from past experience and sketches a new political economy of regional development. Higgins and Savoie demonstrate that new knowledge is more likely to be discovered if social scientists work at the regional and community levels, rather than exclusively at the macrolevel (national economy, society, and polity) or the microlevel (the household, firm, industry, and local government).
Regional Development Theories and Their Application provides a readable, comprehensible survey of the literature and current debates in the fields of regional economics, development, policy, and planning. It lays the foundation for improved social and economic policy and theoretical synthesis that will be of interest to sociologists, economists, professionals working in regional development, and political scientists and theorists.
Review:
-Donald Savoie has joined with Benjamin Higgins, the indefatigable analyst of international regional development, to offer a comprehensible and truly comprehensive panorama of regional development theories and their application throughout the world. Their study is apt to become a standard work of reference for anyone who wants to understand issues of theory and application in regional development in a comparative and Canadian perspective.---Filippo Sabetti, Recensions -Benjamin Higgins and Donald Savoie's encyclopedic study of the evolution and application of regional development theory is a 'must read' for those interested in acquiring a quick and concise understanding of the field.- --Nohad A. Toulan, Journal of the American Planning Association -The informed perspective of those experienced authors to the inadequacies of both markets and bureaucracies should be useful to advanced students of development, planners, and those seeking some restructuring of political space.---Laurellen Porter, Perspectives on Political Science -Benjamin H. Higgins is one of the legendary giants in the field of international regional development... No one in the field today can speak to the issues of theory and application in regional development with the authority, scholarship, and practical experience of a Benjamin Higgins.---Kingsley E. Haynes, University Professor/Eminent Scholar, Director of the Institute of Public Policy, George Mason University "Donald Savoie has joined with Benjamin Higgins, the indefatigable analyst of international regional development, to offer a comprehensible and truly comprehensive panorama of regional development theories and their application throughout the world. Their study is apt to become a standard work of reference for anyone who wants to understand issues of theory and application in regional development in a comparative and Canadian perspective."--Filippo Sabetti, Recensions "Benjamin Higgins and Donald Savoie's encyclopedic study of the evolution and application of regional development theory is a 'must read' for those interested in acquiring a quick and concise understanding of the field." --Nohad A. Toulan, Journal of the American Planning Association "The informed perspective of those experienced authors to the inadequacies of both markets and bureaucracies should be useful to advanced students of development, planners, and those seeking some restructuring of political space."--Laurellen Porter, Perspectives on Political Science "Benjamin H. Higgins is one of the legendary giants in the field of international regional development... No one in the field today can speak to the issues of theory and application in regional development with the authority, scholarship, and practical experience of a Benjamin Higgins."--Kingsley E. Haynes, University Professor/Eminent Scholar, Director of the Institute of Public Policy, George Mason University "Donald Savoie has joined with Benjamin Higgins, the indefatigable analyst of international regional development, to offer a comprehensible and truly comprehensive panorama of regional development theories and their application throughout the world. Their study is apt to become a standard work of reference for anyone who wants to understand issues of theory and application in regional development in a comparative and Canadian perspective."--Filippo Sabetti, Recensions "Benjamin Higgins and Donald Savoie's encyclopedic study of the evolution and application of regional development theory is a 'must read' for those interested in acquiring a quick and concise understanding of the field." --Nohad A. Toulan, Journal of the American Planning Association "The informed perspective of those experienced authors to the inadequacies of both markets and bureaucracies should be useful to advanced students of development, planners, and those seeking some restructuring of political space."--Laurellen Porter, Perspectives on Political Science "Benjamin H. Higgins is one of the legendary giants in the field of international regional development... No one in the field today can speak to the issues of theory and application in regional development with the authority, scholarship, and practical experience of a Benjamin Higgins."--Kingsley E. Haynes, University Professor/Eminent Scholar, Director of the Institute of Public Policy, George Mason University
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