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Changing Governance of Local Economies

Author : Colin Crouch
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191531839
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (915 download)

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Download or read book Changing Governance of Local Economies written by Colin Crouch and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2004-02-26 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines patterns of economic governance in three specific, contrasting, contexts: machinery-producing districts; declining steel cities; and clusters of high-technology activities. Building on the work of their previous book (Local Production Systems in Europe: Rise or Demise? OUP 2001), which charted the recent development of local clusters of specialized manufacturing among small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in France, Germany, Italy, and the United Kingdom, the authors find patterns of economic governance far more complex and dynamic than usually described in a literature which insists on identifying simple national approaches. The machinery industries were often identified in the literature of the 1980s as prominent cases of industrial district formation, which were then considerably weakened by the crises of the mid-1990s. Did clustering help these industries and their associated districts to respond to challenge, or only weaken them further? The case studies focus on the Bologna and Modena area of Emilia-Romagna, Stuttgart in Baden-Württemberg, Birmingham and Coventry in the English west midlands, but generally in France where there are very few local concentrations. Even while some thought local production systems were in crisis, national governments and the European Commission continued to recommend their approach to areas experiencing economic decline. This was particularly the case for cities that had been dependent on a small number of large corporations in industries that would no longer be major employers. Political and business leaders in these areas were encouraged to diversify, in particular through SMEs. Could this be done in response to external pressure, given that successful local production systems depend on endogenous vitality? The authors ask these questions of former steel-producing cities St. Etienne, Duisburg, Piombino, and Sheffield. The idea that local production systems had had their day was challenged by clear evidence of clustering among SMEs in a number of flourishing high-tech industries in parts of the USA and western Europe. Why do scientists, other specialists and firms actively embedded in global networks, bother with geographical proximity? This question is addressed by examining the software firms at Grenoble, the mass media cluster in Cologne, the information technology sector around Pisa, and the Oxfordshire biotechnology region.

Changing Governance of Local Economies

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Total Pages : 376 pages
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Changing Governance of Local Economies

Author : Colin Crouch
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0199259402
Total Pages : 391 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (992 download)

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Download or read book Changing Governance of Local Economies written by Colin Crouch and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2004-02-26 with total page 391 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do specialized local clusters of small and medium-sized firms have a future in the global economy? The authors address this question with case studies of cities in France, Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom. They look at the machinery industries, former steel-producing cities trying to develop clusters in new activities, and high-tech sectors. They find evidence of considerable vitality, often contradicting national stereotypes of how economies are organized.

Changing Governance of Local Economics

Author : Colin Crouch
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
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Local Governance, Economic Development and Institutions

Author : G. Gomez
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137557591
Total Pages : 347 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (375 download)

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Download or read book Local Governance, Economic Development and Institutions written by G. Gomez and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-04-08 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Development' is what most people see as progress in the places where they live and in the ways they live. It has to do with public services, the ways to complain when these are not delivered properly, and the spaces to change power structures. It is related to the economy, the opportunities to access a secure job, a sustainable livelihood and increased welfare while caring for the planet and others. It is also linked to the institutions that allow people to live life well, using resources ethically and doing business responsibly in relation to other communities and future generations. This edited collection examines the interconnections between local governance, economic development and institutions, by focusing on what initiatives work and under what conditions they do so. Based on a variety of theories and empirical data, it presents evidence from current experiences around the world, revealed by researchers across different continents and several generations.

The Role of Local Government in Economic Development

Author : Jonathan Q. Morgan
Publisher : Unc School of Government
ISBN 13 : 9781560116127
Total Pages : 21 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (161 download)

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Download or read book The Role of Local Government in Economic Development written by Jonathan Q. Morgan and published by Unc School of Government. This book was released on 2009 with total page 21 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report discusses the findings from a mail survey of local government economic development activities that was sent to all 540 municipalities and 100 counties in North Carolina. An important part of the analysis examines whether cities and counties differ significantly in their economic development efforts and whether smaller jurisdictions employ different types of development strategies and tools than larger ones. The survey findings also highlight the barriers that local governments face in promoting economic development and identify important technical assistance needs and gaps in local capacity.

The New Regional Economies

Author : William R. Barnes
Publisher : SAGE Publications
ISBN 13 : 1452249946
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (522 download)

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Download or read book The New Regional Economies written by William R. Barnes and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 1997-09-02 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traditionally, we take a nationalist view of our economy. Our politics and economics are wedded in the political economy of the nation state and the nationalist economic policies. This "nationalist paradigm" is, however, showing signs of fatigue: The role of the nation state is diminishing as the economy globalizes; our national accounting systems are less effective, technology forces change; trading blocs are emerging; there is less control of exchange rates; regional economies are restructuring; and competitive environments are changing. This book poses that political jurisdictions are not economies but polities, and explores the complex and important economic implications of this thesis. In reality, metropolitan-centered economic regions are the basic economic units and the building blocks of the U.S. economy. The linked, interdependent system of local economic regions form the U.S. Common Market, which in turn thrives within a global context of mutuality and interdependence. William R. Barnes and Larry C. LedeburÆs paradigm shift from the "nation as the economy" to the "national system of local economic regions" changes the framework in which we think about governance and policy and puts this book at the forefront of U.S. economic thought.

Climate Change Governance

Author : Jörg Knieling
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3642298311
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (422 download)

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Download or read book Climate Change Governance written by Jörg Knieling and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-07-30 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Climate change is a cause for concern both globally and locally. In order for it to be tackled holistically, its governance is an important topic needing scientific and practical consideration. Climate change governance is an emerging area, and one which is closely related to state and public administrative systems and the behaviour of private actors, including the business sector, as well as the civil society and non-governmental organisations. Questions of climate change governance deal both with mitigation and adaptation whilst at the same time trying to devise effective ways of managing the consequences of these measures across the different sectors. Many books have been produced on general matters related to climate change, such as climate modelling, temperature variations, sea level rise, but, to date, very few publications have addressed the political, economic and social elements of climate change and their links with governance. This book will address this gap. Furthermore, a particular feature of this book is that it not only presents different perspectives on climate change governance, but it also introduces theoretical approaches and brings these together with practical examples which show how main principles may be implemented in practice.

Changing Local Governance, Changing Citizens

Author : Liz Richardson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781447301677
Total Pages : 255 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book Changing Local Governance, Changing Citizens written by Liz Richardson and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work explains what debates about local governance mean for local people. The book explores governance and citizenship in relation to multiculturalism, economic migration, housing markets, neighbourhoods, and e-democracy in order to establish a contemporary view of the ways that citizens are constituted at the local level.

New Institutional Spaces

Author : Martin Jones
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 9780117023635
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (236 download)

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Download or read book New Institutional Spaces written by Martin Jones and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-09-01 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the beginning of the 1980s, Britain has experienced a series of changes in its economic governance aimed at reviewing the economy on a regional and national scale, and removing the increasing welfare burden on the government through state or state-encouraged investment in training. Using as an example the construction, implementation and role of one of the innovations of this period, the Training and Enterprise Councils (TECs), the author puts economic governance into context. He argues that the objectives of the state and employers are in conflict, and that institutional change is driven by short-term political imperatives and not the long-term skills needs of regional and local economies. This fresh, theoretically-grounded perspective focuses on: The theoretical background and political construction of economic development projects The growing links between the labour markets and social security policy, such as the New Deal The development of British workfare as 'trainingfare' The tensions between business-led enterprise, access to skills and social citizenship The importance of local viewpoints in moulding national projects The political impact of uneven development Drawin

Comparing Local Governance

Author : Bas Denters
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780333995563
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (955 download)

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Download or read book Comparing Local Governance written by Bas Denters and published by Palgrave Macmillan. This book was released on 2005-04-02 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a broad-ranging assessment of continuities and change in the condition of local governance in the western industrialized world; leading experts from a wide range of countries demonstrate the whole spectrum of types and models of local government systems and networks. A central focus is on the impact of public management reforms, new forms of community governance and changes in central-local relations.

Making Local Governance Work

Author : Sue Goss
Publisher : Red Globe Press
ISBN 13 : 033391788X
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (339 download)

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Download or read book Making Local Governance Work written by Sue Goss and published by Red Globe Press. This book was released on 2001-05-14 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New forms of local governance require new ways of working, and in this important new book, Sue Goss assesses the nature of the challenge and how individuals and organizations have responded. Drawing on a wide range of political and management theory and research and her own extensive experience, she provides the clearest picture yet of the emergence of new "relationship organizations" and of their engagement with the new roles of citizens, public managers, and local politicians.

Economic Change Governance and Natural Resource Wealth

Author : David Reed
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000939545
Total Pages : 109 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book Economic Change Governance and Natural Resource Wealth written by David Reed and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-04-14 with total page 109 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume analyzes the ways in which natural resource wealth has shaped authoritarian political regimes and statist economic systems in the countries of southern Africa in the post-colonial period. It consists of five essays. The first sets out the historical framework and emergence of natural resources as the crucial driver of economies in sub-Saharan Africa. Three essays, drawing on in-country research, focus on Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe. They show how this explains the economic evolution of those countries - in particular, the impacts of economic and institutional changes on the bulk of the population, the rural poor. The final essay explores the nature of the changes and their neoliberal economic context, and the ways in which their harmful consequences might be relieved.

The Changing Governance of Renewable Natural Resources in Northwest Russia

Author : Soili Nysten-Haarala
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317038983
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book The Changing Governance of Renewable Natural Resources in Northwest Russia written by Soili Nysten-Haarala and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-01 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bringing together scholars of human geography, environmental sociology, law, economics and international policy from Finland, Russia, Sweden and Germany, this book examines how local communities and enterprises adjust to transition and institutional changes in Northwest Russia. A unique and important facet of the book is that it analyzes the law and legal institutions, focusing on how those involved in law use or abuse it, in relation to unofficial institutions and the interplay of different interest groups in governing forest and fishery resources. The local view is approached empirically with data gathered through interviews, which is then compared against institutional change at national level and in the global arena. Multidisciplinary in nature, the book demonstrates innovative ways of adjusting to change, combining old and new, local and global and providing a holistic view of the Russian economy and a society in transition.

The New Localism

Author : Bruce Katz
Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
ISBN 13 : 0815731655
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (157 download)

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Download or read book The New Localism written by Bruce Katz and published by Brookings Institution Press. This book was released on 2018-01-09 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The New Localism provides a roadmap for change that starts in the communities where most people live and work. In their new book, The New Localism, urban experts Bruce Katz and Jeremy Nowak reveal where the real power to create change lies and how it can be used to address our most serious social, economic, and environmental challenges. Power is shifting in the world: downward from national governments and states to cities and metropolitan communities; horizontally from the public sector to networks of public, private and civic actors; and globally along circuits of capital, trade, and innovation. This new locus of power—this new localism—is emerging by necessity to solve the grand challenges characteristic of modern societies: economic competitiveness, social inclusion and opportunity; a renewed public life; the challenge of diversity; and the imperative of environmental sustainability. Where rising populism on the right and the left exploits the grievances of those left behind in the global economy, new localism has developed as a mechanism to address them head on. New localism is not a replacement for the vital roles federal governments play; it is the ideal complement to an effective federal government, and, currently, an urgently needed remedy for national dysfunction. In The New Localism, Katz and Nowak tell the stories of the cities that are on the vanguard of problem solving. Pittsburgh is catalyzing inclusive growth by inventing and deploying new industries and technologies. Indianapolis is governing its city and metropolis through a network of public, private and civic leaders. Copenhagen is using publicly owned assets like their waterfront to spur large scale redevelopment and finance infrastructure from land sales. Out of these stories emerge new norms of growth, governance, and finance and a path toward a more prosperous, sustainable, and inclusive society. Katz and Nowak imagine a world in which urban institutions finance the future through smart investments in innovation, infrastructure and children and urban intermediaries take solutions created in one city and adapt and tailor them to other cities with speed and precision. As Katz and Nowak show us in The New Localism, “Power now belongs to the problem solvers.”

Local Economic and Employment Development (LEED) Culture and Local Development

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9264009914
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (64 download)

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Download or read book Local Economic and Employment Development (LEED) Culture and Local Development written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2005-04-21 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication highlights the impact of culture on local economies and the methodological issues related to its identification.

The Changing Role of Government

Author : R. Batley
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 023000105X
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book The Changing Role of Government written by R. Batley and published by Springer. This book was released on 2004-05-25 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Batley and Larbi examine how governments of developing countries are organized to deliver public services. The book is based on comparative international studies of four service sectors: Health care, urban water, business promotion and agricultural marketing. Governments everywhere are being driven to adopt an 'indirect' approach - managing, contracting and regulating public agencies or private partners, rather than providing services directly. It questions how governments are responding and whether this approach is appropriate to the capacities of developing countries.