Developing Locally

by Beer, Andrew

• ISBN13: 9781861345462
• ISBN10: 1861345461
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-02-01
• Publisher: Policy Pr

Author Biography

Andrew Beer is an Associate Professor in the School of Geography, Population and Environmental Management at Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia Graham Haughton is Professor of Geography at the University of Hull, UK Alaric Maude is an Associate Professor in the School of Geography, Population and Environmental Management at Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia

Table of Contents

List of tables, figures and case studies	p. v
Acknowledgements	p. viii
Preface	p. ix
List of abbreviations	p. xii
International comparisons of local and regional economic development	p. 1
Introducing local and regional economic development	p. 1
Defining and redefining local and regional economic development	p. 5
Same language, different meanings, different terminologies	p. 6
Different political and institutional structures for local and regional economic development	p. 8
Methods	p. 10
The organisation of the book	p. 13
Understanding international divergence and convergence in local and regional economic development	p. 15
Introduction	p. 15
Governance, institutions and the state	p. 15
Local and regional economic development and the social construction of knowledge	p. 24
The advantages of regional development organisations	p. 32
Conclusion: local experimentation is conditional, learning is partial	p. 34
Local and regional economic development organisations in international comparison	p. 37
Institutional architectures for local and regional economic development	p. 37
The objectives and activities of local and regional economic development agencies	p. 44
The impact and effectiveness of agencies	p. 51
Conclusion	p. 59
Local and regional economic development in England	p. 61
Introduction	p. 61
Objectives and activities of local and regional economic development organisations	p. 70
Range of local and regional economic development activities in England	p. 71
Institutional effectiveness	p. 74
The policy effectiveness of individual activities	p. 79
Conclusion	p. 83
Local and regional economic development in the United States	p. 85
Introduction	p. 85
Describing local and regional economic development organisations	p. 88
Effectiveness of local and regional economic development organisations	p. 91
Objectives and activities of local and regional economic development organisations	p. 94
Partnerships of local and regional economic development organisations	p. 101
Problems and challenges of local and regional economic development organisations	p. 102
Improving effectiveness	p. 105
Conclusion	p. 106
Local and regional economic development organisations in Australia	p. 109
The organisations	p. 109
Explaining regional development organisations	p. 111
Resources	p. 114
Objectives, activities and partnerships	p. 116
Effective activities	p. 123
Effective organisations	p. 123
Conclusion	p. 133
Local and regional economic development in a 'post-conflict' society: lessons from Northern Ireland	p. 137
Introduction	p. 137
Northern Ireland's economy and the 'national' context	p. 138
Local and regional economic development and the supranational context	p. 140
The local context: local authorities and the community sector	p. 141
Characteristics of agencies responding to the survey	p. 141
Objectives of the agencies	p. 147
Activities of the agencies	p. 150
Partners	p. 153
Effectiveness and impact of the agencies	p. 154
Effectiveness and improving effectiveness: the qualitative evidence	p. 159
Conclusion	p. 165
Local and regional economic development: improving our understanding and advancing our policy frameworks	p. 169
Understanding differences in local and regional economic development	p. 169
Governance or techniques: what contributes to effective regional programmes?	p. 171
Strategic selectivity and institutional thickness	p. 175
Implications for policy, implications for practice	p. 176
References	p. 179
Index	p. 191
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