Local And Regional Development

Actors And Institutions In Localities And Regions Across The World Are Seeking Prosperity And Well-being Amidst Tumultuous And Disruptive Shifts And Transitions Generated By: An Increasingly Globalised, Knowledge-intensive Capitalism; Global Financial Instability, Volatility And Crisis; Concerns About Economic, Social And Ecological Sustainability, Climate Change And Resource Shortages; Multi-actor And Multi-level Systems Of Government And Governance And A Re-ordering Of The International Political Economy; State Austerity And Retrenchment; And, And Reformed Approaches To Intervention, Policy And Institutions For Local And Regional Development. Local And Regional Development Provides An Accessible, Critical And Integrated Examination Of Local And Regional Development Theory, Institutions And Policy In This Changing Context. Amidst Its Rising Importance, The Book Addresses The Fundamental Issues Of 'what Kind Of Local And Regional Development And For Whom?', Its Purposes, Principles And Values, Frameworks Of Understanding, Approaches And Interventions, And Integrated Approaches To Local And Regional Development Throughout The World.