De-coding new regionalism [[electronic resource] ] : shifting socio-political contexts in Central Europe and Latin America / / edited by James W. Scott

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910454113203321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Farnham, England ; ; Burlington, VT, : Ashgate, c2009
• ISBN: 1-317-15382-0; 1-317-15381-2; 1-281-96876-5; 9786611968762; 0-7546-8901-8
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (273 p.)
• Collana: Urban and regional planning and development
• Altri autori (Persone): ScottJames Wesley
• Disciplina: 307.1/20943
• Soggetti: Regional planning - Europe, Central; Regional planning - Latin America; Regionalism - Europe, Central; Regionalism - Latin America; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Part 1 Introduction: Aims and Outline of the book; 1 Introduction; Part 2 Systemic Transformation and the Politics of Scale; 2 Systemic Transformation and the Implementation of New Regionalist Paradigms: Experiences of Central Europe and Latin America; 3 Between Crisis and Adaptation: Economic Aspects of Institutional Change in Latin America and Central Europe; 4 Policies of Regionalization in a Transformational Context: Some Conceptual Considerations; 5 Regions, New Regionalism and Regime Theory: Deciphering Post-Socialist Institutional Change; Part 3 Case Studies of Region-building in Latin America6 An Indecisive New Regionalism in Mexico? The Case of Jalisco; 7 Decentralization and Regions in Brazil: An Economic Development Perspective; 8 Redefining Regional Policies in Venezuela: From Decentralization to Recentralization; Part 4 Case Studies of Region-building in Central ; Europe; 9 Regional Development and'New' Regionalism in Poland; 10 Regionalization in Hungary: Options and Scenarios on the 'Road to Europe'; 11 'Reaching for the Stars': East German Urban Regions and the Vicissitudes of Place-Making; 12 The Emergence of New Regionsin Transition RomaniaPart 5 Conclusion; 13 New Regionalism and Evolving Territorialities of the State; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Bringing together comparative case studies from Central Europe and South America, this book focuses on 'new' regions - regions created as political projects of modernization and 're-scaling'. Through this approach it de-codes 'New Regionalism' in terms of its contributions to institutional change, while acknowledging its contested nature and contradictions.