Regional Development Theories and Their ApplicationThroughout the world today former nationstates, as disparate as Yugoslavia, Somalia, and Canada, have either disintegrated or threaten to splinter into regions. The conflicts are economic, social, ethnic, linguistic, religious, political, and cultural. Higgins and Savoie analyze the reasons for these conflicts and show why attempts to eliminate regional disparities within nations have been largely unsuccessful. |
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Contents
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Entrepreneurship and Regional Development | 34 |
Interregional and International Trade | 56 |
Circular and Cumulative Causation | 74 |
Growth Poles and Central Places | 90 |
Location Theory | 116 |
BiModal Production and Regional Dualism | 124 |
The United States II The EDA and the Appalachian Regional Commission | 206 |
The United States III The Austin Project | 230 |
Great Britain and the European Community | 254 |
Canada | 272 |
Regional Development in Australia | 290 |
Regional Development in Developing Countries | 336 |
Regional Development in Least Developed Countries | 358 |
Lessons Learned | 384 |
Dependency and Uneven Development | 132 |
Regional Science | 150 |
Recent Literature on Regional Development Theory | 168 |
Introduction to Part II | 186 |
The United States I The TVA | 188 |
Towards a New Political Economy of Regional Development | 396 |
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| Title | Regional Development Theories and Their Application |
| Authors | Benjamin Howard Higgins, Benjamin Higgins, Donald J. Savoie |
| Publisher | Transaction Publishers |
| ISBN | 1412832853, 9781412832854 |
| Length | 422 pages |
| Subjects | › › Business & Economics / Development / Business Development Business & Economics / Development / Economic Development Business & Economics / Economics / Theory |
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