This compact and authoritative book brings together the topical themes of networks and governance to advance understanding of the determinants of local economic development in the context of increasingly global relationships. Analyzing the governance of networks is critical in understanding how individual localities are able to promote development and consolidate positions within global production systems. In addressing such issues, this book accomplishes a significant bridging of disciplinary boundaries, incorporating different theoretical and empirical perspectives on the meanings and roles of territory, economic development and different forms of networks and governance."Networks, Governance and Economic Development" brings together the analysis of leading researchers in their fields, following their interactions at a European Science Foundation exploratory workshop. The chapters will be an invaluable resource to researchers working in the fields of regional economic development, economic geography and economic policy as well as postgraduate students taking modules that specialize in aspects of the above themes.
Contents:ForewordMari Jose Aranguren and Roger SugdenIntroduction1. Networks, Governance and Economic Development: An IntroductionMari Jose Aranguren Querejeta, Cristina Iturrioz Landart and James R. Wilson PART I: PERSPECTIVES ON NETWORKING, GOVERNANCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT2. The Territorial Economy: A General Approach in order to Understand and Deal with GlobalisationKristian Colletis-Wahl, Jose Corpataux, Olivier Crevoisier, Leila Kebir, Bernard Pecqueur and Veronique Peyrache-Gadeau 3. Territorial Dynamics: Towards a New Model of Development Facing GlobalisationBernard Pecqueur4. The Scales of Innovation SpacesAnne Lorentzen 5. Regional Development as Entrepreneurial Networking: From Rational Choice to Self-OrganisingBengt Johannisson 6. Multinational Networks of Local Production Systems: A Basis for Analysis and PolicyLisa De Propris, Stefano Menghinello and Roger Sugden PART II: NETWORKING, GOVERNANCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN PRACTICE7. Does Cluster Policy Really Enhance Networking and Increase Competitiveness?Mari Jose Aranguren Querejeta, Cristina Aragon Amonarriz, Miren Larrea Aranguren and Cristina Iturrioz Landart 8. Policy on Business Networking in Ireland: A Review and Prospects for EvaluationHelena Lenihan and Roger Sugden 9. The Governance of Networks in the Shannon Region of IrelandBernadette Andreosso-O'Callaghan and Helena Lenihan 10. Water Governance and Urban Local Development: An Analysis of Water Services in Sub-Saharan African CitiesCatherine Baron 11. The Governance of Clusters Progressive Reactions to International Competitive ChallengesMarco Bellandi 12. The Dialectics of Network Governance: A Story from the FrontRobbin te Velde13. International Networking in Research and Learning: Reflections on the Impacts of Different Governance ProcessesDavid Bailey, Lisa De Propris, Roger Sugden and James R. Wilson
