The accident of the region: A strategic relational perspective on the construction of the region's significance

Regional Studies

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1193-1208

  Lagendijk, Arnoud ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Discursive approaches; Region formation; Regulation theory; State theory; Strategic relational approach

Indexed keywords

HEGEMONY; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; POLITICAL DISCOURSE; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

EID: 37349107052     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: 13600591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00343400701675579     Document Type: Article

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