Mind the gap. The theory and practice of state rescaling: Institutional morphology and the 'new' city-regionalism

Space and Polity

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 77-92

  Lord, Alex ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC POLICY; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; TERRITORIALITY; THEORETICAL STUDY; URBAN DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 67650047718     PISSN: 13562576     EISSN: 14701235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13562570902999726     Document Type: Article

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