Old industrial regions in Europe: A comparative assessment of economic performance

Regional Studies

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 35-53

  Birch, Kean ^a   MacKinnon, Danny ^b   Cumbers, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Old industrial regions; Regional performance; Regional policy; The 'new regionalism'; Varieties of capitalism

Indexed keywords

CAPITALISM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; REGIONAL POLICY; REGIONALISM;

WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 77649142037     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: 13600591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00343400802195147     Document Type: Article

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