Regulating Regional Uneven Development and the Politics of Reconfiguring Belgian State Space

Antipode

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1151-1179

  Oosterlynck, Stijn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

New regionalism; Politics of scale; Regional development; Regulation approach; State space

Indexed keywords

GOVERNANCE APPROACH; HEGEMONY; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; REGIONALISM; REGULATORY APPROACH; STATE ROLE; UNEVEN DEVELOPMENT;

BELGIUM;

EID: 78049449622     PISSN: 00664812     EISSN: 14678330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8330.2010.00797.x     Document Type: Article

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