The economic-institutional construction of regions: Conceptualisation and operationalisation

Review of International Studies

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 2387-2416

  Powers, Kathy ^a   Goertz, Gary ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

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EID: 81455134393     PISSN: 02602105     EISSN: 14699044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0260210510001762     Document Type: Article

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