What makes Southern Italy still lagging behind? A diachronic perspective of theories and approaches

European Planning Studies

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 668-686

  Capello, Roberta ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

regional backwardness; Regional growth theories; regional policy lessons; South of Italy

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; ECONOMIC THEORY; POLICY APPROACH; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; REGIONAL POLICY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ITALY;

EID: 84958865624     PISSN: 09654313     EISSN: 14695944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09654313.2015.1128402     Document Type: Article

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