Rebalancing the spatial economy: The challenge for regional theory

Territory, Politics, Governance

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 235-272

  Martin, Ron ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Economic geography; Political economy; Public policy; Regional development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84971450866     PISSN: 21622671     EISSN: 2162268X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21622671.2015.1064825     Document Type: Article

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