Competitive multi-city regionalism: growth politics beyond the growth machine

Regional Studies

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 643-653

  Wachsmuth, David ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

competitive multi city regionalism; growth machine; local economic development

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVENESS; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; LOCAL ECONOMY; REGIONAL ECONOMY; REGIONALISM;

ARIZONA; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; OHIO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84991265482     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: 13600591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2016.1223840     Document Type: Article

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