Regional Development Theories and Their Application / Edition 1

by Benjamin Higgins

Overview

Throughout the world today former nation-states, as disparate as Yugoslavia, Somalia, and Canada, have either disintegrated or threaten to splinter into regions. The conflicts are economic, social, ethnic, linguistic, religious, political, and cultural. Higgins and Savoie analyze the reasons for these conflicts and show why attempts to eliminate regional disparities within nations have been largely unsuccessful. This volume is a highly readable, comprehensive survey of the literature and current debates in the fields of regional economics, development, policy, and planning.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780765804204
Publisher:	Transaction Publishers
Publication date:	10/31/1997
Series:	Regional Development Theories and Their Application
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	432
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Benjamin Higgins is a visiting fellow in the Department of Economics at the Research School of Pacific Studies, Australian National University. He is also fellow in residence at the Canadian Institute for Research in Regional Development, Université de Moncton, and professor emeritus, University of Ottawa, both in Canada.

Table of Contents

I: Theory; 1: Introduction; 2: Geography, Culture, and Regional Development; 3: Entrepreneurship and Regional Development; 4: Interregional and International Trade; 5: Circular and Cumulative Causation; 6: Growth Poles and Central Places; 7: Location Theory; 8: Bi-Modal Production and Regional Dualism; 9: Dependency and Uneven Development; 10: Regional Science; 11: Recent Literature on Regional Development Theory; II: Policy, Planning, and Programs; 12: The United States I: The TVA; 13: The United States II: The EDA and the Appalachian Regional Commission; 14: The United States III: The Austin Project; 15: Great Britain and the European Community; 16: Canada; 17: Regional Development in Australia; 18: Regional Development in Developing Countries; 19: Regional Development in Least Developed Countries; III: Looking Back—Looking Ahead; 20: Lessons Learned; 21: Towards a New Political Economy of Regional Development

Editorial Reviews

Benjamin H. Higgins is one of the legendary giants in the field of international regional development... No one in the field today can speak to the issues of theory and application in regional development with the authority, scholarship, and practical experience of a Benjamin Higgins.”—Kingsley E. Haynes, University Professor/Eminent Scholar, Director of the Institute of Public Policy, George Mason University “The informed perspective of those experienced authors to the inadequacies of both markets and bureaucracies should be useful to advanced students of development, planners, and those seeking some restructuring of political space.”—Laurellen Porter, Perspectives on Political Science “Benjamin Higgins and Donald Savoie’s encyclopedic study of the evolution and application of regional development theory is a ‘must read’ for those interested in acquiring a quick and concise understanding of the field.” —Nohad A. Toulan, Journal of the American Planning Association “Donald Savoie has joined with Benjamin Higgins, the indefatigable analyst of international regional development, to offer a comprehensible and truly comprehensive panorama of regional development theories and their application throughout the world. Their study is apt to become a standard work of reference for anyone who wants to understand issues of theory and application in regional development in a comparative and Canadian perspective.”—Filippo Sabetti, Recensions

From the Publisher