Knowledge, Policymaking and Learning for European Cities and Regions

Knowledge, Policymaking and Learning for European Cities and Regions
Author: Nicola Francesco Dotti
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 311
Release: 2018-08-31
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1786433648

This book provides theories, experiences, reflections and future directions for social scientists who wish to engage with policy-oriented research in cities and regions. The ‘policy learning’ perspective is comprehensively discussed, focusing on actors promoting ‘policy knowledge’ and interaction among different stakeholders. The book also aims to provide practical insights for policy-makers and practitioners interested in research-based approaches to cities and regions.

Regions and Innovation Policies in Europe

Regions and Innovation Policies in Europe
Author: Manuel González-López
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 289
Release: 2020-04-24
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1789904161

Offering a novel contribution within the growing field of regional innovation policies, this book combines recent theoretical developments and empirical contributions, with a particular focus on non-core regions. Leading academics in the field discuss the topics of regional path transformation, place-based strategies and policy learning. Also included are sections on the role of EU institutions on the promotion of regional innovation and the analysis and comparison of the innovation policies experiences of four non-core European regions.

Policy as Practice

Policy as Practice
Author: H.K. Colebatch
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 155
Release: 2023-10-31
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1000990605

Colebatch, Castles and a collection of policy practitioners and scholars investigate the process of policy making through a range of current policy issues in Australia. With case studies including childcare, educational policies, mental health, and environmental policies, the expertise and experience of policy practitioners and academic observers offer an empirical understanding of what makes for policy work in practice. From problematising to participating, structuring to judging, the authors reflect on the significance of the practices of governing in relation to current policy issues in Australia. They also present a robust conceptual framework for making sense of how we are governed to draw meaningful inferences about policy as a practice. A practical guide for students and practitioners of policymaking, which goes beyond the policy cycle model to look at how real policies are really made and how they really work.

Global City Makers

Global City Makers
Author: Michael Hoyler
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 225
Release: 2018-09-28
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1785368958

Global City Makers provides an in-depth account of the role of powerful economic actors in making and un-making global cities. Engaging critically and constructively with global urban studies from a relational economic geography perspective, the book outlines a renewed agenda for global cities research. Focusing on financial services, management consultancy, real estate, commodity trading and maritime industries, the detailed studies in this volume are located across the globe to incorporate major world cities such as London, New York and Tokyo as well as globalizing cities including Mexico City, Hamburg and Mumbai.

Creative Cluster Development

Creative Cluster Development
Author: Marlen Komorowski
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 247
Release: 2020-04-23
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1000057143

In recent decades, the importance of creative cluster development has gained increasing recognition from national and regional governments. Governments have been investing in initiatives and urban development plans that aim to create or support localized creative industries. Our understanding of creative clusters is expanded with this insightful volume, which looks at issues of governance, place-making and entrepreneurship. In addition to its theoretical contributions, the book also presents a rich range of international case studies, including, among others, an analysis of coworking spaces in Toronto, business park development in MediaCityUK and mediapark.brussels and public–private partnerships in Warsaw. Creative Cluster Development will be valuable reading for advanced students, researchers and policymakers in urban planning, regional studies, economic geography, innovation studies and the creative and cultural industries.

The SAGE Handbook of Political Science

The SAGE Handbook of Political Science
Author: Dirk Berg-Schlosser
Publisher: SAGE
Total Pages: 2557
Release: 2020-02-11
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1529715431

The SAGE Handbook of Political Science presents a major retrospective and prospective overview of the discipline. Comprising three volumes of contributions from expert authors from around the world, the handbook aims to frame, assess and synthesize research in the field, helping to define and identify its current and future developments. It does so from a truly global and cross-area perspective Chapters cover a broad range of aspects, from providing a general introduction to exploring important subfields within the discipline. Each chapter is designed to provide a state-of-the-art and comprehensive overview of the topic by incorporating cross-cutting global, interdisciplinary, and, where this applies, gender perspectives. The Handbook is arranged over seven core thematic sections: Part 1: Political Theory Part 2: Methods Part 3: Political Sociology Part 4: Comparative Politics Part 5: Public Policies and Administration Part 6: International Relations Part 7: Major Challenges for Politics and Political Science in the 21st Century

EU Cohesion Policy

EU Cohesion Policy
Author: Nicola F. Dotti
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 381
Release: 2024-01-18
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1802209409

This engaging and topical book comprehensively explores the complexities surrounding the EU Cohesion Policy, which has been addressing regional and urban development across Europe since the 1980s. Adopting a multidisciplinary approach, it not only considers the goals of this long-term investment policy, which is to reduce territorial disparities between Member States and their regions, but also considers the role it plays in the European integration process and the challenges the EU will face in its future.

Diversity, Innovation and Clusters

Diversity, Innovation and Clusters
Author: Iréne Bernhard
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 281
Release: 2020-05-29
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1789902584

Increased emphasis on the links between regional diversity and regional knowledge, innovation and entrepreneurship highlights the need for a focus on the spatial aspects of these multifaceted, dynamic relationships in order to improve our understanding. By means of a conceptual approach, this timely book illustrates the links between innovation and economic development through the role of space. This thought-provoking book addresses the questions regarding diversity, innovation and clusters that require further investigation and analysis.

Resilience and Urban Disasters

Resilience and Urban Disasters
Author: Kamila Borsekova
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 277
Release: 2019
Genre: City planning
ISBN: 1788970101

This book addresses unexpected disasters and shocks in cities and urban systems by providing quantitative and qualitative tools for impact analysis and disaster management. Including environmental catastrophes, political turbulence and economic shocks, Resilience and Urban Disasters explores a large range of tumultuous events and key case studies to thoroughly cover these core areas. In particular, the socio-economic impacts on urban systems that are subject to disasters are explored.