2134/9914057.v1
John Harrison
John
Harrison
Mercedes Delgado
Mercedes
Delgado
Ben Derudder
Ben
Derudder
Isabelle Anguelovski
Isabelle
Anguelovski
Sergio Montero
Sergio
Montero
David Bailey
David
Bailey
Lisa De Propris
Lisa
De Propris
Pushing regional studies beyond its borders
Loughborough University
2019
Regional studies
Competitiveness
Urbanisation
Social and environmental justice
Local and regional development
Industrial policy
2019-09-30 08:31:04
Journal contribution
https://repository.lboro.ac.uk/articles/journal_contribution/Pushing_regional_studies_beyond_its_borders/9914057
This paper explores how we push the field of regional studies beyond its present institutional, conceptual and methodological borders. It does this from five perspectives: innovation and competitiveness, globalisation and urbanisation, social and environmental justice, local and regional development, and industrial policy. It argues that the future of regional studies requires approaches which in combination result in the pushing on (by creating), pushing off (by consolidating), pushing back (by critiquing) and pushing forwards (by collectively constructing) the field.