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This paper provides a sympathetic critique of the new regionalism – currently
one of the leading debates taking place in English speaking human geography. By
unpacking the new regionalism from its dual origins in economic geography and
political science, I engage with some of its inherent lines of weakness by: (i)
developing a critique arguing that it is inappropriate on the part of the new
regionalism to neglect the role of the state in the resurgence of regions in the
reconstituted capitalist space economy; (ii) exploring the accusation that the new
regionalism has become enmeshed in multifaceted scalar politics and associated
tangled policy hierarchies; and, (iii) arguing that through policy-transfer programmes,
path-dependency, social capital, and soft institutionalism, the new regionalism has
been constructed on inadequate foundations. Finally, in developing this sympathetic
theoretical and methodological critique towards the new regionalism, this paper
speculates how new regionalists should actually go about ‘doing’ regional regulation.
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HARRISON, J., 2006. Re-reading the new regionalism - a sympathetic critique. Space and Polity, 10 (1), pp. 21-46Publisher
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This article was accepted for publication in the journal, Space and Polity [© Taylor & Francis]. The definitive version is available at: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/CSPPISSN
1356-2576Language
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