European Planning Studies

VOLUME 7 Number 6 December 1999

Special Issue: Innovation Networks, Collective Learning, and Industrial Policy in Regions of Europe

GUEST EDITORIAL
Innovation Networks, Collective Learning, and Industrial Policy in Regions of Europe Franz Tödtling 693

PAPERS
Innovation Systems in Regions of Europe - A Comparative Perspective
Franz Tödtling and Alexander Kaufmann 699

SME Clustering and Factor Productivity: A Milieu Production Function Model Roberta Capello 719

Innovation Networks of Industry and Business¯Related Services ­ Relations Between Innovation Intensity of Firms and Regional Inter¯Firm Cooperation
Knut Koschatzky 737

The Evolving Role of the University in Basque Technology Policy: A System of Innovation Analysis Gurutze Intxaurburu and Jon Olaskoaga 759

Regional Anchoring and Modernization Strategies in Non-Core Regions: Evidence from the UK and Germany Arnoud Lagendijk 775

EUROPEAN BRIEFING
Regional Policy in the Transition Countries: A Comparative Assessment
John Bachtler and Ruth Downes 793

RESEARCH BRIEFING
Urban Regeneration Policy in Scotland¯Programmes for Change
Michael Gregory Lloyd and John McCarthy 809

BOOK REVIEWS 815

Title Page, Contents and Index of Authors, VOLUME 7 819

European Planning Studies

VOLUME 7 NUMBER 5 OCTOBER 1999

DEBATE
Expanding the 'Language' of Planning: A Meditation on Planning Education
for the Twenty-First Century Leonie Sandercock 533

COMMENTS
Sandercock: 'Expanding the Language of Planning' Patsy Healey 545

Planning Education in a Globalized World Klaus R. Kunzmann 549

The Specific Domains of Planning Luigi Mazza 557

ARTICLES
Four Ministries, Four Spatial Planning Perspectives? Dutch Evidence on the
Persistent Problem of Horizontal Coordination Hugo Priemus 563

Planners as Catalysts and Initiators of Change. The New Structure Plan for
Flanders Louis Albrechts 587

Planning the Compact City: the Randstad Holland Experience Frans M. Dieleman, Martin J. Dijst and Tejo Spit 605

Relational Concepts of Space and Place: Issues for Planning Theory and Practice
Stephen Graham and Patsy Healey 623

EUROPEAN BRIEFING
Contested Multi-Level Governance: Merseyside and the European Structural Funds Philip Boland 647

RESEARCH BRIEFING
The Dynamics of the Community Support Framework for Greece and its Contribution to Regional Convergence George A. Georgiou 665

BOOK REVIEWS 677

ESPRIN: UK
Spatial Planning in a European Context: The UK and the EU's Study Programme in European Spatial Planning 685

European Planning Studies

VOLUME 7 NUMBER 4 AUGUST 1999

The Emilian Model: Institutional Challenges Ash Amin 389

The Limits to Localization in Declining Industrial Regions? Trans-National Corporations and Economic Development in Sedgefield Borough
Andy Pike and John Tomaney 407

Globalization and Modes of Interaction in Two Sub-Sectors in Ireland
David Jacobson and Ziene Mottiar 429

Innovation Projects and Local Production Networks: A Case Study of Hertfordshire
James Simmie and Douglas Hart 445

Industrial Development, Technology Change, and Regional Disparity in Hungary
Anne Lorentzen 463

EUROPEAN BRIEFING
The EU Habitats Directive: Making the Article 6 Assessments, the Case of Ballyseedy Wood Joe Weston and Richard Smith 483

RESEARCH BRIEFING
Rhetoric of Economic Rationality: The Foundation of Norwegian Transport planning Tore Sager 501

BOOK REVIEWS 519

European Planning Studies

VOLUME 7 NUMBER 3 JUNE 1999

Whose City? Can a Place Vision for Belfast Avoid the Issue of Identity?
William J. V. Neill 269

The Programme Local D'Habitat: Preparing a Housing Strategy for Lille
Philip Booth and Howard Green 283

Globalization of Real Estate Markets in Central Europe Alastair Adair, Jim Berry,
Stanley McGreal, Ludek Sy'kora, Ali Ghanbari Parsa and Barry Redding 295

Building an Infrastructure for Everyday Lives Rose Gilroy and Chris Booth 307

Rent Control Measures of Immediate Post-War Period (1944-1952) and their Impact on Urban Development in Greater Athens Pavlos M. Delladetsima 325

EUROPEAN BRIEFING
European Developments in Strategic Spatial Planning Patsy Healey, Abdul Khakee, Alain Motte and Barrie Needham 339

RESEARCH BRIEFING
Suburban Growth and Land Actors along By-Pass Roads in Norway
Eva Irene Falleth 357

BOOK REVIEWS 373

European Planning Studies

VOLUME 7 NUMBER 2 APRIL 1999

Special Issue: Lessons in Planning and Development from South-East Asia

EDITORIAL
Lessons in Planning and Development from South¯East Asia Phil Cooke and Louis Albrechts 125

PAPERS
South Korea's Economic Miracle and Crisis: Explanations and Regional Consequences Robert Hassink 127

Achievements of the Industrial 'High-Road' and Clustering Strategies in
Singapore and their Relevance to European Peripheral Economies
Leo van Grunsven and Chris van Egeraat 145

The Singapore and Hong Kong Property Markets: Lessons for the West from
Successful Global Cities Anne Haila 175

The Singapore State Takes Charge: Strategizing for the New Hi-Tech Service Society Hing Ai Yun 189

Last Colonial Spatial Plans for Hong Kong: Global Economy and Domestic Politics Reginald Yin-Wang Kwok 207

Colonial Policy in a Borrowed Place and Time: Invented Tradition in the New

Territories of Hong Kong Selina Ching Chan 231

RESEARCH BRIEFING
The Development of Planning Education and its Relation to the Belated Start of
Geography Teaching in Greek Universities Lois Labrianidis and Alex M. Deffner 243

BOOK REVIEWS 255

European Planning Studies

VOLUME 7 NUMBER 1 FEBRUARY 1999

Special Issue: Spatial Disciplines in the Cultural Turn

GUEST EDITORIAL
Spatial Disciplines in the Cultural Turn Dina Vaiou and Maria Mantouvalou 5

PAPERS
Difference in Human Geography ­ Travelling through Anglo¯Saxon and
Scandinavian Discourses Kirsten Simonsen 9

Consumption and Identity: The Cultural Politics of Shopping Peter Jackson 25

Cultural Geography, Political Economy and Ecology Alain Lipietz 41

On the Stakes of Marxism's Future: Philosophy, Science and Politics Again
Aristides Baltas 51

In Different Spaces: The Cultural Turn in urban and Regional Political
Economy Edward W. Soja 65

CONFERENCE REPORT
Space, Inequality and Difference: 'Radical Turns' and 'Cultural Turns'
Abel Albet and Olivier Kramsch 77

EUROPEAN BRIEFING
From Sectoral to Regional Policies: A First Step Towards Spatial Planning in the
European Union? Willem Buunk, Hans Hetsen and Anton J. Jansen 81

RESEARCH BRIEFING
The Evolution and Distribution of Hotels in Istanbul Vedia Dökmeci and
Nazmiye Balta 99

BOOK REVIEWS 111

European Planning Studies

VOLUME 6 NUMBER 6 DECEMBER 1998

Special Issue: The Reform of the Structural Funds

GUEST EDITOR: Iain Begg

Introduction: the Reform of the Structural Funds Iain Begg 629

Agenda 2000 - The Reform of EU Cohesion Policies Ronald Hall and Manfred
Rosenstock 635

Reforming the Structural Funds: Challenges for EU Regional Policy John Bachtler 645

Reform of the Structural Funds: Central and East European Perspectives
Heather Grabbe and Kirsty Hughes 665

An Irish Perspective on the Structural Funds John D. Fitz Gerald 677

Achieving Convergence within the European Union: the Role of Structural Funds
in the Case of Greece Nicos M. Christodoulakis and Sarantis C. Kalyvitis 695

EUROPEAN BRIEFING
Towards 2006: European Union Regional Policy and UK Local Government: A New Regional Agenda John Shutt and Adrian Colwell 709

RESEARCH BRIEFING
Waterfront Regeneration: Recent Practice in Dundee John McCarthy 731

BOOK REVIEWS 737

Title Page, Contents and Index of Authors, VOLUME 6 743

European Planning Studies

VOLUME 6 NUMBER 5 OCTOBER 1998

Special Issue: Multi¯level Governance and Spatial Policy in the European Union

PAPERS
Planning by Minimum Consensus: Austrian 'Co¯operative Federalism' as a Model
for Europe? Andreas Faludi 485

Finnish Multi¯level Policy¯making and the Quality of Local Development Policy
Processes: The Cases of Oulu and Seinänaapurit Sub-regions Markku Sotarauta
and Reija Linnamaa 505

Multi¯level Politics of Regional Development in Germany Roland Sturm 525

Shifting or Sharing the Burden? The Implementation of EU Environmental
Policy in Spain and Germany Tanja A. Börzel 537

Multi-level Governance 'French Style'? The Contribution of the European
Structural Funds to Redefining Intergovernmental Relations in France
Bernard Jouve and Emmanuel Negrier 555

EUROPEAN BRIEFING
EC Competition Policy: The Poor Relation of ECRegional Policy? Fiona Wishlade 573

RESEARCH BRIEFING
Transformation of the Border Transport System in the Vienna­Bratislava­Györ
Region Pavol Korec 599

BOOK REVIEWS 611

European Planning Studies

VOLUME 6 NUMBER 4 AUGUST 1998

Special Issue: Polynucleated Metropolitan Regions in Northwest Europe

Polynucleated Metropolitan Regions in Northwest Europe: Theme of the
Special Issue Frans M. Dieleman and Andreas Faludi 365

The Rhine­Ruhr Area in Transformation: Towards a European Metropolitan
Region? W. Knapp 379

The Rhine­Ruhr Metropolitan Region: Reality and Discourse Hans H. Blotevogel 395

The Flemish Diamond: Precious Gem and Virgin Area Louis Albrechts 411

An Economic Analysis of the Flemish Diamond Wim Vanhaverbeke 425

The Randstad and the Central Netherlands Urban Ring: Planners Waver
Between Two Concepts Hugo Priemus 443

Polynucleation and Economic Development: The Randstad Jan G. Lambooy 457

BOOK REVIEWS 467

European Planning Studies

VOLUME 6 NUMBER 3 JUNE 1998

Planning Theory revisited John Friedmann 245

Strategic Planning for Multicommunity Rural Development:Insights from
Northern Ireland Michael R. Murray and John V. Greer 255

Dublin's Temple Bar - A Case Study of Culture-led Regeneration John McCarthy 271

Amsterdam in the Red Queen's Country:Interorganizational Coordination and
EU-Local Interaction in Spatial Planning and Policy E. R. Alexander 283

The Struggle of Dutch Transport Regions: Life and Death of a Regional Planning
Concept Marco Kerstens 299

EUROPEAN BRIEFING
The Changing System of European Cities and Regions Martin Heidenreich 315

RESEARCH BRIEFING
Locational Preferences of Producer Service Firms in Istanbul Lale Berköz 333

BOOK REVIEWS 351

European Planning Studies

VOLUME 6 NUMBER 2 APRIL 1998

Interactions Between Urban Systems and Localized Productive Systems: An
Approach to Endogenous Regional Development in Terms of Innovative Milieu
Denis Maillat 117

Evaluation of RTD in Regional Systems of Innovation Erkko Autio 131

A System to Identify Local Industrial Development Potentials Pieter H. Pellenbarg 141

Structural Change and the Single Market Programme: The Case of the UK
Automotive Component Industry David Pickernell 165

Mind the Gap: Town Planning and Manchester's Local Railway Network: 1947 - 1996 Russell Haywood 187

EUROPEAN BRIEFING
EU Multi-level Governance Patterns and the Cohesion Fund Susana Borrás 211

RESEARCH BRIEFING
Crossing the Many Borders: Finnish Local Development Policies Facing New
Challenges Markku Sotarauta and Reija Linnamaa 227

BOOK REVIEWS 235

European Planning Studies

VOLUME 6 NUMBER 1 FEBRUARY 1998

Special Issue: Localities Research Ten Years On

PAPERS
Community, Locality and Urban Research Ian Gordon and Murray Low 5

Locality and Community:Some Conceptual Issues Kevin R. Cox 17

Uprooting Tradition:Rethinking the Place and Space of Labour Organization
Jane Wills 31

Locality, Local Social Structure and Growth Politics: a Comment on Cox's
'Locality and Community: Some Conceptual Issues' C. G. Pickvance 43

'Structured Coherence': Immigration, Racism and Production in the Paris Car
Industry Michael Samers 49

EUROPEAN BRIEFING
Integrated Rural Development:Issues Arising from the Scottish Experience
Sally Shortall and Mark Shucksmith 73

RESEARCH BRIEFING
Global Decisions and Local Economic Impacts The Nuclear Fusion Programme
and the JET Project in Oxfordshire John Glasson, Andrew Chadwick and
Joe Weston 89

BOOK REVIEWS 103

European Planning Studies

VOLUME 5 NUMBER 6 DECEMBER 1997

Special Issue: J. Brian McLoughlin: In Memoriam

GUEST EDITORIAL
J. Brian McLoughlin: A Tribute Klaus R. Kunzmann and Peter Roberts 717

PAPERS
Brian McLoughlin and the Systems Approach to Planning H. W. E. Davies 719

Regional Reports and Strategic Planning Innovation: Lessons from Scotland
Greg Lloyd 731

'Necessary but by no Means Sufficient . . .' Spatial Political Economy, Town
Planning and the Possibility of Better Cities: A Commentary on Brian McLoughlin's
Last Paper Margo Huxley 741

The Shape of Things to Come - McLoughlin's Approach and Strategies for
Sustainable Development Peter Roberts 753

Brian McLoughlin: Recollections from Australia Stephen Hamnett 763

Too Little, but not too Late: Planning Theory and the Work of Brian McLoughlin
Oren Yiftachel 765

J. Brian McLoughlin: An Appreciation Patsy Healey 771

EUROPEAN BRIEFING
Improving the Management of European Regional Development Policy
Robert Polet and Koen Nomden 777

RESEARCH BRIEFING
Housing Regeneration in Former East Berlin John mcCarthy 793

BOOK REVIEWS 803

Title Page, Contents and Index of Authors, VOLUME 5 813

European Planning Studies

VOLUME 5 NUMBER 5 OCTOBER 1997

Global Firms in Local Information Societies: Work and Employment Issues for Europe
Mark Hepworth and John Ryan 573

Industrial Change and Meso¯Corporatism ¯ a Comparative View on Three German States
Rolf G. Heinze and Josef Schmid 597

Regional Economies, Interactive Television and Interorganizational Networks: a Case
Study of an Innovation Network in Baden­Württemberg Gerhard Fuchs and Hans­Georg Wolf 619

The Role of Foreign Direct Investment in an Old Industrial Region: the Case of the Basque Country and Japanese FDI Jesus Ferreiro, Carlos Rodriguez and
Felipe Serrano 637

Entrepreneurial Spin­off Enterprises in Göteborg, Sweden Åsa Lindholm Dahlstrand 659

EUROPEAN BRIEFING
Reform of the Structural Funds after 1999 Iain Begg 675

RESEARCH BRIEFING
Inward Investment and Economic Development in Poland Philip Cooke, Robert Wilson and Krzysztof Bialon 691

BOOK REVIEWS 699

European Planning Studies

VOLUME 5 NUMBER 4 AUGUST 1997

Special Issue: Spatial Development and Planning in Greece

GUEST EDITORIAL
Facets of Spatial Development and Planning in Greece Dina Vaiou 431

PAPERS
Planning Industrial Location in Greater Athens: The Interaction Between
Deindustrialization and Anti-industrialism During the 1980s Elias Kourliouros 435

The Planning System and Rural Land Use Control in Greece: A European Perspective Dimitri Economou 461

Globalization and Local Industrial Development in the European Periphery: Enterprise Strategies in Eastern Macedonia and Thrace
Lois Labrianidis and Christos Kalantaridis 477

Viability and Employment Estimations Based on Sectoral, Regional and Size Analysis of Total Factor Productivity: The Case of Greek Manufacturing Enterprises
Nicholas Vagionis and Michael Sfakianakis 495

A European Macro-region in the Making? The Balkan Trade Relations of Greece
George C. Petrakos 515

EUROPEAN BRIEFING
European Spatial Development Policy in 'Maastricht II'?
Andreas Faludi 535

RESEARCH BRIEFING
Irish Policy in a Global Context: From State Autonomy to Social Partnership
Rory O'Donnell 545

BOOK REVIEWS 559

European Planning Studies

VOLUME 5 NUMBER 3 JUNE 1997

Special Issue: Globalization, Regional and Local Knowledge Transfer

GUEST EDITORIAL
Localized Industrial Learning and Innovation Policies Robert Hassink 279

PAPERS
Networks, Innovative Milieux and Globalization: Some Comments on a Regional
Economic Discussion Joachim Genosko 283

Location, Agglomeration and Innovation: Towards Regional Innovation Systems in Norway? Bjørn T. Asheim and Arne Isaksen 299

Organizing Innovation: Integrating Knowledge Systems Jon­Arild Johannessen,
Jens Otto Dolva and Bjørn Olsen 331

Technology Transfer Infrastructures: Some Lessons from Experiences in Europe,
the US and Japan Robert Hassink 351

Technology Centres as Business Environments in Small Cities Heikki Jussila and
Boris Segerståhl 371

EUROPEAN BRIEFING
Inter-regional Cooperation in the EU and Beyond Nicholas Rees 385

RESEARCH BRIEFING
Financing Regional Endogenous Development: the Role of Proximity Capital in the Age of Globalization Olivier Crevoisier 407

BOOK REVIEWS 417

European Planning Studies

VOLUME 5 NUMBER 2 APRIL 1997

Selling the World City: a Comparison of Promotional Strategies in Paris and London
Marie Chevrant-Breton 137

Conservation and Development Strategies for Larger Cities Franco Archibugi 163

Environmental Policy Instruments and their Effects on Innovation Jens Hemmelskamp 177

Bergen and Seattle: a Tale of Strategic Planning in Two Cities Donald Miller and Arild Holt-Jensen 195

Socio-spatial Mix and Inter-ethnic Attitudes: Jewish Newcomers and Arab-Jewish Issues in the Galilee Oren Yiftachel and Naomi Carmon 215

Critical Comment on Yiftachel and Carmon Majid Al-Haj 239

EUROPEAN BRIEFING
The Danube-Rhine Water System as a European Regional Integration Structure
Hristo Marinov, Castenson Reinhold and Karl-Geert Malle 241

RESEARCH BRIEFING
The Changing Role of Evaluation Methods in a Changing Planning Environment: Some Dutch Experiences
Henk Voogd 257

BOOK REVIEWS 267

European Planning Studies

VOLUME 5 NUMBER 1 FEBRUARY 1997

Special Issue: Regional Innovation Systems and Learning Economies

Bringing Business Clusters into the Mainstream of Economic Development
Stuart A. Rosenfeld 3

Towards an Explanation of Regional Specialization and Industry Agglomeration
Anders Malmberg and Peter Maskell 25

Regional Economic Transformation and the Innovation System of Styria
Franz Tödtling and Sabine Sedlacek 43

Regional Clusters and Competitiveness: the Norwegian Case Arne Isaksen 65

Universities and Local Economic Development: the Case of Linköping
Dylan Jones­Evans and Magnus Klofsten 77

EUROPEAN BRIEFING
Planning Strategies in Europe's Single Air Market: a Case Study of Austrian Airlines
Russell L. Ivy 95

RESEARCH BRIEFING
The Impact of Mega-infrastructure Projects on Urban Development - Boston and the
Messina Straits Daryl Hellman, Gustav Schachter, Andrew Sum, Alberto Ziparo and Corrado Zoppi 109

BOOK REVIEWS 125

European Planning Studies

VOLUME 4 NUMBER 6 DECEMBER 1996

Where East Meets West: the German­Polish Border Region in Transformation
Stefan Krätke 647

Trans­border European Networking: Shifts in Corporate Strategy? Marina van Geenhuizen, Bert van der Knaap and Peter Nijkamp 671

Shifts in Regional Development of Estonia During the Transition Garri Raagmaa 683

An Endogenous Approach to Regional Economic Development: the Emergence of Wales Bob Morgan 705

An Alternative Approach to Zoning in France: Typology, Historical Character and
Development Control Karl S. Kropf 717

EUROPEAN BRIEFING
International Regulation and Regional Development: Consequences of the Single European Market for Small and Medium Sized Enterprises in Portugal Stephen Syrett 739

RESEARCH BRIEFING
Innovation, Technology Support and Networking in South Wales Robert Huggins 757

BOOK REVIEWS 769

Title-page, Contents and Index of Authors,

VOLUME 4 779

European Planning Studies

VOLUME 4 NUMBER 5 OCTOBER 1996

Real­estate in Russia from Socialism to the Market Economy: the Case of St Petersburg Marc Bonneville 513

Regeneration Processes in Northern Ireland: the Public Sector and Partnership Structures Alastair Adair, Jim Berry and Stanley McGreal 527

Waterfront Regeneration in the Netherlands: the Cases of Rotterdam and Maastricht
John McCarthy 545

The Upper Mills Quarter of Bamberg: Innovative, Adaptive Reuse Peter Suzuki 561

International Competition, Urban Governance and Planning Projects: Malmo,
Birmingham and Lille Andy Thornley and Peter Newman 579

EUROPEAN BRIEFING
Towards a European Spatial Planning Policy: Theoretical Dilemmas and Institutional
Implications Georgia Giannakourou 595

RESEARCH BRIEFING
Regional Planning in Brandenburg: Putting Traditional Approaches to the Test
Wilhelm Benfer 615

BOOK REVIEWS 631

European Planning Studies

VOLUME 4 NUMBER 4 AUGUST 1996

PAPERS
Industrial Districts as 'Learning Regions': a Condition for Prosperity? Bjørn T. Asheim 379

Beyond Flexible Specialization: the Rearrangement of Regional Production Orders in Emilia­Romagna and Baden­Württemburg Martin Heidenreich 401

On Entrepreneurship, Region and the Constitution of Scale and Scope Economies Marco Bellandi 421

Emerging Innovative Networks and Milieux: the Case of the Furniture Industry in the Lahti Region of Finland Mika Kautonen 439

Restructuring the Automobile Industry in Sweden: the Emergence of a Reflective Production System Kajsa Ellegård 457

EUROPEAN BRIEFING
Industrial Policy in the EU: Old Dilemmas and New Options Jörg Meyer­Stamer 471

RESEARCH BRIEFING
Industrial Enterprises and Economic Space: the Network Paradigm Roberta Capello 485

BOOK REVIEWS 499

European Planning Studies

VOLUME 4 NUMBER 3 JUNE 1996

Regional Development and Institutions in Hungary: Past, Present and Future Development Anne Lorentzen 259

Foucauldian Discourse: Power and Truth in Urban and Regional Policy Making
Tim Richardson 279

Images as Institution Builders: Metropolitan Planning in Madrid Michael Neuman 293

Greece­EU Comparative Economic Performance at the National and Regional Levels: Why Divergence? Antigone Lyberaki 313

Nodes and Places: Complexities of Railway Station Redevelopment Luca Bertolini 331

EUROPEAN BRIEFING
Application of European Regional Development Funding for Objective 2 in Catalonia: Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation Salvador Maluquer I Amorós 347

RESEARCH BRIEFING
Innovation and Change in the Marshallian Industrial District Marco Bellandi 357

BOOK REVIEWS 369

European Planning Studies

VOLUME 4 NUMBER 2 APRIL 1996

The Harbour at Viano do Castelo in Portugal: Planning in a Vacuum John Mullin and Zenia Kotval 131

Barcelona-Fast Forward? City Entrepreneurialism in the 1980s and 1990s Tim Marshall 147

Technology Transfer Agencies and Regional Economic Development Robert Hassink 167

Knowledge Maps as Aids to Knowledge Management in Spatial Planning Henk ter Heide and Michel Horrevoets 185

Municipal Leasehold in Sweden: A Land Policy Instrument in Decay Eric Clark and Lennart Runesson 203

EUROPEAN BRIEFING
Economic Transformation in Central and Eastern Europe: The Role of Regional Development Ruth Downes 217

RESEARCH BRIEFING
Sustainable Transport Planning and the Dublin Transportation Initiative David O. Rafter 225

BOOK REVIEWS 237

European Planning Studies

VOLUME 4 NUMBER 1 FEBRUARY 1996

Special Issue: Industrial Districts

GUEST EDITORIAL
Italian Industrial Districts: Evolution and Change Nicola Bellini 3

PAPERS
Local Systems, Industrial Districts and Institutional Networks: Towards a New Evolutionary Paradigm of Industrial Economics? Fiorenza Belussi 5

The Evolutionary Nature of the Firm Within Industrial Districts Riccardo Varaldo and Luca Ferrucci 27

Economic Changes in the District of Prato in the 1980s: Towards a More Conscious and Organized Industrial District Gabi Dei Ottati 35

Building a Twenty­first Century Regional Economy in Emilia­Romagna Philip Cooke 53

Regional Economic Policies and the Non­linearity of History Nicola Bellini 63

EUROPEAN BRIEFING
Contested Governance: European Exposure in the English Regions Peter Lloyd and Richard Meegan 75

RESEARCH BRIEFING
Regional Development in Slovenia: Dilemmas of Transportation Network Construction Andrej Gulic 99

The Welsh Studies Centre at Tübingen University Christopher Harvie 109

BOOK REVIEWS 115