ISBN:
9780415655927
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (311 p)
Series Statement:
Regions and Cities
Parallel Title:
Print version Knowledge, Networks and Policy : Regional Studies in Postwar Britain and Beyond
DDC:
304.2/30941
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
'The region' has been used to understand and propose solutions to phenomena and problems outside the dominant spatial scale of the twentieth century - the nation state. Its influence can be seen in multiple social science disciplines and in public policy across the globe. But how was this knowledge organised and how were its concepts transmuted into public policy? This book charts the development of the academic field of Regional Studies and the application of its concepts in public policy through its learned society, the Regional Studies Association.In their modern form, learned societies oft
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 In search of the learned society; 3 Britain and the 'regional problem' in the 1960s; 4 Establishing the Association, 1965-79; 5 Fundamental change: neo-liberalism and European expansion, 1980-96; 6 Forty years and more: a member-services association, 1997-2010; 7 From activist association to member-services business; Appendix 1: Membership of the RSA, 1966-2005; Appendix 2: Regional Studies Association conferences, 1965-2005; Appendix 3: List of RSA branches and branch activity
Description / Table of Contents:
Appendix 4: Editors of Regional Studies and newsletter/Regions, and officers of the RSAAppendix 5: RSA income, expenditure and assets, 1965-2005; Appendix 6: Income/loss from journal(s), conferences and membership subscriptions 1966-2010; Appendix 7: Geographical and disciplinary origins of authors in Regional Studies, 1967-2005; Appendix 8: Papers published per year in Regional Studies, 1967-2005; Appendix 9: Topic coverage in Regional Studies, 1967-2005; Appendix 10: RSA study and working groups; Index
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
