This book looks at the evolution of regional disparities in Europe in a period of profound social and economic change. It represents a thorough analysis of how local social, political, and institutional settings relate to regional economic performance and highlights the persistence of territorial disparities in Europe.

• Preface


• 1: Introduction: The Process of Socio-economic Restructuring and Its Spatial Consequences


• 2: Introducing Social and Political Factors in the Study of Growth


• 3: Regions, Nations, and Growth


• 4: Regional Growth Patterns


• 5: Social Conditions and Regional Growth in Western Europe


• 6: Labour Market, Education, and Growth


• 7: Politics, Institutions, and Growth


• 8: Regional Politics and Growth in the European Context


• Conclusion


• Bibliography


• Index

Andres Rodriguez-Pose is Lecturer in Economic Geography at the Department of Geography and Environment and Director of the MSc in Local Economic Development at the London School of Economics and Political Science.
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