This textbook provides a conceptual, theoretical and empirical analysis of regional development strategies within a European context.

1. Regional development strategies in the European Union. 2. Theorizing and Conceptualising Regions. 3. European Developing Regions. 4. Contested Governance. 5. Appraising Europe in the Regions 1994-1999. 6. Regional economic Development and Institutional Mechanisms in Merseyside. 7. The Transfer from a Problem to Powerful Regions. 8. Local Development Theory and Practice. 9. Spatial Planning Flanders. 10. Competitiveness, Innovation and Technical Change from a Nordic Perspective. 11. European Integration and Development. 12. Regional Planning in Brandenburg. 13. Regional Policy Development. 14. New Directions for Regional Development Planning in Japan. 15. Regional Development Strategies in Europe.