This paper is concerned with regional governance initiatives which aim to create new connections, re-configuring the policy communities which cluster around sectoral programmes and/or re-composing the relations between state, civil society and the economic sphere. Such initiatives inherently...

The first part of the statement aims at exploring, or nearing, the very notion of governance in its more general terms. The second part is dedicated to the discussion of a possible example of regional governance: the Veneto Regional Constitutional Chart, called of the "Veneto Autonomous"...

Over the past few years, a process of devolution has brought enhanced powers and responsibilities to the nations and regions of the UK. In England, a plethora of new regional agencies and institutions was established and numerous strategies and other policy documents emerged in the regions. The...

Taking as its point of departure the current state of debate within industrial geography and regional economics on innovative regional development processes, this article sets out to address the question of how the creation of regional networks can be encouraged. It cites the example of the...

Despite existing opportunities in terms of co-operation partners, knowledge access and innovation support, empirical findings reveal weak innovation interactions between Baden and Alsace. Comparing some elements of the innovation support structure on both sides of the Rhine river reveals...

The paper offers a preliminary investigation into the compatibility of two recent fields of theoretical enquiries and conceptual developments in the social sciences, namely ecological modernisation theory approaches and the recent paradigm of regional governance. Different concepts of governance...

This article is about Northern and Southern urban governance. It starts with a brief examination of the impact of European economic integration on cities, highlighting North-South differences in urban growth prospects. An insight into the reasons behind this divergence points to the different...