This article is a general introduction to the special issue of the ASRDLF symposium held in Martinique in 2011. It attempts to explain the reasons why a strong attention is being paid to migrations while international or long distance migrations are a profound and permanent reality. Wars,...

This special issue aims to show some lights on myths and realities of the France ? Quebec relations in terms of Regional Science. Above all language complicities, we are questionning the existence of a specific and original Quebec Regional Science grounded with environment, history, geography,...

This article assesses the output of French-speaking regional scientists based on published works in Revue d’Economie Régionale et Urbaine (1978-1999). We explore quantitative and qualitative aspects of regional science and make comparisons with Anglo-Saxon research. We focus on the topics,...