One of the most notable features of literature about "new economic geography" is a close association between theoretical and empirical work. In contrast to earlier research, theoretical studies are often much more strongly focused on real-world phenomena. At the same time, empirical work is...

Representative democracy and the problem of institutionalizing local participatory governance / Nils Hertting and Clarissa Kugelberg -- Tricky for good reasons : institutionalizing local participatory governance in representative democracy / Marianne Danielsson, Nils Hertting and Erik-Hans Klijn...