"The Global Financial Crisis and the following period of 'secular stagnation' have raised questions about the state of modern economics and macroeconomics in particular. This has had repercussions for social sciences that deal with economic issues. In particular in the fields of International...

Metropolregionen haben in Forschung, Raumordnungspolitik und Praxis zunehmend an Bedeutung gewonnen. Die Stärkung der regionalen Zusammenarbeit und der Einsatz effektiver, d. h. zielorientierter Governance sind heutzutage unerlässlich. Dieses Buch ist als Beitrag zu einer sich verstärkenden...

"This very timely and important collection draws together some of the world's leading thinkers on environment and development to debate one of the most important issues of our time: sustainable development. They very usefully remind us all that in order to be politically sustainable, the...

This book provides a comparative study of the use of partnerships and new forms of governance to achieve policy goals that promote economic and social development. In addition to a consideration of the theoretical challenges posed by these institutional developments, the book reviews recent...