"This timely Handbook addresses one of the most pertinent questions of the 21st century: why are some regions more economically resilient than others? Contributors provide a state-of-the-art collection on the meaning of resilience when applied to regional economies, offering a range of...

Resilience is attracting increasing interest in the thinking and policy discourses around regional development. However, regional development policy remains dominated by a narrow discourse of competitiveness that appears to have negative implications for resilience and is subject to increasing...

What is regional competitiveness? -- The political economy of regional competitiveness -- Competitiveness and the 'one-size-fits-all' regional policy consensus -- Performance indicators and rankings : deconstructing competitiveness league tables -- Resisting or re-stating competitiveness?...