Throughout the world today former nation-states, as disparate as Yugoslavia, Somalia, and Canada, have either disintegrated or threaten to splinter into regions. The conflicts are economic, social, ethnic, linguistic, religious, political, and cultural. Higgins and Savoie analyze the reasons for these conflicts and show why attempts to eliminate regional disparities within nations have been largely unsuccessful. This volume is a highly readable, comprehensive survey of the literature and current debates in the fields of regional economics, development, policy, and planning.
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-Donald Savoie has joined with Benjamin Higgins, the indefatigable analyst of international regional development, to offer a comprehensible and truly comprehensive panorama of regional development theories and their application throughout the world. Their study is apt to become a standard work of reference for anyone who wants to understand issues of theory and application in regional development in a comparative and Canadian perspective.---Filippo Sabetti, Recensions -Benjamin Higgins and Donald Savoie's encyclopedic study of the evolution and application of regional development theory is a 'must read' for those interested in acquiring a quick and concise understanding of the field.- --Nohad A. Toulan, Journal of the American Planning Association -The informed perspective of those experienced authors to the inadequacies of both markets and bureaucracies should be useful to advanced students of development, planners, and those seeking some restructuring of political space.---Laurellen Porter, Perspectives on Political Science -Benjamin H. Higgins is one of the legendary giants in the field of international regional development... No one in the field today can speak to the issues of theory and application in regional development with the authority, scholarship, and practical experience of a Benjamin Higgins.---Kingsley E. Haynes, University Professor/Eminent Scholar, Director of the Institute of Public Policy, George Mason University "Donald Savoie has joined with Benjamin Higgins, the indefatigable analyst of international regional development, to offer a comprehensible and truly comprehensive panorama of regional development theories and their application throughout the world. Their study is apt to become a standard work of reference for anyone who wants to understand issues of theory and application in regional development in a comparative and Canadian perspective."--Filippo Sabetti, Recensions "Benjamin Higgins and Donald Savoie's encyclopedic study of the evolution and application of regional development theory is a 'must read' for those interested in acquiring a quick and concise understanding of the field." --Nohad A. Toulan, Journal of the American Planning Association "The informed perspective of those experienced authors to the inadequacies of both markets and bureaucracies should be useful to advanced students of development, planners, and those seeking some restructuring of political space."--Laurellen Porter, Perspectives on Political Science "Benjamin H. Higgins is one of the legendary giants in the field of international regional development... No one in the field today can speak to the issues of theory and application in regional development with the authority, scholarship, and practical experience of a Benjamin Higgins."--Kingsley E. Haynes, University Professor/Eminent Scholar, Director of the Institute of Public Policy, George Mason University "Donald Savoie has joined with Benjamin Higgins, the indefatigable analyst of international regional development, to offer a comprehensible and truly comprehensive panorama of regional development theories and their application throughout the world. Their study is apt to become a standard work of reference for anyone who wants to understand issues of theory and application in regional development in a comparative and Canadian perspective."--Filippo Sabetti, Recensions "Benjamin Higgins and Donald Savoie's encyclopedic study of the evolution and application of regional development theory is a 'must read' for those interested in acquiring a quick and concise understanding of the field." --Nohad A. Toulan, Journal of the American Planning Association "The informed perspective of those experienced authors to the inadequacies of both markets and bureaucracies should be useful to advanced students of development, planners, and those seeking some restructuring of political space."--Laurellen Porter, Perspectives on Political Science "Benjamin H. Higgins is one of the legendary giants in the field of international regional development... No one in the field today can speak to the issues of theory and application in regional development with the authority, scholarship, and practical experience of a Benjamin Higgins."--Kingsley E. Haynes, University Professor/Eminent Scholar, Director of the Institute of Public Policy, George Mason University
