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Old Industrial Regions in Europe: A Comparative Assessment of Economic Performance

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  • Kean Birch
  • Danny MacKinnon
  • Andrew Cumbers

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Birch K., MacKinnon D. and Cumbers A. Old industrial regions in Europe: a comparative assessment of economic performance, Regional Studies. Recent academic and policy discourses on regional development in Europe promote the expansion of 'knowledge-based' economies and learning regions. The assumptions underpinning the new regional policy are cast into sharp focus by the experiences of old industrial regions. The paper engages with these issues through empirical research into the recent fortunes of old industrial regions in Western Europe, drawing upon material from the Eurostat database. The findings highlight diverse experiences among these old industrial regions. This raise questions about the role of different national varieties of capitalism in shaping regional trajectories and the different mechanisms of regional adaptation promoted in the different countries. [image omitted] Birch K., MacKinnon D. et Cumbers A. Les anciennes regions europeennes a vocation industrielle: une evaluation comparative de la performance economique, Regional Studies. Des discours theoriques et de politique recents sur l'amenagement du territoire en Europe prone le developpement des economies 'de la conniassance' et des regions d'apprentissage. Les hypotheses qui etayent la nouvelle politique regionale sont mis nettement en relief par l'histoire des anciennes regions a vocation industrielle. On aborde ces questions en se lancant dans des recherches empiriques quant a la performance recente des anciennes regions a vocation industrielle en Europe de l'Ouest, puisant dans la documentation provenant de la base de donnees d'Eurostat. Les resultats soulignent les differentes experiences de ces anciennes regions a vocation industrielle. Cela souleve des questions quant au role des divers genres nationaux de capitalisme dans la construction des trajectoires regionales et les differents mecanismes d'adaptation regionale mis en avant dans les divers pays. Anciennes regions a vocation industrielle Performance regionale Nouveau 'regionalisme' Politique regionale Genres de capitalisme Birch K., MacKinnon D. und Cumbers A. Alte Industrieregionen in Europa: eine vergleichende Bewertung der Wirtschaftsleistung, Regional Studies. In den aktuellen akademischen und politischen Diskursen uber Regionalentwicklung in Europa wird eine Expansion der 'wissensbasierten' Okonomien und Lernregionen gefordert. Die der neuen Regionalpolitik zugrundeliegenden Annahmen werden anhand der Erfahrungen von alten Industrieregionen in einen scharfen Fokus geruckt. Wir untersuchen diese Themen mit Hilfe von empirischer Forschung uber das aktuelle Schicksal von alten Industrieregionen in Westeuropa, fur die wir Material aus der Eurostat-Datenbank nutzen. Aus unseren Ergebnissen geht hervor, dass die Erfahrungen unter diesen alten Industrieregionen unterschiedlich ausfallen. Dies wirft wiederum Fragen uber die Rolle der verschiedenen nationalen Spielarten des Kapitalismus hinsichtlich der Gestaltung von regionalen Werdegangen sowie hinsichtlich der unterschiedlichen Mechanismen der in den jeweiligen Landern geforderten regionalen Anpassung auf. Alte Industrieregionen Regionale Leistung Neuer Regionalismus Regionalpolitik Spielarten des Kapitalismus Birch K., MacKinnon D. y Cumbers A. Antiguas regiones industriales en Europa: una valoracion comparativa del rendimiento economico, Regional Studies. En los recientes discursos academicos y politicos sobre el desarrollo regional en Europa se fomenta la expansion de las economias basadas en el conocimiento y las regiones de aprendizaje. Las suposiciones en las que se basa la nueva politica regional se pueden examinar a fondo teniendo en cuenta las experiencias de las antiguas regiones industriales. Analizamos estos temas con ayuda de una investigacion empirica del destino reciente de las antiguas regiones industriales en Europa del Oeste, basandonos en material de la base de datos Eurostat. Nuestros resultados destacan experiencias diversas entre estas antiguas regiones industriales. Esto plantea preguntas sobre el papel de las diferentes variedades nacionales de capitalismo a la hora de modelar las trayectorias regionales y los diversos mecanismos de la adaptacion regional fomentada en los paises. Antiguas regiones industriales Desempeno regional El 'nuevo regionalismo' Politica regional Variedades de capitalismo

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  • Kean Birch & Danny MacKinnon & Andrew Cumbers, 2010. "Old Industrial Regions in Europe: A Comparative Assessment of Economic Performance," Regional Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 44(1), pages 35-53.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:regstd:v:44:y:2010:i:1:p:35-53
    DOI: 10.1080/00343400802195147
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