Analysing the Politics of Local Economic Development: Making Sense of Cross-national Convergence

Andrew Wood
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Andrew Wood: Department of Geography, University of Sheffreld, Sheffield, S10 2TN, UK, A.Wood@Sheffield.ac.uk

Urban Studies, 1996, vol. 33, issue 8, 1281-1295

Abstract: There are a number of recent trends in the organisation of local economic development activities that are seen to point to a general convergence between UK and US contexts. Various attempts have been made to encompass this convergence, primarily through the application of a set of common concepts such as the 'growth coalition' and 'urban regime'. This paper draws on a recently completed research project to highlight differences in the organisation of local economic development activities between the US and the UK. These differences are subsequently used to provide a critical window on existing theoretical frameworks and to elaborate on the concept of local dependence as a means of analysing and understanding the politics of local economic development in different contexts.

Date: 1996
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