Two logics of regionalism: the development of a regional imaginary in the Toronto–Waterloo Innovation Corridor

David Wachsmuth and Patrick Kilfoil

Regional Studies, 2021, vol. 55, issue 1, 63-76

Abstract: Why and how do regional politics develop outside the context of a coherent regional economy? Alongside the familiar logic of city-regional growth coalitions, we introduce a less familiar logic of regional imaginaries actively constructing strategies in novel scalar configurations. We explore this second logic of regionalism in the case of the Toronto–Waterloo ‘Innovation Corridor’. We highlight three important forces: the productive ambiguity of the region as a spatial and strategic concept; the centrality of regionalism entrepreneurs in constructing a political agenda; and the importance of extrospective policy-making for establishing a rationale for collaboration.

Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2020.1817362

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