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List of contents
Contents: Introduction: The knowledge economy, new regionalism and the re-emergence of regions, Al Rainnie and Julie Grant. New Regionalism in Theory and Practice: Sustainable regions: governance, innovation and sustainability, Kevin Morgan; Institutions, institutional behaviours and the Australian regional economic landscape, Phillip O'Neill. The New Economy?: Regional call centres: new economy, new work and sustainable regional development?, John Burgess, Jayne Drinkwater and Julia Connel; Cooperative research centres and industrial clusters: implications for Australian biotechnology strategies, Alan Howgrave-Graham and Peter Galvin; Symbolic analysts in the new economy? call centres in less favoured regions, Alison Dean and Al Rainnie. A New Governance?: 'Growing Victoria Together': the challenges of integrating social, economic and environmental policy directions at State and regional levels, John Wiseman; Upper Spencer Gulf Common Purpose Group - from adversity to action: learning to collaborate at all levels, Andrew Eastick and Tony O'Malley; Closing the gap between government and community, Jan Lowe and Evan Hill; Communities, regions, states: accountabilities and contradictions, Margaret Lynn. A New Industrial Relations?: The New Regionalism and employment relations in Australia, Susan McGrath-Champ; What about the workers? Labour and the making of regions, Bradon Ellem. The Local Response: The regional export extension service: a local response to global challenges, Bridget Kearins; Beyond social capital: contributions of subjective indicators from within communities, Helen Sheil; Choosing Noosa's future: involving the community in local governance, Ellen Vasiliauskas, Rae Norris, Anne Kennedy, Angela Bryan and Harold Richins; Local versus State-driven production of 'The Region'. Regional tourism policy in the Hunter, New South Wales, Australia, Dianne Dredge; Index.
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Al Rainnie (Author) , Mardelene Grobbelaar (Author)
Summary
New Regionalism, promoted as a new paradigm of development by the OECD, suggests that globalization is bringing together new technologies, management, employees and communities to form new patterns of local governance
