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Restructuring regional and local economies : towards a comparative study of Scotland and Upper Silesia / edited by George Blazyca.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Urban and regional planning and development
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Regional planning--Scotland.
- Regional planning.
- Scotland.
- Regional planning--Silesia, Upper (Poland and Czech Republic).
- Scotland--Economic conditions.
- Economic conditions.
- Silesia, Upper (Poland and Czech Republic)--Economic conditions.
- Silesia, Upper (Poland and Czech Republic).
- Physical Description:
- vi, 196 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Aldershot ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2003]
- Contents:
- 1 Transforming (worn out) Industrial Dynamos into Strong Regional Economies
- A Comparison of the West of Scotland and Upper Silesia / George Blazyca, Andrzej Klasik 3
- 2 Regional Problems, Regional Policy and Regional Well-Being
- What Have We Learned in Recent Years? / Mike Danson 15
- Part II Economic Transformation and Restructuring
- From Heavy Industry to Weightless Economy?
- 3 Can Regional Policy Meet the Challenge of Regional Problems in Poland? / George Blazyca, Krystian Heffner, Ewa Helinska-Hughes 25
- 4 Polish Regional Policy and the Problems of Upper Silesia After the First Transformation Decade / Andrzej Klasik, Krystian Heffner 43
- 5 The Economic Restructuring of the West of Scotland 1945-2000: Some Lessons from a Historical Perspective / John Foster 57
- Part III Social Partnership and Regional Economic Development
- 6 Urban Policy, 'Modesty' and 'Misunderstanding': On the Mythology of 'Partnership' in Urban Scotland / Chik Collins 73
- 7 Building Regional Development Capacity in Upper Silesia
- Problems and Progress / Malgorzata Czornik, Krzysztof Wrana 85
- 8 Social Mobilization and Local Economic Development / Janusz Hryniewicz 93
- 9 Society in Transition
- Social Aspects in Restructuring Heavy Industry Regions / Marek S. Szczepanski 103
- Part IV Stimulating Enterprise
- 10 SMEs and Regeneration
- A Comparison between Scotland and Poland / Mike Danson, Ewa Helinska-Hughes, Geoff Whittam 119
- 11 Enterprise Development in Upper Silesia
- A Difficult Path in Regional Restructuring / Bogumil Szczupak 139
- 12 Enterprise Development: Lessons for Enterprise and Enterprise Clusters from Scotland's Experience of Regional Policy / Mike Danson, Geoff Whittam 143
- Part V What Role for FDI?
- 13 Foreign Direct Investment in Scotland: The Silicon Glen Experience / Alistair Young 159
- 14 FDI in Upper Silesia - Experience and Lessons / Adam Drobniak 175.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0754632989
- OCLC:
- 50713717
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