This highly-acclaimed, bestselling textbook, quickly established itself as one of the leading
texts on the subject worldwide in its 1st edition. Now substantially revised and updated …

Urban entrepreneurialism and intensive inter-city competition prevail in post-reform China,
which has been extensively documented in the literature. However, decentralization is not …

The 1990s saw regions, regionalism and regionalisation return to prominence in the study of
international politics in a way not experienced since the early 1970s. 1In part this was a re …

The Eurasian continent, which has for over a century lagged behind in global markets, is
currently gaining economic and political momentum. This book investigates emerging …

China has undergone economic transition characterized by marketization, globalization and
decentralization, which has resulted in profound change in land use and urban space. This …

One angle into the question of national territory, at a time of global and digital capabilities, is
the border. It is one of the critical national institutions that those capabilities can unsettle and …

Based on interviews with entrepreneurs, professionals and regional party cadres' from a
range of age groups, this book argues that Western class categories do not directly apply to …

This book introduces readers to the current social and economic state of China since its
restructuring in 1949. Provides insights into the targeted institutional change that is occurring …

Microregionalism is not new. A case can be made, for example, for understanding the late-
nineteenth-century creation of the modern German state as the political spillover from …

Concerns over the effects of globalisation and liberalisation have intensified the debates
over the trajectories and underlying sources of regional inequality. This paper attempts to …