Persistent poverty, economic decay and lack of opportunities are at the root of considerable
discontent in declining and lagging-behind areas the world over. Poor development …

The recent wave of populism has focused attention on 'left behind'places as hotspots of
discontent. Seeking to remedy their neglect in urban and regional studies, the aim of this …

This book aims to understand the predicaments of 'left behind places' and the scale of the
policy challenge of 'levelling up'their economic prosperity. Drawing out lessons of wider …

This chapter argues that “spatially blind” policies are rarely spatially neutral, because they
typically end up as capital-city promotion policies. Ostensibly, this reflects the economics of …

Reflecting on findings from research conducted in the United Kingdom, we consider some
implications for an understanding of economic geographies of the emergence of local …

This article is the first of three reviews in which economic geography is viewed through the
lens of crises. This article focuses on the resurgence of uneven development as a political …

When post‐development first emerged as an outraged collection of critiques in the early
1990s theorists called for fundamental changes or the abandonment of development …

As redevelopment and gentrification strategies globally continue to be aimed at attracting
wealthier residents and consumers in an effort to drive economic growth, concerns for and …

This paper examines the implications of a place-based economic strategy in the context of
the UK Coalition government's framework for achieving local growth and the creation of …

This paper is concerned with the extent to which the new tranche of area-based policy
initiatives from New Labour can address deprivation. We argue that such policies are likely …