Drawing together work in comparative politics, public administration, organization theory,
and economic sociology, this article describes a distinctive form of modern polity‐the …

As environmental legislation threatens energy-related jobs, unions may seek to assure just
transitions for their workers. Just transitions are programs to guarantee decent, well-paying …

The International Building Exhibition (IBA), Emscher Park was a 10 year programme of the
Land Northrhine-Westfalia, Germany, between 1989 and 1999. It was designed to initiate …

This article introduces the 30th anniversary special issue of European Planning Studies.
After briefly taking a retrospective look at some of the developments in planning research …

The paper explains the current state of greenfield development for housing in major German
cities. The respective projects are a result of the ways metro regions are structured both …

Today, the Rustbelt regions of Europe and North America are at the forefront of a global
competitive struggle to retain jobs and investment in the face of an economic challenge the …

The shaping of a strong, recognizable and thus attractive identity of a place is closely linked
to the process of effective planning, both on strategic and physical level. Heritage is a …

Eine weit verbreitete These in der Diskussion um den? konomischen Struktur wandel und
die Ver? nderungen politischer und sozialer Institutionen und Handlungs weisen besagt …

Christian Berndt investigates how selected corporate actors in German small and medium-
sized enterprises and in large companies respond to globalisation and the apparent crisis of …

This paper1 investigates recent restructuring strategies of medium‐sized firms in the Ruhr
area, and assesses the role of institutional, organizational and socio‐economic factors in …