Table of Contents:
  • Notes on the contributors
  • Preface and acknowledgements
  • Introductory: 1. Post-Maastricht process towards European Union and the economic and social cohesion of the Community. A. Mitsos
  • Part I: European integration and regional development: 2. Regional inequality as a cause and consequence of slower growth. M. Dunford and D. Perrons
  • 3. A "Europe of regions" and the danger of a "double decision-making trap": considerations against the background of the development of German federalism. H. Heinelt
  • 4. Economic integration and cohesion of regions in the new Europe. S. Boeckhout and W. Molle
  • 5. On-going evaluation of the integrated Mediterranean Programmes: the Greek experience. E. Plaskovitis
  • 6. Regional perspectives of East-Germany after the unification of the two Germanies. H. Haussermann
  • Part II: Hierarchies and networks of cities and regions: 7. Urban networking in the context of the development of the European Community's territory. M. Camhis and S. Fox
  • 8. Hierarchisation of urban regions in the new Europe. S. Kratke
  • 9. Urban economic change in Europe: policy implications for the European Community. M. Parkinson
  • 10. Regional innovation systems: an evaluation of six European cases. P. Cooke
  • 11. Industrial groups and new productive spaces: the case of Matra Marconi space France in Toulouse. J. P. Gilly
  • 12. Innovative growth in peripheral regions: some implications for Greece. N. Komninos
  • Part III: Urban problems and policies: 13. The role of urban social movement organizations in innovative urban policies and institutions. M. Mayer
  • 14. Urban Economic regeneration: an international comparison of medium-sized cities' policy making P. M. Vonk
  • 15. The city out of place. Questioning the peripheries: taxonomy, theory, design. A. Loeckx
  • 16. Segregation trends and local policies: the Paris case. E. Preteceille
  • 17. Urban restructuring and urban policies in the new Europe. P. Getimis and D. Economou