The political economy of scale and the construction of crossborder micro-regions

Authors

  • Bob Jessop Instituto de Estudios Avanzados en Gestión y Ciencias Sociales; Departamento de Sociología, Universidad de Lancaster

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4067/S0250-71612004008900002

Keywords:

regional and local development, urban economy, rescalement, economic restructuring

Abstract

The construction of crossborder regions is related to economic, political and social rescaling general processes; they both respond and contribute to the "scale relativization" associated with the fall, since 80s, of the relative coherence structured between national economy, State and society that had characterized postwar boom peak. This is reflected in a proliferation of scales on which attempts of restructuring economic, political and social relationships occur. This paper explores some of this processes and strategies linked to the emergency and consolidation of crossborder regions, and comments about their meaning for economic and political restructuration.

Published

2004-05-07

How to Cite

Jessop, B. (2004). The political economy of scale and the construction of crossborder micro-regions. Revista EURE - Revista De Estudios Urbano Regionales, 30(89). https://doi.org/10.4067/S0250-71612004008900002

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