The current academic interest in European regionalism and local policy networks presumes local identity and distinct political values to be significant actors in the European political arena. Many accounts however fail to identify those factors within local political behaviours and culture that can be considered relevant to local economic growth. Dimitrios C. Christopoulos attempts to bring together attitudes and values shared among local political and business actors and their relevance to regional growth.
This title was first published in 2001. In the framework of the EU, a number of policies have been devised for regions in order to facilitate their balanced economic development. The author argues that the focus on regional planners and their actions in academic literature has obscured the importance of regional elites in this process. The author compares Western Scotland and the west of Crete, focusing on the wider regional political and business elites within these regions, and attempting a comparison of elite attitudes within regions and between regions.
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