Includes bibliographical references.

1. Introduction: A Handbook of Local and Regional Development /Andy Pike, Andr�es Rodr�iguez-Pose and John Tomaney -- Section I: Local and Regional Development in a Global Context. 2. Globalisation and Regional Development / Sean O Riain -- 3. Territorial Competition / Ian Gordon -- 4. Local and Regional "Development Studies"/ Giles Mohan.

Section II: Defining the Principles and Values of Local and Regional Development. 5. Regional Disparities and Equalities: Towards a Capabilities Perspective? / Diane Perrons -- 6. Inclusive Growth: Meaningful Goal or Mirage? / Ivan Turok -- 7. The Green State: Sustainability and the Power of Purchase / Kevin Morgan -- 8. Alternative Approaches to Local and Regional Development / Allan Cochrane.

Section III: Concepts and Theories of Local and Regional Development. 9. Spatial Circuits of Value / Ray Hudson -- 10. Labour and Local and Regional Development / Andy Herod -- 11. Local and Regional Development: A Global Production Network Approach / Neil M. Coe and Martin Hess -- 12. Evolutionary Approaches to Local and Regional Development Policy / Robert Hassink and Claudia Klaerding -- 13. Innovation, Learning and Knowledge Creation in Co-localised and Distant Contexts / Harald Bathelt -- 14. Culture, Creativity, and Urban Development / Dominic Power and Allen J. Scott -- 15. Post-socialism and Transition / Boleslaw Domanski -- 16. Migration and Commuting: Local and Regional Development Links / Tony Champion and Mike Coombes -- 17. Within and Outwith/Material and Political? Local Economic Development and the Spatialities of Economic Geographies / Roger Lee -- 18. Spaces of Social Innovation / Frank Moulaert and Abid Mehmood -- 19. Forging Post-Development Partnerships: Possibilities for Local and Regional Development / J.K. Gibson-Graham.

Section IV: Government and Governance. 20. The State: Government and Governance / Bob Jessop -- 21. Putting "the political" Back into the Region: Power, Agency and a Reconstituted Regional Political Economy / Andy Cumbers and Danny MacKinnon -- 22. Territorial/Relational: Conceptualizing Spatial Economic Governance / Martin Jones and Gordon MacLeod -- 23. Institutional Geographies and Local Economic Development: Policies and Politics / Kevin R. Cox -- 24. Carbon Control Regimes, Eco-State Restructuring and the Politics of Local and Regional Development / Andrew E.G. Jonas, Aidan H. While and David C. Gibbs -- 25. Competitive Cities and Problems of Democracy / Colin Crouch -- 26. The Politics of Local and Regional Development / Andrew Wood -- 27. Spatial Planning and Territorial Development Policy / Peter Ache.

Section V: Local and Regional Development Policy -- 28. Endogenous Approaches to Local and Regional Development Policy / Franz Todtling -- 29 Territorial Competitiveness and Local and Regional Economic Development: A Classic Tale of "Theory Led by Policy" / Gillian Bristow -- 30. Finance and Local and Regional Economic Development / Felicity Wray, Neill Marshall and Jane Pollard -- 31. Green Dreams in a Cold Light / Susan Christopherson -- 32. SMEs, Entrepreneurialism and Local/Regional Development / Costis Hadjimichalis -- 33. Transnational Corporations and Local and Regional Development / Stuart Dawley -- 34. Innovation Networks and Local and Regional Development Policy / Mario Vale -- 35. Universities and Regional Development / John Goddard and Paul Vallance -- 36. Transportation Networks, the Logistics Revolution and Regional Development / John T. Bowen Jr. and Thomas R. Leinbach -- 37. (Im)migration, Local, Regional and Uneven Development Jane / Wills, Kavita Datta, Jon May, Cathy McIlwaine, Yara Evans and Joanna Herbert -- 38. Neoliberal Urbanism in Europe / Sara Gonzalez -- 39. Gender, Migration and Socio-Spatial Transformations in Southern European Cities / Dina Vaiou.

Section VI: Global Perspectives. 40. The Experience of Local and Regional Development in Africa / Etienne Nel -- 41. Globalization, Urbanization and Decentralization : The Experience of Asian Pacific Cities / Shiuh-Shen Chien -- 42. Local Development: A Response to the Economic Crisis. Lessons from Latin America / Antonio Vazquez-Barquero -- 43. North American Perspectives on Local and Regional Development / Nancey Green Leigh and Jennifer Clark -- 44. Area Definition and Classification and Regional Development Finance: The European Union and China / Michael Dunford.

Section VII: Reflections and Futures. 45. The Language of Local and Regional Development / Phillip O'Neill -- 46 The Evaluation of Local and Regional Development Policy / Dave Valler -- 47. The New Regional Governance and the Hegemony of Neoliberalism. All change -- No change? / John Lovering -- 48. Local Left Strategy Now / Jamie Gough and Aram Eisenschitz -- 49. Local and Regional Development: Reflections and Futures / John Tomaney, Andy Pike and Andr�es Rodriguez-Pose.

The Handbook of Local and Regional Development provides a comprehensive statement and reference point for local and regional development. The scope of this Handbook's coverage and contributions engages with and reflects upon the politics and policy of how we think about and practise local and regional development, encouraging dialogue across the disciplinary barriers between notions of 'local and regional development' in the Global North and 'development studies' in the Global South. This Handbook is organized into seven inter-related sections, with an introductory chapter setting out the rationale, aims and structure of the Handbook.