Remote Control: Governance Lessons for and from Small, Insular, and Remote Regions (Social and Economic Papers, 28) - Softcover

 
9781894725088: Remote Control: Governance Lessons for and from Small, Insular, and Remote Regions (Social and Economic Papers, 28)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1894725085 ISBN 13: 9781894725088
Verlag: Memorial University Press, 2009

Inhaltsangabe

How does one transform small size and relative isolation into a powerful combination for sustainable growth and prosperity? Some islands and rural regions have already done so. Winning tools and strategies deployed by these middle-level governance structures include: 'scaling up' of municipal units; developing tourist and computer-driven industries; engaging strategically with their diaspora; branding niche products and services; facilitating 'boutique', small-scale manufacturing; limiting local firm rivalry; and, overall, deploying a creative 'resourcefulness of jurisdiction'.

The papers in this collection flesh out these tools and strategies. They do so by unpacking and challenging received wisdom; charting out the parameters of effective government; teasing in the critical role of empowered local communities and the engagement of civil society with the multiple levels of decision-making of the state.

The book's message emphasizes a proactive, creative, and assertive approach to governance; one that aims to instill a sense of efficacy to achieve remote control.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Godfrey Baldacchino is Canada Research Chair in Island Studies and Professor of Sociology at the University of Price Edward Island, Canada.

Rob Greenwood is Director of the Leslie Harris Centre of Regional Policy and Development at Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada.

Lawrence Felt is Professor of Sociology at Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada.

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Verlag
Memorial University Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2009
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1894725085
ISBN 13 
9781894725088
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
328
Herausgeber
Baldacchino Godfrey, Greenwood Rob, Felt Lawrence
Kontakt zum Hersteller
Mare Nostrum Group B.V.
gpsr@mare-nostrum.co.uk

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