'The Territorial Imperative is a highly rigourous exploration of the economic and political potential of regional and subregional actors in post-industrial democracies. … a mine of information which will prove useful to both advanced students and researchers and which will act as a salutary reminder to regional economic policy actors to amend their ways.' German Politics

• List of figures; List of tables; Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Power-dependence and regional economic crisis; 3. Central governments and regional policy; 4. The British regions; 5. The German Länder; 6. The territorial imperative: political logic interprets problem logic; List of abbreviations; Bibliography; Index.

'The Territorial Imperative is a highly rigourous exploration of the economic and political potential of regional and subregional actors in post-industrial democracies. … a mine of information which will prove useful to both advanced students and researchers and which will act as a salutary reminder to regional economic policy actors to amend their ways.' German Politics

• List of figures; List of tables; Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Power-dependence and regional economic crisis; 3. Central governments and regional policy; 4. The British regions; 5. The German Länder; 6. The territorial imperative: political logic interprets problem logic; List of abbreviations; Bibliography; Index.

'The Territorial Imperative is a highly rigourous exploration of the economic and political potential of regional and subregional actors in post-industrial democracies. … a mine of information which will prove useful to both advanced students and researchers and which will act as a salutary reminder to regional economic policy actors to amend their ways.' German Politics

• List of figures; List of tables; Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Power-dependence and regional economic crisis; 3. Central governments and regional policy; 4. The British regions; 5. The German Länder; 6. The territorial imperative: political logic interprets problem logic; List of abbreviations; Bibliography; Index.