An economist’s review of A research agenda for governance, edited by B. Guy Peters, Jon Pierre, Eva Sørensen and Jacob Torfing

"An economist’s review of A research agenda for governance, edited by B. Guy Peters, Jon Pierre, Eva Sørensen and Jacob Torfing." Regional Studies, 57(7), pp. 1404–1405

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A policymaker’s review of A research agenda for governance, edited by B. Guy Peters, Jon Pierre, Eva Sørensen and Jacob Torfing

An economist’s and a policymaker’s perspective: introduction

Notes

1. This is a term associated with the growth of interest in European politics in the 1980s and 1990s and the interventions of Jacques Delors, former EU Commissioner. The formation of the EU Committee for the Regions and its participation in the Council of Ministers were part of the development of regional policy (Cohesion Policy) (Elias, 2008).