Reg No: KGA502/20162

 

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Faculty Board of Arts and Social Sciences
Human Geography

Course Reading

Local and regional development

Valid from autumn semester 2016

 

Course Code: KGA502
Course Title: Local and regional development
Lokal och regional utveckling
Credits: 7.5
Degree Level: Master


Books
Bache, Ian. Europeanization and multilevel governance. Cohesion policy in the European Union and Britan. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2008. Pages: 63.

McCormick, John. Understanding the European Union. A concise introduction. Edition 6:e. Basingtoke: Palgrave MacMillan, 2014. Pages: 276.

Pike, Andy, Rodriguez-Pose, Andrés & Tomaney, John (eds). Handbook of local and regional development. Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge, 2011. Pages: ca 286.

Yin, Robert K. Case study research: design and methods. Edition 5:e. London: Sage Publications, 2013. Pages: 282.

Articles
Acharya, B., & Halpenny, E.A. "Homestays as an Alternative Tourism Product for Sustainable Community Development: A Case Study of Women-Managed Tourism Product in Rural Nepal". Tourism Planning & Development. 2013. 10 (4), pp. 367-387. Pages: 20.

Antonsich, Marco. Exploring the correspondence between regional forms of governance and regional identity: the case of Western Europe. European Urban and Regional Studies. 2010. Vol 17, No 3, 261-276. Pages: 15.

Flyvbjerg, B. "Five Misunderstandings About Case-Study Research". Qualitative Inquiry. 2006. Vol 12,No.2, pp. 219-245. Pages: 26.

Gibson-Graham, J.K. "A Feminist project of belonging for the Anthropocene". Gender, Place & Culture: A Journal of Feminist Geography. 2011. 18 (1). pp 1-21. Pages: 20.

Stuyck, K., Luyten, S., Kesteloot, C., Meert, H., & Peleman, K. "A Geography of Gender Relations: Role Patterns in the Context of Different Regional Industrial Development". Regional Studies. 2008. 42 (1). pp 69-82. Pages: 13.

OTHER
Furthermore, additional literature comprising about 200 pages in relation to the teaching sessions and examination data.


Reference Literature

Herod, Andrew. Scale, Milton Park. Routledge: 2010.

Massey, Doreen. For Space. London: Sage, 2009.


 

Approved by the Faculty Board of Arts and Social Sciences, 24 February 2016