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Breul, Moritz ORCID: 0000-0002-0322-0987 (2022). Setting the course for future diversification: the development of a regional transformation strategy in a German lignite mining region. Reg. Stud. Reg. Sci., 9 (1). S. 581 - 600. ABINGDON: ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD. ISSN 2168-1376

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Abstract

Regions throughout the world are confronted with the challenge of restructuring their economies when existing growth paths decline. In regional strategies, directions are defined into which their economies shall be developed, thereby constituting a crucial moment for setting the course for future diversification. While considerable progress has been made in retrospectively understanding regional industrial path developments once these have emerged successfully, little attention has been paid to the processes by which regions develop strategies for future diversification. This article argues that in order to understand why a region aims to develop certain economic areas rather than others, this has to be seen in the context of the policymaking process. Based on a case study of the German lignite mining region 'Rheinisches Revier', the paper explores the role played by the configuration of regional policymaking processes, in which regions develop strategies, for the direction of these strategies. The findings highlight that regional strategies have to be understood as the product of a region-specific multi-actor process whose configuration affects the policy outcomes.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Breul, Moritz UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-0322-0987 UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-657516
DOI:	10.1080/21681376.2022.2120413
Journal or Publication Title:	Reg. Stud. Reg. Sci.
Volume:	9
Number:	1
Page Range:	S. 581 - 600
Date:	2022
Publisher:	ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
Place of Publication:	ABINGDON
ISSN:	2168-1376
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language SMART SPECIALIZATION; INNOVATION; NETWORKS; DYNAMICS; AGENCY Multiple languages Geography Multiple languages
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/65751