School of Public Policy - Georgia
Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA
Seminar on
Technology, Policy and Regions - Fall 2006
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Reading
During the seminar, we will read and discuss at least four books and several other key articles. Two required books have been ordered through the Georgia Tech bookstore, and can be purchased there. Additional books will also be read (see options below). We will discuss which of these to read and whether to substitute others once the seminar starts, based on in-class discussion and student interests. Additional books are available in the Georgia Tech library and/or through online booksellers (to ensure speedy delivery). Some references are available online.
Required reading (please purchase)
Saxenian, Annalee. Regional Advantage: Culture and Competition in Silicon Valley and Route 128. Paperback (1996). Harvard University Press; ISBN 0674753402
Florida, Richard. The Rise of the Creative Class. Basic Books (2002). ISBN 0465024769
Reading Options
Acs, Zoltan J. (Editor). Regional Innovation, Knowledge and Global Change (Science, Technology, and the International Political Economy Series). Paperback (March 2000). Continuum Press; ISBN: 1-85567-443-2
Bergman, Edward J. and Edward J. Feser. Industrial and Regional Clusters: Concepts and Comparative Applications. Morgantown, WV: Web Book of Regional Science, Regional Research Institute, 1999. http://www.rri.wvu.edu/WebBook/Bergman-Feser/contents.htm
Castells, Manuel and Peter Hall. Technopoles of the World. Paperback (1994). New York and London; Routledge; ISBN 0-415-10015-1
Cooke, Philip and Kevin Morgan, The Associational Economy : Firms, Regions, and Innovation. Hardcover (April 1998). Oxford University Press; ISBN: 0198296592
Danson, Michael and Geoff Whittam. Regional Governance, Institutions and Development. Morgantown, WV: Web Book of Regional Science, Regional Research Institute, 1999. http://www.rri.wvu.edu/WebBook/Danson/contents.htm
Fuchs, Gerhard, and Philip Shapira, eds. (2005), Rethinking Regional Innovation and Change: Path Dependency or Regional Breakthrough? Springer, New York, NY, USA. 2005. ISBN 0387230017.
Markusen, Ann R., Yong-Sook Lee, and Sean Digiovana (Editors). Second Tier Cities: Rapid Growth beyond the Metropolis. Paperback (1999). University of Minnesota Press; ISBN: 0816633746
Storper, Michael. The Regional World. Paperback (1997). Guilford Press; ISBN: 1572303158
Additional Resources
Florida, Richard, "Revenge of the Squelchers," The Next American City, 5, 2004 | HTML | PDF
Student and guest papers. Towards the end of the class, we will discuss papers presented by student participants (see papers). Guest presenters may also present papers based on seminar themes.