NEW REGIONAL POLITICS OF DEVELOPMENT

A BROAD RANGING ASSESSMENT OF THE VARIOUS DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES BEING PURSUED IN THE VARIOUS MAJOR REGIONS OF THE WORLD WRITTEN TO A TIGHT EDITORIAL REMIT BY LEADING AUTHORITIES ON EACH REGION. ITS AIM IS TO MAP NEW PATTERNS OF DEVELOPMENT AND INEQUALITY MOVING BEYOND OUTDATED DISTINCTIONS BETWEEN 'DEVELOPING' AND 'DEVELOPED' AREAS. TO THIS END IT DRAWS ON APPROACHES FROM INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY TO TREAT DEVELOPMENT AS A STRATEGY OF ORIENTATION TOWARDS THE GLOBAL POLITICAL ECONOMY WHICH ALL STATES OF ALL TYPES HAVE NECESSARILY TO PURSUE IN THE CONTEMPORARY ERA. MARK BEESON SENIOR LECTURER IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA SHAUN BRESLIN PROFESSOR OF POLITICS AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES, UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK, UK SIMON BROMLEY SENIOR LECTURER IN GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS, THE OPEN UNIVERSITY, UK GRAHAM HARRISON LECTURER IN POLITICS, UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD, UK NICOLA PHILLIPS HALLSWORTH RESEARCH FELLOW, UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER, UK NEIL ROBINSON HEAD OF