The book discusses the opportunities and challenges for regional development arising from the extraordinary challenges of stalled globalization and political uncertainty now confronting the world. It was originally published as a special issue of Regional Studies.

Global reversal, regional revival? Ivan Turok, David Bailey, Jennifer Clark, Jun Du, Ugo Fratesi, Michael Fritsch, John Harrison, Tom Kemeny, Dieter Kogler, Arnoud Lagendijk, Tomasz Mickiewicz, Ernest Miguelez, Stefano Usai and Fiona Wishlade Contesting European regions Michael Keating Foregrounding the region Anssi Paasi and Jonathan Metzger Towards a theory of regional diversification: combining insights from Evolutionary Economic Geography and Transition Studies Ron Boschma, Lars Coenen, Koen Frenken and Bernhard Truffer Shifting horizons in local and regional development Andy Pike, Andrés Rodríguez-Pose and John Tomaney Transforming cities: does urbanization promote democratic change? Edward L. Glaeser and Bryce Millett Steinberg Uneven and combined development Michael Dunford and Weidong Liu The city as innovation machine Richard Florida, Patrick Adler and Charlotta Mellander Global investments and regional development trajectories: the missing links Riccardo Crescenzi and Simona Iammarino Geographical linkages in the financial services industry: a dialogue with organizational studies Eric Knight and Dariusz Wójcik The interregional migration of human capital and its regional consequences: a review Alessandra Faggian, Isha Rajbhandari and Kathryn R. Dotzel Can transport infrastructure change regions' economic fortunes? Some evidence from Europe and China Chia-Lin Chen and Roger Vickerman Future green economies and regional development: a research agenda David Gibbs and Kirstie O'Neill Analysing the regional geography of poverty, austerity and inequality in Europe: a human cartographic perspective Dimitris Ballas, Danny Dorling and Benjamin Hennig