ABSTRACT
The issue of regional governance is of increasing interest to social scientists. With sustainable development now part of a global vision, governments around the world are viewing regions as ‘carriers of hope’ for sustainability. The regions are seen as being small enough for participative decision-making, yet big enough to implement effective solutions. Regional development strategies are strongly associated with two different aspects of network governance – the management of collective decision-making by regional stakeholders (‘governance of networks’), and the ability to execute these decisions (‘governance through networks’).
