Harald Baldersheim, University of Oslo, Norway, Are Vegard Haug and Morten Øgård, University of Agder, Norway

• Contents: Preface; The rise of the networking region: the challenges of regional collaboration in a globalized world, Harald Baldersheim and Morten ØgÃ¥rd; The Nordic regions: institutional development and public debate 1996-2009, Siv Sandberg; Knowledge brokerage and institutional retooling: policy preferences for regional development in a competitive world, Harald Baldersheim; Learning ecologies: capacity-building in Nordic regions and cities through cross-institutional and cross-border cooperation, Harald Baldersheim and Morten ØgÃ¥rd; Regions in the European architecture of governance: towards integrative regionalism. The attitudes of regional policy-makers, Harald Baldersheim; Transforming governance in cities and regions in the Nordic countries: adapting to 'the new citizen'?, Harald Baldersheim and Morten ØgÃ¥rd; Informatization of political roles and communication patterns: regional advantages through information and communication technologies?, Are Vegard Haug; 'The new kid on the block': Faroese foreign affairs - between hierarchy and network, Joan Ólavsdóttir, Jens Christian Svabo Justinussen and Beinta í Jákupsstovu; Building learning ecologies: what works and how? The examples of the county councils of Telemark and Aust-Agder (Norway), Jørgen Sande Lysa and Morten ØgÃ¥rd; International cooperation of the new Danish regions: lifeline or last rites? The case of Southern Denmark, Niels Ejersbo; Cultural policies as development strategies in Nordic regions - a comparison of two projects, Aase Marthe J. Horrigmo; Conclusion: the policy nexus in network governance, Harald Baldersheim, Are Vegard Haug and Morten ØgÃ¥rd; Bibliography; Index.