Everyone's a ‘winner’: problematising the discourse of regional competitiveness
质疑自1990年代初以来在发达国家政策圈中占据主导地位的“区域竞争力”概念，指出其定义模糊且基于狭隘的竞争观，并从理论和政策过程角度解释其为何如此重要。
Since the early 1990s, the concept of regional competitiveness has become a hegemonic discourse within public policy circles in developed countries. However, it is a somewhat chaotic and ill-defined discourse based on a relatively narrow conception of how regions compete, prosper and grow. This paper seeks to problematise the discourse with reference to theory, and to explain how and why it has assumed such significance in policy circles. It is argued that the answer lies within the policy process and the imperative of legitimating certain courses of policy action.