Contents: Preface and acknowledgements
1. Introduction: the competitiveness challenge for secondary capital cities
2. How to study locational policies in secondary capital cities: an interdisciplinary analytical framework
3. The cases under scrutiny
4. Bern: the government city
5. Ottawa: the fragmented city
6. The Hague: the international government city
7. Washington, D.C.: the capital of the free world
8. Comparing locational policies in secondary capital cities
9. Conclusion: understanding the variety of locational policies in secondary capital cities
Appendix: Data and Methodology
Bibliography
Index.