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A little less hard economics, a little more social action please? The policy rhetoric and political realities of an English region
In response to the work of authors such as Michael Porter, the concept of
regional competitiveness has become a ‘hegemonic discourse’, whereby
programmes of decentralisation to subnational tiers of governance have been
driven by this prerogative of embracing this hegemony of regional
competitiveness. In deference to this orthodoxy, Blair’s programme of devolution
and constitutional change (in the United Kingdom) was provisionally stimulated
by the legitimation of politics through the settlements afforded to both Scotland
and Wales.
Funding
ESRC (Grant No. PTA 030-2002-01629)
History
School
- Social Sciences
Department
- Geography and Environment
Citation
HARRISON, J., 2006. A little less hard economics, a little more social action please? The policy rhetoric and political realities of an English region. Regional Studies Association Annual Conference, Global Regions, London, 24th November 2006Publisher
Regional Studies Association / © John HarrisonVersion
- AM (Accepted Manuscript)
Publication date
2006Notes
This conference paper was presented at the Regional Studies Association Annual Conference: http://www.regional-studies-assoc.ac.uk/events/2006events.aspLanguage
- en