Screen LibraryRescaling the State : devolution and the geographies of economic governance /
"Rescaling the state provides a theoretically-informed and empirically-rich account of the process of devolution undertaken in the UK since 1997, focusing in particular on the devolution of economic governance. Using case studies from England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales, the book exam...
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Manchester University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Manchester : |
| Publication Dates: |
2017. ©2012 |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
Devolution series
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| Summary: |
"Rescaling the state provides a theoretically-informed and empirically-rich account of the process of devolution undertaken in the UK since 1997, focusing in particular on the devolution of economic governance. Using case studies from England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales, the book examines the purported reasons for, and the unintended consequences of, devolution. As well as comparing policy and practice across the four devolved territories, the book also explores the pitfalls and instances of good practice associated with devolution in the UK. Rescaling the state is an important tex |
| Carrier Form: | xxiii, 187 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [162]-180) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781526116994 1526116995 9780719076374 0719076374 |
| Index Number: | JN329 |
| CLC: | D756.132 |
| Call Number: | D756.132/G657 |
| Contents: | Introduction: Devolution and the geographies of economic governance -- The theoretical challenge of devolution and constitutional change -- New politics/new institutions/new strategies -- Territories and scales of economic governance -- Peopling a devolved UK state -- The political geographies of filling in: the case of Northern Ireland -- Conclusions: devolution in retrospect. |