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Scalar postpolitics, inclusive growth and inclusive economies: challenging the Greater Manchester agglomeration model

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  • Iain Deas
  • Graham Haughton
  • Kevin Ward

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This article examines the changing scalar political relations underpinning English city-regional governance. Drawing on case study research in Greater Manchester, the article demonstrates how locally rooted discourses around inclusive growth and inclusive economies have been deployed to challenge the city-region’s historically dominant agglomeration-based model. Using the analytical lens of scalar postpolitics, the article shows how the earlier technocratic approach adopted by national and city-region leaders attracted criticism in the face of continuing socio-spatial inequalities within Greater Manchester. We highlight the contrasting experiences of Oldham and Trafford, two boroughs of Greater Manchester, to reveal how local geographies were central to challenging the previously dominant model and promoting new thinking around inclusive growth and inclusive economies.

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  • Iain Deas & Graham Haughton & Kevin Ward, 2021. "Scalar postpolitics, inclusive growth and inclusive economies: challenging the Greater Manchester agglomeration model," Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, Cambridge Political Economy Society, vol. 14(1), pages 179-195.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:cjrecs:v:14:y:2021:i:1:p:179-195.
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    1. Mathew Johnson & Miguel Martínez Lucio & Stephen Mustchin & Damian Grimshaw & Jo Cartwright & Jenny K. Rodriguez & Tony Dundon, 2023. "City regions and decent work: Politics, pluralism and policy making in Greater Manchester," Environment and Planning C, , vol. 41(3), pages 504-522, May.

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