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The state and uneven development: the governance of economic development in England in the post-devolution UK

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  • Andy Pike
  • John Tomaney

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This paper draws upon territorial and relational approaches as well as work on the economics and politics of devolution to argue that a geographically sensitive political economy of the 'qualitative state' can interpret the roles, structures, strategies and practices of states in attempting to resolve the governance of uneven development. An empirical analysis of the UK state's governance of economic development within England reveals the construction of enabling frameworks at the national level and, in the wake of regionalization and regionalism, the encouragement of new 'spatial imaginaries' (cities and/or city-regions, localisms and pan-regionalisms). The result has been complexity, experimentation, fragmentation and incoherence with largely negative implications for territorial equity and justice. We conclude by reflecting upon the limits of projects of state decentralization and spatial policy under a strong national economic growth orientation in addressing the governance of uneven development. Copyright 2008, Oxford University Press.

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  • Andy Pike & John Tomaney, 2008. "The state and uneven development: the governance of economic development in England in the post-devolution UK," Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, Cambridge Political Economy Society, vol. 2(1), pages 13-34.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:cjrecs:v:2:y:2008:i:1:p:13-34
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    1. Andy Pike & Andrés Rodríguez-Pose & John Tomaney & Gianpiero Torrisi & Vassilis Tselios, 2010. "In Search of the 'Economic Dividend' of Devolution: Spatial Disparities, Spatial Economic Policy and Decentralisation in the UK," SERC Discussion Papers 0062, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE.
    2. Ross Brown & Colin Mason, 2012. "Raising the batting average: Re-orientating regional industrial policy to generate more high growth firms," Local Economy, London South Bank University, vol. 27(1), pages 33-49, February.

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