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Regional Devolution and Democratic Renewal: Developing a Radical Approach to Stakeholder Involvement in the English Regions

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  • Lynne Humphrey

    (Centre for Urban and Regional Development Studies, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU, England)

  • Keith Shaw

    (Sustainable Cities Research Institute, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8ST, England)

Abstract

In this paper we aim to assess critically the relationship between devolved government and democratic renewal through a focus on the potential for stakeholder involvement within elected regional assemblies. Drawing particularly upon evidence from North East England, we will consider how the creation of elected assemblies could reinvigorate democracy, given the constraints imposed (in regions such as the North East) by the unreformed and unrepresentative political terrain upon which any new assembly is likely to be superimposed. We conclude that existing arrangements and practices are a useful development but fall far short of the radical measures needed to overcome the exclusionary nature of traditional models of governance and government.

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  • Lynne Humphrey & Keith Shaw, 2004. "Regional Devolution and Democratic Renewal: Developing a Radical Approach to Stakeholder Involvement in the English Regions," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 36(12), pages 2183-2202, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:envira:v:36:y:2004:i:12:p:2183-2202
    DOI: 10.1068/a37251
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    1. Keith Shaw & Fred Robinson, 2007. "‘The End of the Beginning’? Taking Forward Local Democratic Renewal in the Post-Referendum North East," Local Economy, London South Bank University, vol. 22(3), pages 243-260, August.
    2. Adrian Smith, 2007. "Emerging in between: the multi-level governance of renewable energy in the English regions," SPRU Working Paper Series 159, SPRU - Science Policy Research Unit, University of Sussex Business School.
    3. Andy Pike & John Tomaney, 2004. "Subnational Governance and Economic and Social Development," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 36(12), pages 2091-2096, December.
    4. Smith, Adrian, 2007. "Emerging in between: The multi-level governance of renewable energy in the English regions," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 35(12), pages 6266-6280, December.

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