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Competitive Global City Regions and ‘Sustainable Development’: An Interpretive Institutionalist Account in the South East of England

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  • Rob Krueger

    (Department of Geography, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA 01609, USA)

  • David Gibbs

    (Department of Geography, University of Hull, Kingston upon Hull HU6 7RX, England)

Abstract

This paper presents an argument and empirical case study to draw out additional nuance in the social construction of institutions. Adapting the conceptual work of political scientists Mark Bevir and Roderick Rhodes to recent accounts in economic geography of institutional change we present an ‘interpretative analysis’ of recent policy changes in the regulation of land use in competitive global regions in London and the South East, UK. The paper examines the appeal to tradition, the construction of policy dilemmas, and the affect these have on what we think of as neoliberal policy reform.

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  • Rob Krueger & David Gibbs, 2010. "Competitive Global City Regions and ‘Sustainable Development’: An Interpretive Institutionalist Account in the South East of England," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 42(4), pages 821-837, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:envira:v:42:y:2010:i:4:p:821-837
    DOI: 10.1068/a42111
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