City Regions and Devolution in the UK: The Politics of Representation

by David Beel, Martin Jones, Ian Rees Jones

Overview

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In recent years, the ‘city region’ has seen a renaissance as the de facto spatial centre of governance for economic and social development.

Rich in case study insights, this book provides a critique of city-region building and considers how governance restructuring shapes the political, economic, social and cultural geographies of devolution. Reviewing the Greater Manchester, Sheffield, Swansea Bay City Regions, Cardiff Capital Region and the North Wales Growth Deal, the authors address the tensions and opportunities for local elites and civil society actors.

Based on original empirical material, situated within cutting edge academic and policy debates, this book is a timely and lively engagement with the shifting geographies of economic and social development in Britain.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781447355014
Publisher:	Policy Press
Publication date:	04/21/2021
Series:	Civil Society and Social Change
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	204
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x (d)

About the Author

David Beel is Senior Lecturer in Political Economy at Manchester Metropolitan Universitywhere he is part of the Future Economies Research Cluster.

Martin Jones is Professor of Human Geography and Deputy Vice-Chancellor at Staffordshire Universityand a founding Co-Director of the Wales Institute of Social and Economic Research and Data (WISERD).

Ian Rees Jones is Professor of Sociological Research at Cardiff Universityand Director of the WISERD ESRC Civil Society Research Centre.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Onward devolution and city regions

Northern powerhouses

Metro governance dynamics

Precarious city regions

Elite city deals

Beyond cities in regions

City- region limits

Conclusions: City- regional futures

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From the Publisher

“Conceptually and empirically rich, this book provides an essential contribution to understand the evolution of the city-regions and devolution agenda, exposing the governance, socio-economic and democratic challenges that underpin it.” Arianna Giovannini, De Montfort University