Institutions, Discourse and Regional Development : The Scottish Development Agency and the Politics of Regional Policy
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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
905201275X
ISBN-13
9789052012759
Publisher
European Interuniversity Press
Imprint
European Interuniversity Press
Country of Manufacture
BE
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jan 18th, 2006
Print length
598 Pages
Weight
838 grams
Dimensions
15.30 x 21.90 x 3.50 cms
Product Classification:
IrelandUnited Kingdom, Great Britain21st century, c 2000 to c 2100General & world historyPostwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000Political science & theoryPolitical science and theoryHistoryGeneral and world historyPolitical geographyRegional geographyRural planningRural planning and policy
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Why are some regional development strategies adopted and others rejected? Only limited systematic attention has been paid to the politics of regional policy, including the role of institutions, discourse, and political debate in shaping this major area of public policy. The book develops an institutionalist approach to the study of regional policy, capable of spanning major European development paradigms and accounting for the dynamic relationship between organisations, policies and political discourse.
This conceptual framework is then applied to the Scottish Development Agency, a development body famed across Europe for its innovative policies but surrounded by political controversy in Scotland. A detailed study of corporate strategies, policy implementation, and the wider British environment questions existing interpretations of the organisation which tend to vilify anti-interventionist Thatcherites or glorify shrewd development professionals.
Instead the author proposes an alternative synthesis which highlights the interplay between institutions, discourse and regional development in the politics of regional policy.
This conceptual framework is then applied to the Scottish Development Agency, a development body famed across Europe for its innovative policies but surrounded by political controversy in Scotland. A detailed study of corporate strategies, policy implementation, and the wider British environment questions existing interpretations of the organisation which tend to vilify anti-interventionist Thatcherites or glorify shrewd development professionals.
Instead the author proposes an alternative synthesis which highlights the interplay between institutions, discourse and regional development in the politics of regional policy.
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