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Institutions, Discourse and Regional Development: The Scottish Development Agency and the Politics of Regional Policy
Contributor(s): Keating, Michael (Editor), Halkier, Henrik (Author)

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 ISBN: 905201275X     ISBN-13: 9789052012759
Publisher: P.I.E-Peter Lang S.A., Editions Scientifiques
OUR PRICE: $99.70  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: January 2006
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Political Science | Public Policy - City Planning & Urban Development
- Political Science | History & Theory - General
- History | Europe - Great Britain - General
Dewey: 307.120
LCCN: 2005044553
Series: Regionalism and Federalism
Physical Information: 602 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - British Isles
Features: Illustrated
 
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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.
 
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