Rescaling the state: Devolution and the geographies of economic governance - Softcover

Goodwin, Mark; Jones, Martin; Jones, Rhys

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1526116995 ISBN 13: 9781526116994

Publisher: Manchester University Press, 2017

Synopsis

Rescaling the state provides a theoretically-informed and empirically-rich account of the process of devolution undertaken in the UK since 1997, focusing in particular on the devolution of economic governance. Using case studies from England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales, the book examines the purported reasons for, and the unintended consequences of, devolution. As well as comparing policy and practice across the four devolved territories, the book also explores the pitfalls and instances of good practice associated with devolution in the UK.

Rescaling the state is an important text for all social scientists – particularly political scientists, sociologists, anthropologists and human geographers – interested in the devolution of power in the UK and, indeed, all instances of contemporary state restructuring. It is also a significant book for all policy-makers interested in understanding the increasing complexity of the policy landscapes of economic governance in the UK.

With a new preface for the 2017 paperback edition

About this title

About the Authors

Mark Goodwin is Professor of Human Geography and Dean, College of Life and Environmental Sciences at the University of Exeter

Martin Jones is Pro Vice-Chancellor of Aberystwyth University and Co-Director, Wales Institute of Social & Economic Research, Data & Methods (WISERD)

Rhys Jones is Professor of Political Geography, Institute of Geography and Earth Sciences, Aberystwyth University

From the Back Cover

Rescaling the state provides a theoretically-informed and empirically-rich account of the process of devolution undertaken in the UK since 1997, focusing in particular on the devolution of economic governance. Using case studies from England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales, the book examines the purported reasons for, and the unintended consequences of, devolution. As well as comparing policy and practice across the four devolved territories, the book also explores the pitfalls and instances of good practice associated with devolution in the UK.

Rescaling the state thus advances our knowledge and understanding of devolution on both a theoretical and empirical front. In a theoretical context, the book promotes the novel and important notion of the ‘filling in’ of the state as a way of understanding the particularities of the devolution settlements in each of the four territories, as new and alternative configurations of state-society relations emerge. In an empirical context, the book provides the only comprehensive account of the impact of devolution on forms of economic governance in the four territories, drawing on detailed qualitative research with key stakeholders and extensive documentary research.

Rescaling the state is an important text for all social scientists – particularly political scientists, sociologists, anthropologists and human geographers – interested in the devolution of power in the UK – and, through the concept of ‘filling in’, all instances of contemporary state restructuring. It is also a significant book for all policy-makers interested in understanding the increasing complexity of the policy landscapes of economic governance in the UK.

From the Inside Flap

Rescaling the state provides a theoretically-informed and empirically-rich account of the process of devolution undertaken in the UK since 1997, focusing in particular on the devolution of economic governance. Using case studies from England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales, the book examines the purported reasons for, and the unintended consequences of, devolution. As well as comparing policy and practice across the four devolved territories, the book also explores the pitfalls and instances of good practice associated with devolution in the UK.Rescaling the state thus advances our knowledge and understanding of devolution on both a theoretical and empirical front. In a theoretical context, the book promotes the novel and important notion of the filling in of the state as a way of understanding the particularities of the devolution settlements in each of the four territories, as new and alternative configurations of state-society relations emerge. In an empirical context, the book provides the only comprehensive account of the impact of devolution on forms of economic governance in the four territories, drawing on detailed qualitative research with key stakeholders and extensive documentary research.Rescaling the state is an important text for all social scientists particularly political scientists, sociologists, anthropologists and human geographers interested in the devolution of power in the UK and, through the concept of filling in , all instances of contemporary state restructuring. It is also a significant book for all policy-makers interested in understanding the increasing complexity of the policy landscapes of economic governance in the UK.

Edition details

• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1526116995
• ISBN 13: 9781526116994
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 216