2001
DOI: 10.1177/096977640100800401
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Institutional Identities and the Shifting Scales of State Governance in the United Kingdom

Abstract: In recent years, organizations of state governance within the United Kingdom have undergone a fundamental change in scale. The creation of a Scottish Parliament, and Welsh, Northern Irish and London Assemblies, along with the devolution of power to Regional Development Agencies (RDAs) in England, has signalled a substantial territorial refocusing of the scales of political and economic power within the UK state. In this paper, I argue that Storper’s (1997: 268) distinction between institutions - in other words… Show more

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“…Actually to implement it, and make sure they are all working [is difficult], you've got all this fear because each of them, I guess, are jealous of their own work; we've got to get over that, so that they can see that they are not threatening each other ... it's hard work doing that, but we are doing quite a good job through [the economic forum], but there is still a long way to go on it.'' Finally, we should not underestimate the significance of territorial identities for the development of this common Welsh agendum for change (on a broader note see R Jones, 2001;Paasi, 1991;. Devolution, in particular, has created a new ethos of spatial governance in which state personnel are seen to be`trying to do something for Wales'.…”
Section: Filling In': Examining Elwa As An Organisationmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Actually to implement it, and make sure they are all working [is difficult], you've got all this fear because each of them, I guess, are jealous of their own work; we've got to get over that, so that they can see that they are not threatening each other ... it's hard work doing that, but we are doing quite a good job through [the economic forum], but there is still a long way to go on it.'' Finally, we should not underestimate the significance of territorial identities for the development of this common Welsh agendum for change (on a broader note see R Jones, 2001;Paasi, 1991;. Devolution, in particular, has created a new ethos of spatial governance in which state personnel are seen to be`trying to do something for Wales'.…”
Section: Filling In': Examining Elwa As An Organisationmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In this way, we illustrate the extent to which the creation of ELWa, and indeed the whole process of devolution, has led to a shift in the working practices and territorial allegiances of state personnel. In other words, we are concerned with the development of particular forms of social capital in Wales that can serve to enliven the efforts of the various individuals working to increase its economic prosperity (see Coleman, 1988;R Jones, 2001;Jones et al, 2004;Putnam, 1993; see also Mawson and Spencer, 1997).…”
Section: Filling In': Examining Elwa As An Organisationmentioning
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“…However, contrary to what also maintained by many neo-liberal authors about a borderless and de-territorialised world (O' Brien, 1992;Ohmae, 1993), the state has obviously not disappeared. It has simply transformed itself, by denationalising its scalar structure and by privileging alternative levels of regulatory intervention and capital valorisation, among which the regional scale acquires primary importance (Jones, 2001;Jessop, 2007).…”
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“…Described at various times as Tony Blair's`placeman' and`poodle' (see, for instance, Speed, 2000), Michael's image was that of a tame First Minister,`parachuted' in late in the campaign for the Labour nomination for the role of First Minister (Betts, 2000). This example illustrates a more popular concern regarding the perceived commitment, or otherwise, of various state personnel to the devolution project (see Jones, 2001).…”
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