Regional autonomy and state paradigm shifts in Western Europe

In this paper we present an examination of the possible correlation between rising income inequalities at the regional level and widespread devolutionary initiatives worldwide. When the responsibility and resource-based facets of decentralisation are taken together a marked congruency is evident between the two trends. Various spatial economic forces promote the emergence of core and peripheral regions, and devolution, by establishing the autonomy of these regions, allows these forces a greater impact. We argue that this is because decentralisation initiatives carry with them implicit fiscal, political, and administrative costs, which fall more heavily upon those regions with limited adjustment capacities, resulting in differential rates at which regions can capitalise upon the opportunities offered by devolution. The global tendency towards devolution therefore reflects a subtle, but profound, renunciation of the traditional equalisation role of national government in favour of conditions fostering economic and public competition and leading to greater development of initially rich and powerful regions to the detriment of poorer areas.

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“…countries have tended to decentralise yet more powers to the subnational level (Agnew, 2000;Keating, 1998;Loughlin, 2000).…”

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Is There a Global Link between Regional Disparities and Devolution?

2004

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“…As part of the UK, Scotland's position is within what Elazar (1997) calls a polity formed by accident, with the result that it is neither part of a unitary state in the Napoleonic vision for France nor genuinely part of a federal relationship in the American or Australian sense. The Scottish source material, therefore, is arguably more "bottom tier" in its scope and remit, thus recognizing the problems of regionalism that Loughlin (2000) highlights as a limitation to national policy making in contemporary Western Europe. This, therefore, excludes consideration of wider UK analysis within which Scotland may be either fully incorporated or identified as a subunit of analysis.…”

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Discourse About Workforce Development in Tourism—An Analysis of Public Policy, Planning, and Implementation in Australia and Scotland: Hot Air or Making a Difference?

Solnet¹,

Nickson²,

Robinson³

et al. 2014

Tourism Analysis

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This article addresses the contribution of the policy formulation process in driving agendas relating to workforce development in the tourism sectors of Australia and Scotland. This discussion represents an exploratory study that seeks to fill a clear conceptual and empirical gap in the extant literature. The discussion is located within wider consideration of the role of public and private sector stakeholders in policy formulation and implementation as a manifestation of active labor market policy engagement. Using a process of systematic documentary analysis, the study considers public policy reports and implementation strategies published in Australia (24) and Scotland (34) between 2000 and 2012 and focuses on the role of key actors, methodologies employed, and the recommendations that arise within each report. Conclusions relating to the process of stakeholder engagement and its relative ineffectiveness are drawn.

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“…Catalan public diplomacy has been well recognized by academic observers and analysts (Garcia, 1998;Aldecoa and Keating, 1999;Loughlin, 2000). Indeed, the Catalan government has been very active in foreign relations -with other governments and with other kind of foreign publics -in particular thanks to the direct involvement of its unrelenting and longstanding former president Jordi Pujol.…”

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International representation strategies for stateless nations: The case of Catalonia’s cultural diplomacy

Vela

Xifra²

2014

Place Brand Public Dipl

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This article analyzes how stateless nations manage their international relations, based on a case study for the autonomous region of Catalonia (Spain). In recent years the Catalonia government's foreign policy has included a strong emphasis on public diplomacy, seeking to engage foreign publics through a range of activities including much work to present the cultural assets of Catalonia to the rest of the world. This article analyzes the cultural diplomacy strategy developed by Catalonia and implemented through its pioneering 2010-2015 Foreign Action Plan.Place Branding and Public Diplomacy (2015) 11, 83-96.

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Regional autonomy and state paradigm shifts in Western Europe

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Is There a Global Link between Regional Disparities and Devolution?

Is There a Global Link between Regional Disparities and Devolution?

Discourse About Workforce Development in Tourism—An Analysis of Public Policy, Planning, and Implementation in Australia and Scotland: Hot Air or Making a Difference?

International representation strategies for stateless nations: The case of Catalonia’s cultural diplomacy

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