Scotland's New Local Authorities and Economic Development

Fairley, John

doi:10.3366/scot.1996.0024

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“…It, too, would probably have embarked on the kinds of school examination reforms which are already under way, modifying them at the margins by some extra money, and possibly by some form of bursary to encourage people aged 16-18 to stay in full-time education. Likewise, in economic development, it, too would probably have devolved powers to local bodies and would have tied development to training, just as the Conservative government did, and in contrast to what has happened in England (Fairley, 1996). The main difference might have been that the local bodies would have had some statutory representation from elected local authorities and trades unions.…”

Section: What Difference Would a Domestic Parliament Make?mentioning

confidence: 82%

Scottish home rule: Radical break or pragmatic adjustment?

Paterson

1998

Regional & Federal Studies

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confidence: 82%

Scottish home rule: Radical break or pragmatic adjustment?

Paterson

1998

Regional & Federal Studies

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“…While the current local authorities have from their inception had some responsibility for economic development (Fairley, 1996), this has sat alongside the role of two economic development agencies – Scottish Enterprise (SE) and Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE). These were established by the Enterprise and New Towns (Scotland) Act 1990, although their predecessors had been in existence since the 1970s and 1960s, respectively.…”

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Beyond the city region? Uneven governance and the evolution of regional economic development in Scotland

Clelland

2020

Local Economy

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The sub-national governance of economic development in the UK has, since 2010, been reconfigured towards city-regions and ‘place-based’ approaches at least notionally embedded in specific local needs and resources. In the context of asymmetric decentralisation and fiscal austerity, this raises questions about places outside or peripheral to this framework, and the risk of further divergence in relative capacities to ‘do’ economic development. While changes in England are subject to extensive critique, institutional arrangements in Scotland have received less attention, having avoided comparable dramatic restructuring. The governance of economic development has however undergone significant evolution, with elements of both centralisation and regionalisation apparent. This paper maps emerging sub-national geographies in Scotland through the lens of state rescaling and multi-scalar governance. Analysing processes of change, it argues that the UK Government’s extension of ‘City Deals’ to Scotland made more explicit tensions within an existing city-regional approach and prompted greater attention to implications for peripheral and non-city regions. The introduction of Deals for non-city regions, a system of regional economic partnerships, and a new enterprise agency for the rural South, can all be seen as attempts to reconcile this focus on city-regions as drivers of growth with a desire for ‘regional equity’, and as the latest developments in an ongoing search for the appropriate scales for policy.

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“…The new Councils were given a duty to bring forward 1997: 8). The 1994 Act gave them a new power to conduct economic development which was not cash-limited (Fairley, 1996). As a consequence of the 1995 Children (Scotland) Act they were required to begin to think corporately about and to plan their for education.…”

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Local Authority Education in a Democratic Scotland

Fairley¹

1998

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The establishment of the Scottish Parliament in 1999 Will pose questions about its relationship to local authorities, and about the local authorities’ roles in education. The Parliament could become a force for further centralisation in Scottish education policy, or, as the Scottish Constitutional Convention proposed, it could initiate a radical programme of decentralisation. Both of these scenarios hold significant implications for education and local government. Local government has recently been reformed in ways which make education much more central to the business of local councils. This gives the new councils an opportunity to shape the emerging debate, and establish for themselves a position as partners of the Parliament in the government of Scotland.

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Scotland's New Local Authorities and Economic Development

Cited by 8 publications

References 11 publications

Scottish home rule: Radical break or pragmatic adjustment?

Scottish home rule: Radical break or pragmatic adjustment?

Beyond the city region? Uneven governance and the evolution of regional economic development in Scotland

Local Authority Education in a Democratic Scotland

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