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Record Nr.

UNINA9910765871803321

Titolo

People, places and policy : knowing contemporary Wales through new localities / / edited by Martin Jones, Scott Orford and Victoria Macfarlane

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, New York ; ; London : , : Routledge, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

1-315-68390-3

1-317-40757-1

1-317-40756-3

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (177 p.)

Collana

Regions and cities

Disciplina

330.9429

Soggetti

Wales Economic conditions 21st century

Wales Politics and government 21st century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Foreword: overview of WISERD; List of contributors; 1 Introducing WISERD localities; 2 Reframing the devolved policy landscape in Wales; 3 Wales: a statistical perspective; 4 The Heads of the Valleys; 5 East, west and the bit in the middle: localities in north Wales; 6 Locating the mid Wales economy; 7 New localities in action and reaction; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Set within the context of UK devolution and constitutional change, People, Places and Policy offers important and interesting insights into 'place-making' and 'locality-making' in contemporary Wales. Combining policy research with policy-maker and stakeholder interviews at various spatial scales (local, regional, national), it examines the historical processes and working practices that have produced the complex political geography of Wales.This book looks at the economic, social and political geographies of Wales, which in the context of devolution and public service governance are hotly deba