LEADER 04946oam 22006134a 450 001 9910445547703321 005 20230621135926.0 010 $a1-4473-5501-6 024 7 $a10.56687/9781447355038 035 $a(CKB)5590000000437097 035 $a(OCoLC)1237867327 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse96898 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/63763 035 $a(DE-B1597)646890 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781447355038 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6479066 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6479066 035 $a(EXLCZ)995590000000437097 100 $a20210220d2021 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aCity regions and devolution in the UK $ethe politics of representation 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aBristol$cPolicy Press$d2021 210 1$aBristol :$cPolicy Press,$d2021. 210 4$dİ2021. 215 $a1 online resource (1 online resource 206 p..) 225 1 $aCivil Society and Social Change 300 $aAusterity and financialisation. 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4473-5502-4 311 $a1-4473-5503-2 327 $aMaking non-metropolitan spaces in a city-region world -- Making interstitial spaces: the Growth Deal approach revisited -- Devolved regions in action: placing North Wales -- The North Wales Growth Deal -- Discussion: Does the Growth Deal 'fit'? Critiques and caveats -- Policy discourse versus geographical reality -- Agglomeration and spatial displacement -- Conclusions -- 6 City-region limits -- Introduction -- The city-regional world revisited -- Swansea Bay City Region and City Deal -- Quite a city-regional stretch: emerging critiques -- Conflicting aspirations -- Dealing with metrophilia 327 $aImplementing welfare reform and the reduction in social protection -- Universal Credit displacing austerity on to local authorities -- The contested politics of devolution, austerity and welfare -- Conclusions -- 4 Elite city deals -- Introduction -- City regions and uneven development revisited -- Creating the Cardiff Capital Region -- Fixing central-local relations in Wales -- Cardiff Capital Region City Deal -- Placing civil society -- Struggling with the economic growth model -- Scale and accountability -- Austerity geographies -- Conclusions -- 5 Beyond cities in regions -- Introduction 327 $a'Slagheap to innovation district'? Economic governance and skills in Sheffield -- Restructuring of representational structures, new accountabilities and ongoing democratic deficits -- Austerity, uneven development and the employment crisis -- The political economy of governance and metagovernance -- Conclusions -- 3 Precarious city regions -- Introduction -- The political economy of austerity in city regions -- The GM 'city deal': austerity and uneven development -- From welfare to increasing low pay and labour market insecurity 327 $aMaking links: the state, civil society and the politics of representation -- City-region building as process, not an event -- Outline of this book -- 1 Northern powerhouses -- Introduction -- Building the city regions of the Northern Powerhouse -- Placing civil society in the city region -- Struggling with the economic rationale -- Dealing with scale and representation -- Responding and repositioning within city regions -- Social innovation and economic growth -- Conclusions -- 2 Metro governance dynamics -- Introduction 327 $aFront Cover -- Half-title -- Series -- City Regions and Devolution in the UK: The Politics of Representation -- Copyright information -- Table of contents -- Lsit of figures and tables -- List of abbreviations -- About the authors -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Introduction: Onward devolution and city regions -- City regions, devolution, the state and the politics of representation -- City-region solutions -- City-region growth machines, neoliberalism and civil society -- City-regional worlds, critiques and missing links 330 $aRich in case study insights, this book provides an overview of city-region building and considers how governance restructuring shapes political, economic, social and cultural landscapes. Reviewing city regions in Britain, the authors address the tensions and opportunities for local elites and civil society actors. 410 0$aCivil Society and Social Change 606 $aCivil rights & citizenship$2bicssc 610 $aAusterity; City Region; Civil Society; Devolution; Governance 615 7$aCivil rights & citizenship 676 $a320.850941 700 $aBeel$b David$0907126 701 $aJones$b Martin$f1970-$0898042 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910445547703321 996 $aCity regions and devolution in the UK$93060669 997 $aUNINA