Making space: Putting politics back where it belongs in the construction of city regions in the North of England

Local Economy

Volumn 28, Issue 7-8, 2013, Pages 679-695

  Rees, James ^a   Lord, Alex ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

central local relations; city regions; economic development; governance; political geography; state rescaling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887549272     PISSN: 02690942     EISSN: 14709325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269094213501274     Document Type: Article

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