The city-region chimera: The political economy of metagovernance failure in Britain

Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 371-389

  Etherington, David ^a   Jones, Martin ^b  

^a MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

city regions; devolution; governance and metagovernance failure

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; LABOR MARKET; NEOLIBERALISM; POLITICAL ECONOMY; REGIONAL ECONOMY; SKILLED LABOR; URBAN ECONOMY;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84991517776     PISSN: 17521378     EISSN: 17521386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cjres/rsw007     Document Type: Article

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