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The changing context of regional governance of FDI in England.
- Source :
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European Urban & Regional Studies . Jan2015, Vol. 22 Issue 1, p61-76. 16p. - Publication Year :
- 2015
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Abstract
- This paper analyses relations between sub-national institutional actors responsible for the attraction and retention of foreign direct investment, other ‘governance’ actors in regional business systems – local and sub-regional government, cluster/sectoral bodies, RDA and LEP executives, and those involved in the coordination of skills provision – and subsidiaries of foreign-owned multinational corporations. It is based on qualitative research in two regions of England conducted between 2008 and 2011. Within a context of international competition for investment within global production networks, it explores recent politically driven changes in sub-national governance, including the abolition of Regional Development Agencies, alongside the more long-standing instability of economic development and skills coordination in England. The analysis is centred on an argument that a more adequate understanding of sub-national economic governance requires the active integration of perspectives on political systems of governance, and embedded patterns of economic coordination, as analysed in the varieties of capitalism literature. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 09697764
- Volume :
- 22
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- European Urban & Regional Studies
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 100130762
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0969776412459861