Rescaling the State: Devolution and the Geographies of Economic Governance

by Mark A. Goodwin, Rhys Jones, Martin Jones

Book Overview

Rescaling the state provides a theoretically-informed and empirically-rich account of the process of devolution undertaken in the UK since 1997, focusing in particular on the devolution of economic governance. Using case studies from England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales, the book examines the purported reasons for, and the unintended consequences of, devolution. As well as comparing policy and practice across the four devolved territories,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1526116995
• ISBN13: 9781526116994
• Release Date: August 2017
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"