Connected growth: Developing a framework to drive inclusive growth across a city-region

Beel, David, Jones, Martin, Jones, Ian Rees ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1682-9134 and Escadale, Warren 2017. Connected growth: Developing a framework to drive inclusive growth across a city-region. Local Economy 32 (6) , pp. 565-575. 10.1177/0269094217727236

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This ‘in perspective’ piece addresses the (re-)positioning of civil society within new structures of city-region governance within Greater Manchester (GM). This follows on from the processes of devolution, which have given the Greater Manchester City-Region (GMCR) a number of new powers. UK devolution, to date, has been largely focused upon engendering agglomerated economic growth at the city-region scale. Within GMCR, devolution for economic development has sat alongside the devolution of health and social care (unlike any other city-region in the UK) as well. Based on stakeholder mapping and semi-structured interviews with key actors operating across the GMCR, the paper illustrates how this has created a number of significant tensions and opportunities for civil society actors, as they have sought to contest a shifting governance framework. The paper, therefore, calls for future research to carefully consider how civil society groups are grappling with devolution; both contesting and responding to devolution. This is timely given the shifting policy and political discourse towards the need to deliver more socially-inclusive city-regions.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Social Sciences (Includes Criminology and Education)
Publisher:	Taylor and Francis
ISSN:	0269-0942
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	4 September 2017
Date of Acceptance:	11 August 2017
Last Modified:	14 Nov 2024 15:30
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/104304

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