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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Abstract
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 |
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| Date Type: | Publication |
| Status: | Published |
| Schools: | 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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