The rise, fall and resurrection of soft spaces? The regional governance of transport policy in Wales

Stafford, Ian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0668-643X 2023. The rise, fall and resurrection of soft spaces? The regional governance of transport policy in Wales. Regional Studies 57 (9) , pp. 1769-1783. 10.1080/00343404.2022.2151997

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Abstract

This paper is focused on the emergence of new institutional structures and geographies within the context of complex processes of state rescaling characterized by ‘hollowing out’ and ‘filling in’. It explores the regionalization of transport policy within Wales post-devolution and examines the potential of Haughton et al.’s concepts of ‘soft’ and ‘hard’ spaces as useful tools in furthering our understanding of state rescaling. The paper suggests that the case of transport policy in Wales post-devolution provides a useful example of the evolution of ‘soft spaces’ through processes of hardening and softening, and that ‘stickiness’ of regional spatial imaginaries.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Cardiff Law & Politics
Publisher:	Taylor and Francis Group
ISSN:	0034-3404
Funders:	ESRC
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	16 January 2023
Date of Acceptance:	4 November 2022
Last Modified:	07 Nov 2023 07:10
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/155934

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