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A new regional policy for Britain

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Fothergill S. (2005) A new regional policy for Britain, Regional Studies 39 , 659-667. Britain's Labour Government is setting new directions for UK regional policy and proposing radical changes in European Union regional policy as well. This paper provides a critical review of the three UK government reports that underpin the new approach. It argues that the new approach takes insufficient account of accumulated knowledge or of the long history of UK regional policy. The new approach also prioritizes the devolution of decision-making over positive discrimination from the centre in favour of less prosperous areas. The paper concludes that the three reports are taking UK regional policy into uncharted territory.

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  • Stephen FOTHER Gill, 2005. "A new regional policy for Britain," Regional Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 39(5), pages 659-667.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:regstd:v:39:y:2005:i:5:p:659-667
    DOI: 10.1080/00343400500151939
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    2. Andy Pike & Andrés Rodríguez-Pose & John Tomaney & Gianpiero Torrisi & Vassilis Tselios, 2010. "In Search of the 'Economic Dividend' of Devolution: Spatial Disparities, Spatial Economic Policy and Decentralisation in the UK," SERC Discussion Papers 0062, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE.
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    Keywords

    Regional policy; Productivity; Employment; Devolution; UK; Politique regionale; Productivite; Emploi; Decentralisation; Royaume-Uni; Regionalpolitik; Produktivitat; Erwerbstatigkeit; Entflechtung; Vereinigtes Konigreich; Politica regional; Productividad; Empleo; Descentralizacion; Reino Unido; JEL classifications: R38; R58;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • R38 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Real Estate Markets, Spatial Production Analysis, and Firm Location - - - Government Policy
    • R58 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Regional Government Analysis - - - Regional Development Planning and Policy

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