Levelling-up beyond the metropolis: is the UK government's preferred governance model appropriate?
Levelling-up beyond the metropolis: is the UK government's preferred governance model appropriate?
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超越大都市的升级：英国政府偏好的治理模式是否合适？
DOI：
10.1080/21582041.2023.2233931
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发表时间：
2023
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2.4
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Hildreth P
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Hildreth P
我们认为，英国政府的联合政府和大都会市长的分层治理模式是否是最合适的解决方案，超越大都会。我们借鉴的案例研究研究，从默西迪地区之间的东北威尔士和西北英格兰。本文件涉及三个命题。第一，聚集驱动政策和基于地点的政策之间的根本区别是基于对地点同质性和异质性的假设。本文展示了如何，在英国的背景下，城市地区的概念已经演变为一个聚集驱动的领土建设与实际的局限性。命题二着重于一个地方的独特性如何反映其特定的企业组合及其由此产生的聚集过程。第三项提议表明，这种公司组合为地方和区域适当设计机构提供了选择。最后，本文说明了为什么目前的聚集驱动的框架是一个障碍，使拉平。逐步“拉平”涉及到认识到异质性的地方治理环境是由历史、文化和地理塑造的，基于地方的政策的成功并不得益于自上而下强加的治理模式。
We consider whether the UK government’s levelling-up governance model of Combined Authorities and metro-mayors is the most appropriate solution for beyond the metropolis. We draw on case study research from the Mersey Dee area between North East Wales and North West England. The paper addresses three propositions. First, that the underlying distinction between agglomeration-driven and place-based policy centres on assumptions regarding the homogenous and heterogenous character of place. The paper shows how, in the UK context, the city-region concept has evolved as an agglomeration-driven territorial construct with practical limitations. Proposition two focuses on how a distinctive character of place reflects its particular mix of firms and their resulting combined processes of agglomeration. Proposition three suggests that this mix of firms presents choices for the appropriate design of institutions locally and regionally. Finally, the paper illustrates why the present agglomeration-driven framework is a barrier to enabling levelling-up. Progressing ‘levelling up’ involves recognition that heterogenous local governance contexts are shaped by history, culture, and geography, where the success of place-based policies is not aided by the top-down imposition of governance models.