From ‘regionalism’ to ‘localism’: Opportunities and challenges for North East England
From ‘regionalism’ to ‘localism’: Opportunities and challenges for North East England
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从“区域主义”到“地方主义”：英格兰东北部的机遇与挑战
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2012
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F. Robinson
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K. Shaw;F. Robinson
联合政府废除了地区机构，“地方主义”现在被视为促进经济发展以及塑造和提供公共服务的最佳途径。本文通过对英格兰东北部的研究，对这一转变进行了早期评估，考虑到该地区长期以来的区域经济干预历史以及传统上对一致区域声音理念的强烈支持，区域层级的废除可能会产生相当大的影响。对于该地区的一些人来说，这些变化引发了对“东北”终结的担忧，并对政府推动地方主义的动机产生了怀疑。其他人则表达了更为乐观的观点：“地区之后”还有生命，无论如何，长期关注“东北”作为一个行政和经济结构，本身就是有问题的。现在，有迹象表明，一种“常识性”区域主义可能正在出现——这种实用主义认识到，虽然东北地区需要利用地方主义下的新机遇，但仍然需要区域层面的协调和一体化。
The Coalition Government has abolished regional institutions, with ‘localism’ now regarded as the best approach for promoting economic development and shaping and delivering public services. This article provides an early assessment of the shift by drawing upon research in the North East of England, where the dismantling of the regional tier is likely to have a considerable impact given its long history of regional economic interventions and the traditionally strong level of support for the idea of a coherent regional voice. For some in the region, the changes have generated concerns about the end of the ‘North East’ and scepticism about the Government’s motives for promoting localism. Others articulate a more sanguine view: that there is life ‘after the region’ and that, in any case, the long-standing focus on the ‘North East’, as an administrative and economic construct, was itself problematic. Now, there are signs that a ‘commonsense’ regionalism may be emerging – a pragmatism that recognises that, while the North East needs to take advantage of new opportunities under localism, coordination and integration at the regional level will still be required.