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Building-Institutions-in-a-Vacuum-Devolution-and-Englands-South-East-2002

The-South-East-region-has-long-been-seen-as-peripheral-to-the-process-of-devolution-in-England-Claims-that-the-region-lacks-a-clear-identity-of-its-own-that-it-is-in-fact-a-series-of-economic-sub-regions-and-that-London-although-governed-separately-is-the-cultural-and-economic-core-of-the-South-East-are-easy-to-make-and-to-substantiate-This-research-project-moved-beyond-these-preliminary-analyses-of-the-problem-region-of-English-Devolution-It-focused-on-the-process-through-which-the-region-is-constructed-as-a-network-of-institutions-It-considered-the-emergent-relationship-between-the-three-institutions-of-regional-government-the-Regional-Development-Association-RDA-the-Government-Office-and-the-Regional-Assembly-to-be-critical-in-the-formation-and-operation-of-the-region-This-triad-of-regional-institutions-has-had-an-immediate-and-significant-impact-on-local-and-county-government-in-the-South-East-However-the-effectiveness-of-their-promotion-of-the-South-Easts-interests-on-the-inter-regional-and-national-scale-is-more-questionable-The-research-found-that-institutions-of-regional-government-in-all-parts-of-England-are-concerned-primarily-with-physical-regeneration-and-economic-development-initiatives-However-the-policy-imperatives-for-South-East-England-are-to-address-the-problems-of-economic-success-such-as-transport-congestion-labour-shortages-and-a-lack-of-affordable-housing-As-such-the-regional-government-of-the-UKs-core-economic-area-is-failing-to-address-the-fundamental-requirements-of-the-regional-economy-Institutional-links-between-the-South-East-region-and-London-remain-under-developed-and-as-such-inter-regional-policy-on-important-common-issues-such-as-housing-and-transport-are-fragmented-There-is-much-scope-for-London-government-to-develop-common-strategies-with-their-counterparts-in-the-South-East-and-the-East-of-England-although-as-yet-they-have-achieved-relatively-little-in-this-respect-This-qualitative-data-collection-comprises-six-transcriptions-from-interviews-with-key-informants-from-county-councils-and-regional-government-organisations-in-South-East-England

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