Towards a sustainable, negotiated mode of strategic regional planning: a political economy perspective

Gordon, Ian R. ORCID: 0000-0002-2170-8193 and Champion, Tony (2021) Towards a sustainable, negotiated mode of strategic regional planning: a political economy perspective. Regional Studies, 55 (1). 115 - 126. ISSN 0034-3404

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Abstract

The need to give strategic direction to complex regional systems has never been greater, but reinstating a classic strategic plan model that failed to secure consistently positive impacts, or even sustain its own practice, is a mistaken route. With a mix of conceptual analysis, critical review of past experience and examination of population dynamics across England’s Wider South East and its fringes, this paper argues for a decentred form of strategic governance based on the development of a capacity for negotiated collaboration and realistic engagement with powerful market and institutional processes on a sustained basis.

Item Type:	Article
Official URL:	https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/cres20/current
Additional Information:	© 2020 Regional Studies Association
Divisions:	Geography and Environment
Subjects:	G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GF Human ecology. Anthropogeography H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions
JEL classification:	R - Urban, Rural, and Regional Economics > R2 - Household Analysis > R23 - Regional Migration; Regional Labor Markets; Population R - Urban, Rural, and Regional Economics > R5 - Regional Government Analysis > R50 - General R - Urban, Rural, and Regional Economics > R5 - Regional Government Analysis > R52 - Land Use and Other Regulations R - Urban, Rural, and Regional Economics > R5 - Regional Government Analysis > R58 - Regional Development Policy
Date Deposited:	26 Jun 2020 12:36
Last Modified:	11 Sep 2025 10:19
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/105214

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