People, places and policy : knowing contemporary Wales through new localities
Wales
Routledge
2015
EISBN 1315683903
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Foreword: overview of WISERD; List of contributors; 1 Introducing WISERD localities; 2 Reframing the devolved policy landscape in Wales; 3 Wales: a statistical perspective; 4 The Heads of the Valleys; 5 East, west and the bit in the middle: localities in north Wales; 6 Locating the mid Wales economy; 7 New localities in action and reaction; Index
Set within the context of UK devolution and constitutional change, People, Places and Policy offers important and interesting insights into 'place-making' and 'locality-making' in contemporary Wales. Combining policy research with policy-maker and stakeholder interviews at various spatial scales (local, regional, national), it examines the historical processes and working practices that have produced the complex political geography of Wales.This book looks at the economic, social and political geographies of Wales, which in the context of devolution and public service governance are hotly deba
Set within the context of UK devolution and constitutional change, People, Places and Policy offers important and interesting insights into 'place-making' and 'locality-making' in contemporary Wales. Combining policy research with policy-maker and stakeholder interviews at various spatial scales (local, regional, national), it examines the historical processes and working practices that have produced the complex political geography of Wales.This book looks at the economic, social and political geographies of Wales, which in the context of devolution and public service governance are hotly deba
