Tomaney, J;
Pike, A;
(2020)
Levelling Up?
Political Quarterly
, 91
(1)
pp. 43-48.
10.1111/1467-923X.12834.
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Abstract
‘Levelling up’ is the new UK government mantra to describe its ambitions for addressing longstanding local and regional inequalities and, especially, for tackling the problems of ‘left‐behind’ places. This article examines the thinking behind this slogan and the associated policy agenda. We identify a danger of misdiagnosis leading to policies that do little to ameliorate conditions in the places that most need help. The government’s agenda appears, so far, to be driven by electoral calculation rather than a real engagement with tackling deep inequalities.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Levelling Up? |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1111/1467-923X.12834 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-923X.12834 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Copyright © 2020 The Authors. The Political Quarterly published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Political Quarterly Publishing Co (PQPC). This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
| Keywords: | levelling up, left‐behind places, regional policy, foundational economy, devolution |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment > The Bartlett School of Planning |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10095060 |
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