The changing context of regional governance of FDI in England

• Autores: Phil Almond, Anthony Ferner, Olga Tregaskis
• Localización: European Urban & Regional Studies, ISSN-e 1461-7145, Vol. 22, Nº. 1, 2015, págs. 61-76
• Idioma: inglés
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  • This paper analyses relations between sub-national institutional actors responsible for the attraction and retention of foreign direct investment, other �governance� actors in regional business systems � local and sub-regional government, cluster/sectoral bodies, RDA and LEP executives, and those involved in the coordination of skills provision � and subsidiaries of foreign-owned multinational corporations. It is based on qualitative research in two regions of England conducted between 2008 and 2011. Within a context of international competition for investment within global production networks, it explores recent politically driven changes in sub-national governance, including the abolition of Regional Development Agencies, alongside the more long-standing instability of economic development and skills coordination in England. The analysis is centred on an argument that a more adequate understanding of sub-national economic governance requires the active integration of perspectives on political systems of governance, and embedded patterns of economic coordination, as analysed in the varieties of capitalism literature.