Abstract

This article examines the changing scalar political relations underpinning English city-regional governance. Drawing on case study research in Greater Manchester, the article demonstrates how locally rooted discourses around inclusive growth and inclusive economies have been deployed to challenge the city-region’s historically dominant agglomeration-based model. Using the analytical lens of scalar postpolitics, the article shows how the earlier technocratic approach adopted by national and city-region leaders attracted criticism in the face of continuing socio-spatial inequalities within Greater Manchester. We highlight the contrasting experiences of Oldham and Trafford, two boroughs of Greater Manchester, to reveal how local geographies were central to challenging the previously dominant model and promoting new thinking around inclusive growth and inclusive economies.

中文翻译：

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标量后政治，包容性增长和包容性经济：挑战大曼彻斯特集聚模式

摘要

本文研究了支持英国城市区域治理的标量政治关系的变化。本文以大曼彻斯特的案例研究为基础，展示了围绕包容性增长和包容性经济的本地话语如何被用来挑战城市地区历史上占主导地位的集聚模式。本文使用标量后政治的分析视角，说明了面对大曼彻斯特持续存在的社会空间不平等现象时，国家和城市地区领导人采用的较早的技术官僚主义方法是如何引起批评的。我们重点介绍大曼彻斯特两个行政区奥尔德姆（Oldham）和特拉福德（Trafford）的对比体验，