This article examines the ways in which business improvement districts are being introduced
into UK cities. In advancing this analysis, the focus here is on the means through which one …

An Introduction to Political Geography continues to provide a broad-based introduction to
contemporary political geography for students following undergraduate degree courses in …

This paper draws on the 'entrepreneurial turn'literatures to examine the current
redevelopment of East Manchester. It makes three contributions to our existing empirical and …

Focusing on recent regional policy and important planning debates across the English
regions, this book analyzes the issues, disputes and tensions that have arisen in regional …

In recent years a new participatory governance dynamic has been redefining relationships
and responsibilities in the planning and implementation of policies and programs …

This paper brings two literatures into dialogue. The first is the world-cities literature that
explores the strategic importance of key cities in the global economy. The second focuses …

The term 'governance'is used differently in different literatures. This paper relates the uses of
the term and the theoretical concepts to which it is attached in three bodies of literature–the …

Although it has many merits, the voluminous literature on urban governance gives scant
attention to the actual involvement and positioning of business elites and businesses within …

In this paper I argue that a neo-Gramscian strategic relational approach (SRA) offers the
relational and constructivist perspectives necessary to enhance our concrete and theoretical …

Business influence on social policy 1 Defining the variables and scope of this book 2
Theoretical framework 4 Investigating business power and influence on social policy 6 …