Practice Running Ahead of Theory? Political Economy and the Economic Lessons of UK Devolution

Graham Brownlow

doi:10.1093/cjres/rsx015

Practice Running Ahead of Theory? Political Economy and the Economic Lessons of UK Devolution

Graham Brownlow

Queen's Management School

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Abstract

Advocates of political decentralisation make much of its supposed ‘economic dividends’. Critics of this argument, while acknowledging the possible benefits, suggest that the specific ‘institutional geography’ under which devolution operates is crucial. In short, the Institutionalist critique is that economic outcomes are contingent on the way devolved institutions are designed. The institutional geography of contemporary UK devolution, as well as the historical case of Northern Irish devolution (1920s-1972), is analysed in this paper. Contemporary and historical evidence as well as theoretical material presented provides further support for the hypothesis that institutional structures are crucial.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	559-573
Number of pages	15
Journal	Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society
Volume	10
Issue number	3
Early online date	22 Aug 2017
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/cjres/rsx015
Publication status	Published - 22 Aug 2017

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