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RETHINKING URBAN COMPETITIVENESS, COHESION AND GOVERNANCE

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DOIhttp://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9299.2006.00025.x
Date01 June 2006
AuthorMike Raco
Published date01 June 2006
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© Blackwell Publishing Ltd. 2006 Public Administration Vol. 84, No. 2, 2006 (479–515)
RETHINKING URBAN COMPETITIVENESS, COHESION AND
GOVERNANCE
Nick Buck , Ian Gordon , Alan Harding and Ivan Turok ( eds )
Palgrave Macmillan, 2005, 317 pp., £19.99 (pb) ISBN: 1403906807
This is a well crafted edited collection that examines the relationships
between governance, economic change and economic competitiveness in
British cities. The contributors are members of the ESRC ’ s Cities Research
Programme and the f‌i ndings seek to move beyond the authors ’ existing,
more empirically-driven outputs, to develop deeper conceptual insights
into the form and character of contemporary urban change. As the editors
succinctly put it: ‘ the aim of this book is to stand back and analyse the
implications [of their research] for the various hypotheses embodied in
the New Conventional Wisdom (NCW) about the nature of change under
way in major cities and its signif‌i cance for wider societies ’ (p. 4). This NCW,
the authors contend, has emerged as a loosely articulated set of development
discourses, policy prescriptions and ‘ truths ’ driven by governments, policy-
makers, consultants, academics and business leaders. It is underpinned by a

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