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Beyond the Territorial Fix: Regional Assemblages, Politics and Power
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Allen J. and Cochrane A. (2007) Beyond the territorial fix: regional assemblages, politics and power, Regional Studies 41, 1161–1175. The idea of regions as territorially fixed in some vital political sense is a stubborn conception, one that is both mobilized to pursue selective interests and to establish regional identities. To assert that regions are political constructs, however, is not to say that such bounded, territorial entities enclose all the political relations that produce them. This paper puts forward a relational view of the region based upon an assemblage of political actors, some public, some private, where elements of central and local government are ‘lodged’ within the region, not acting above or below it. Using examples drawn from governing agencies across and beyond the south-east of England, it is shown how a more diffuse form of governance has given rise to a spatially discontinuous region. This is grounded in an exposition of the political assemblage that is Milton Keynes today, with its provisional, cross-cutting mix of institutional agencies, partnerships, businesses and interest groupings engaged in a ‘politics of scale’ exercise to fix the region. Allen J. et Cochrane A. (2007) Au-delà de la délimitation territoriale fixe: les regroupements régionaux, la politique et le pouvoir, Regional Studies 41, 1161–1175. D'un important point de vue politique, l'idée que la région constitue une zone bien délimitée fixe est une notion obstinée, dont on se sert afin de poursuivre des intérêts particuliers et d'établir des identités régionales. Cependant, affirmer que la région est une structure politique ne veut pas dire que de telles délimitations territoriales embrassent tous les rapports politiques qui les créent. Cet article cherche à avancer un point de vue relationnel de la région fondé sur un regroupement d'agents régionaux politiques, les uns publics, les autres privés, où des éléments des administrations centrale et locale se sont ‘logés’ au sein de la région et n'agissent ni au niveau supérieur, ni au niveau inférieur. A partir des exemples puisés dans des agences publiques à travers et au-delà du Sud-est de l'Angleterre, on montre comment une forme de gouvernance plus diffuse a donné naissance à une région géographiquement discontinue. Cela est fondé sur une présentation d'un regroupement d'aujourd'hui, à savoir Milton Keynes, étant donné son mélange provisoire d'agences institutionnelles, de partenariats, de commerces et de groupes d'intérêt qui se chevauchent et qui s'engagent dans une action de ‘politique à l’échelle' afin de bien délimiter la région. Région;Regroupements;Pouvoir;Politique;Gouvernance;Réseaux Allen J. und Cochrane A. (2007) Jenseits der territorialen Festlegung: regionale Versammlungen, Politik und Macht, Regional Studies 41, 1161–1175. Die Idee der Regionen als in einem wesentlichen politischen Sinn territorial festgelegt ist eine hartnäckige Vorstellung, die sowohl zur Durchsetzung selektiver Interessen als auch zur Festlegung regionaler Identitäten mobilisiert wird. Die Feststellung, dass es sich bei Regionen um politische Konstrukte handelt, besagt jedoch nicht, dass in solchen eingegrenzten territorialen Einheiten sämtliche politischen Beziehungen angesiedelt sind, die sie hervorbringen. Dieser Beitrag enthält eine relationale Perspektive der Region aufgrund einer Versammlung politischer Akteure aus dem öffentlichen und privaten Bereich, wobei die Elemente der Zentral- und Lokalregierung innerhalb der Region, untergebracht' sind, also nicht ober- oder unterhalb dieser Ebene wirken. Anhand der Beispiele von Regierungsbehörden im Südosten Englands und darüber hinaus zeigen wir eine diffusere Form der Regierungsführung, die eine räumlich unterbrochene Region hat entstehen lassen. Diese Darstellung beruht auf einer Beschreibung der politischen Versammlung, aus der Milton Keynes heute besteht: einer provisorischen, ungeordneten Mischung aus institutionellen Agenturen, Partnerschaften, Unternehmen und Interessensgruppen, die sich an einer Übung der, Maßstabspolitik' zur Festlegung der Region beteiligen. Region;Versammlungen;Macht;Politik;Regierungsführung;Netzwerke Allen J. y Cochrane A. (2007) Más allá de una seguridad territorial; reuniones, política y poder regionales, Regional Studies 41, 1161–1175. La idea de las regiones como territorios fijos en algún sentido político vital es un concepto persistente que se usa para apoyar intereses selectivos y establecer identidades regionales. Sin embargo, sostener que las regiones son construcciones políticas no significa decir que estas entidades territoriales y confinadas contienen todas las relaciones políticas que las producen. En este ensayo proponemos una visión relacional de la región en función de un conjunto de protagonistas políticos, algunos públicos y otros privados, en el que los elementos del gobierno central y local están ‘alojados’ en la misma región sin que actúen ni por encima ni por debajo de este nivel
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- 2007-12
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- 41
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- 1161-1175
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- 1360-0591
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